Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 18.8 percent higher in July than in July 2009, reaching $61.3 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation. BTS, ...

FTR announced Thursday, Sept. 30, that its Trucking Conditions Index edged higher in August to a reading of 2.3. The Trucking Conditions Index is a compilation of factors affecting trucking companies; and the August reading, which is the sixth consecutive reading in positive territory, reflects ...

The American Trucking Associations on Thursday, Sept. 30, announced its support of the Freight Focus Act of 2010, introduced by Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.). The legislation would address critical freight transportation needs, focusing resources on the nation's most important goods movement corridors. Rather than draw ...

TRALA President and Chief Executive Officer Tom James this week testified before Congress in support of preservation of the existing federal law, known as the Graves/Boucher Law, which preempts states from imposing vicarious liability on owners of rented and leased vehicles. James’ testimony was heard by ...

UPS on Thursday, Sept. 30, announced the purchase of 130 next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle fleet. The 130 hybrids all will be deployed next year, with 30 going to New York and New Jersey and 100 to California. UPS estimates ...

ABF Freight System Inc. has become a six-time winner of the transportation industry's most prestigious safety award, the American Trucking Associations President's Trophy. The award was presented during the ATA Safety Management Council's Safety and Human Resources National Conference and Exhibition in Rogers, Ark., on ...

For the second straight year, Averitt Express earned the Clean Diesel Leadership Award from the Tennessee Trucking Association. The TTA made the announcement at its annual awards ceremony held in Destin, Fla. According to the TTA, the award is designed to recognize organizations within the ...

The Federal Highway Administration announced Thursday, Sept. 30, that it has met the Sept. 30 deadline for providing nearly $27.5 billion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars for highway and bridge projects throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the territories. “The Recovery Act was ...

Kenworth Truck Co. has extended the T700 and Paccar MX Engine Tour another month and an additional 2,400 miles through the United States, from Hermon, Maine, to Pharr, Texas. “The Kenworth T700 and the Paccar MX drew large crowds of truck operators everywhere they stopped ...

Hino Trucks, which has received Certification of Conformity to the 2010 emissions regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board for all of its engine ratings, announced a new standard engine warranty of 5 years/250,000 miles. In addition to the ...