Journals By Industry - Special Freight Trucking

Associations Darrin Flitton, fleet and truck stop manager for Sinclair Oil's Gold Truck Stop network, has been elected Natso's chairman for 2012. Flitton has served 24 years in truck stop, travel plaza and...

For an extended listing of upcoming industry events, visit www.ttnews .com/events. Calendar Jan. 16-18 - SMC3 Jump Start 2012, Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta. (iCT4Jiu.smc3conference.com) Jan. 18-20 - NationaLease Sales Meeting, Royal Sonesta Hotel,...

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...

More people moved out of Louisiana than those who came to the state in 2011, according to residential moving company United Van Lines' migration study. It marks the first time in three years...

Associations The Trucking Industry Defense Association recently awarded $20,000 in grants to help fund transportation and trucking programs at four schools. Endowment fund grants of $5,000 each were awarded to the University of...

Many truckers started the new year digging deeper into pockets as 10 states imposed higher tolls. Carriers traveling the New Jersey Turnpike are racing some of die biggest increases, as drivers of five-axle...

Carriers Dale "Allen" Blair of Petal, Miss., a driver for tank truck carrier Miller Transporters Inc., Jackson, Miss., was recently recognized by XL Group's insurance segment as its 2011 national driver of the...

Transport Topics Staff The Transportation Research Board said putting innovation and people to work within the transportation sector will be a main theme of its upcoming 91st annual meeting, scheduled for Jan. 23-27...

For an extended listing of upcoming industry events, visit www.ttnews.com/events . Calendar Jan. 14-18 - National Private Truck Council, Private Fleet Management Institute, Omni Jacksonville Hotel, Jacksonville, PIa. (tcwwjnptc.org) Jan. 16-18 - SMC3...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. -- MoversReviewed.com announces the beta launch of its consumer advocate guide and searchable database of 7,500 active, licensed moving companies in the U.S. and Canada. Using simple innovative tools, the...

MIAMI -- World Fuel Services Corporation ("World Fuel Services" or the "Company") (NYSE: INT) announced today that it has appointed Abby F. Kohnstamm to the Board of Directors of the Company. Ms. Kohnstamm,...

Number of relocations continues to rise; Popular destinations include Southwest and Mid-Atlantic Coastal States; Michigan becomes balanced state after six years of steady outbound moves EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- According to one of North...

HEADNOTE Virginia's Superior Paving turns to new tire technology to keep operations running Superior Paving has promises to keep. And the Bristow, VA- based contractor counts on its trucking division, Superior Trucking, to...

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Municipality of Anchorage is one of Alaska's most prominent and populous urban areas. Nowhere else in the state contains such a substantial population concentrated in one place--and within easy reach...

Carriers C.L. Werner, the founder and chairman emeritus of Werner Enterprises Inc., Omaha, Neb., was recendy selected as a member of the 2012 class of Horatio Alger Award recipients, the transportation and logistics...

With membership up, the grip of recession loosening and a healthier if leaner budget, American Trucking Associations ends 2011 reflective of the carriers that make up its ranks, ATA President Bill Graves said....

Three new projects, featuring transloading between trucks and trains, are being developed to tap the growing demand to transport crude oil generated by recent energy development efforts, according to separate announcements. Enbridge Energy...

Dartco Inc. purchased assets of defunct truckload carrier Fil-Mor Express (1-3, p. 4). Continental Express Inc. acquired Carolina Refrigerated (1-10, p. 8). Mergers Transport America acquired truckload carrier Southern CaI Transport (1-17, p....