Transportation

Andrew Lynch said, “We make service, we sell service, that’s the only product that we make.” (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)LONG BEACH, Calif. — Leaders of some of North America’s Class I...

Largest US ports record 20%-plus declines in trans-Pacific imports The top four US ports, which accounted for 68.2% of US imports from Asia through August, experienced greater than 20% declines...

California produce volumes were not doing well before Hurricane Hilary hit the West Coast, but now that the damage assessments are in, growers expect to lose around one-third of this...

“The gap between contract rates and spot rates has continued to close while spot rates have stabilized at what appears to be their floor. Seasonality has created pockets of market...

Introduction We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry...

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Thursday announced it will award about $48 million in grant funding to increase commercial driver’s license driver training opportunities and continue to improve the...

A worker prepares a tire to be mounted onto a truck chassis at the Volvo AG New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Va. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg News)Production at U.S, factories barely...

Estes expands international forwarding, raises bid for Yellow terminals Estes Forwarding Worldwide, a subsidiary of the LTL trucking provider, is buying Superior Brokerage Services, a step that increases Estes’ ability...

Structurally deficient bridges adversely impact all carriers but none more so than flatbed carriers; load securement is critical for flatbeds. “The good news is that states are beginning to employ...