Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 15.6 percent higher in March 2011 than in March 2010, reaching $80.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of ...

Diesel prices fell for the fourth straight week, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration. The national average retail price for on-highway diesel declined 4.9 cents during the week ended Monday, May 30, to $3.948 per gallon. The last time diesel prices ...

NIP Group Inc. announced the results of its Transportation Insurance Pricing Survey for the first quarter of 2011, which is issued to leading transportation insurance brokers, wholesalers and underwriters representing thousands of account placements and is used to benchmark changes in the availability and rates ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday, May 31, issued an unsatisfactory safety rating and placed out-of-service North Carolina-based bus company Sky Express Inc. for violating multiple federal safety regulations. Under the out-of-service order, Sky Express is prohibited from operating in interstate transportation services. “Safety ...

The Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations will hold its 2011 Fall Meeting and TMCSuperTech2011 National Technician Skills Competition on Sept. 19-22 at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, N.C. The meeting theme, “Maintenance Solutions You Can Count On,” will be carried out ...

NFI, an integrated supply chain solutions provider, on Tuesday, May 31, announced that it has acquired the West Coast operation of The Gilbert Co., its second acquisition this year. The purchase, terms of which were not announced entails six facilities in California’s Inland Empire, including ...

FreightWatch International, a logistics security services provider, announced it is offering real-time temperature monitoring service in conjunction with its suite of cargo monitoring capabilities. The temperature capabilities are an add-on option to the FreightWatch Geo F2 Tracker. Also known to pharmaceutical and food/beverage clients as ...

The board of directors of Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Inc. on Tuesday, May 31, announced the selection of Rick Clasby, a 23-year veteran of commercial vehicle safety enforcement, as the organization's new president and chief executive officer effective July 1. Serving the people of Utah ...

Christopher Patton, a driver for CalArk International, was selected as Arkansas' Truck Driver of the Year for 2010 at the ATA Annual Conference in Branson, Mo. Patton has driven more than 587,000 accident-free miles and has achieved a 100 percent on-time delivery rate since working ...

AT&T on Tuesday, May 31, announced the availability of three mobile transportation and dispatch management applications from Complete Innovations and Xata Corp., enhancing AT&T’s portfolio of fleet management solutions. Available directly from AT&T, these services are designed to streamline operations, optimize fleet and mobile work ...