Journals By Industry - Trucking

WellPoint buys California firm WellPoint Inc. on Aug. 22 acquired CareMore, a health care delivery firm focused on seniors, for $800 million. Aprimo acquired for $525M Indianapolis marketing software firm Aprimo Inc. was...

James T. Ashe's encounter with Hollywood as a numbers crunching gumshoe started out with a big heist and ended with the suspect taking the big sleep. Partner-in-charge of the advisory services group at...

Long-haul truckers driving along Interstate 5 will soon be able to pull off every 200 miles and rest at truck stops where they can shut off their engines and plug into the electric...

John Fain Retiring After 30 Years of Service RICHMOND, Va. -- Paul Hoelting, the vice president of corporate business development for UPS Freight (NYSE:UPS), has been promoted to the position of senior vice...

Company continues strategic reorganization process to restructure balance sheet as it provides uninterrupted service to customers JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Trailer Bridge, Inc. ("Trailer Bridge" or the "Company") (OTC: TRBRQ) today announced that it...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/464d4b/strategic_analysis) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Strategic Analysis of North American Class 4-8 Truck Safety Systems Market" to their offering. CSA 2010 compliance, demand...

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- BNSF Logistics, a leading third party logistics provider, today announced the appointment of Jim Craig as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining BNSF Logistics, Craig served 19 years...

Truck makers and parts suppliers, along with freight carriers and logistics firms, face a shortage of professional and technical talent, transportation industry recruiting specialists said. "There is extremely high demand for talent," said...

State Treasurer John Kennedy is pushing once again for Interstate 49 South, a long-talked about extension that would supplant the existing U.S. 90 route between Lafayette and New Orleans. The concept gained considerable...

BUFFALO, N. Y - Plans for a new bridge between New York and Ontario and an expanded inspection plaza at one of the northern border's busiest ports of entry were abandoned by federal...

Oklahoma opened one direction of the realigned Interstate 40 through Oklahoma City on Jan. 5, expanding the section to 10 lanes from six on a safer structure than the old elevated highway bunt...

Todd Smith has been appointed president of Arnold Transportation Services Inc., the Jacksonville, Fla.-based regional truckload subsidiary of U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. For the past five years, Smith was E resident of LinkAmerica...

WASHINGTON - U.S. interstate highways are in need of rebuilding and repair, but the use of tolls as a funding source is less efficient than raising the federal fuel tax, said BiB. Graves,...

Chuck Bosselman, chairman of Bosselman Cos. and a leader in the truck stop industry, died Jan. 7 after a batde with cancer. He was 67. Bosselman, a second-generation business owner, expanded the truck...

Dealer Truck dealer Rihm Kenworth, St. Paul, Minn., announced it is expanding into western Minnesota with a new location in Sauk Centre, at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 71. Rihm offers...

YRC Worldwide Inc. said it has agreed to sell the former Roadway Express headquarters building in Akron, Ohio, and announced an auction for 62 shuttered terminal properties as the company seeks to raise...

Most carriers once again improved earnings during the fourth quarter, riding a wave of rate increases and modest but steady freight growth, two trends that are expected to continue in 2012. When publicly...

The nation's roads and bridges are still ailing, as Congress and the White House continue to fiddle while we await some concrete action on infrastructure funding. Unfortunately, some states are turning to draconian...

HEADNOTE EQUIPMENT Tire manufacturers say that an ongoing shortage of component materials - which is expected to continue through 2012 and beyond - com- bined with soaring global demand and logistics costs, has...