While the quality of medium-duty trucks has improved during the past five years, overall customer satisfaction has declined during the same period, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study released Thursday, Sept. 29. The study finds that incidence of ...

NASSTRAC, an industry association that represents the interests of freight shippers in all modes of transportation, coordinated a Washington "fly-in" Sept. 27-28. Nearly 20 transportation executives met with a dozen members of Congress or their aides on critical trucking issues, including the need for infrastructure ...

Results published Thursday, Sept. 29, by the Canadian General Freight Index indicate that the cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased 1.2 percent in July when compared to June. The Base Rate Index, which excludes the impact of fuel surcharges assessed by carriers, has ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in coordination with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is proposing to amend requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations governing the transportation of Class 7 radioactive materials based on recent changes contained in the International Atomic Energy Agency publication "Regulations ...

National Tank Truck Carriers is offering free access to the “Cargo Tank Rollover Prevention” video developed with the U.S. Department of Transportation with Spanish subtitles added. “While it is a requirement that a tank truck driver be able to speak English, we believe that there ...

Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new travel stop in Cottondale, Fla., at Interstate 10, Exit 130. The Cottondale Love’s includes Chester’s Chicken and McDonald’s restaurants, 98 truck spaces, diesel exhaust fluid dispensers at the diesel islands, CAT scales, five showers, RFID cardless fueling technology ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making $5 million in quick release emergency funds immediately available to the New York State Department of Transportation to help repair roads and bridges damaged by floods from Hurricane Irene. “Hurricane Irene left New York residents with an enormous cleanup ...

Accuride Corp. announced it has sold its Fabco Automotive Corp. subsidiary to Fabco Holdings Inc., a new company formed and capitalized by Wynnchurch Capital in partnership with Stone River Capital Partners; terms were not announced. Located in Livermore, Calif., Fabco produces a broad range of ...

FedEx Ground has opened a new package sorting and delivery station that is the fifth major facility for the company in the Chicago area. The 214,000-square-foot facility is located on Route 83 (Ivanhoe Road) north of Peterson Road in Grayslake, Ill., and joins four others ...

Purolator Inc. subsidiary Purolator International, a provider of U.S.-Canada logistics services, announced its partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as a Certified Partner in its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program. C-TPAT, a voluntary U.S. government-business ...