Transportation

Key Takeaways Payroll employment rises by 311,000 in February.  Job openings ease from upwardly revised figures.  Mortgage rates rise again in the latest week.  Diesel prices fall slightly in the...

We’re almost midway through Lent, and those observing the religious tradition will also abstain from eating meat on Fridays up to Easter. As a substitute, many turn to various fish...

Blame the coronavirus pandemic for the wildly vacillating supply and demand over the past two years: a surplus of unsold cookies in 2021 and supply chain issues in 2022. This...

What goes up must come down. Despite many experts saying we would never see pre-pandemic-level freight rates again when the cost of ocean shipping skyrocketed out of control during and...

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico starts 2023 as top U.S. trade partner; construction for new Texas...

Xos Inc. has debuted its 2023 battery-electric step van, built on the company’s medium- and heavy-duty X-Platform chassis. Xos says the step van operates with...

A North Carolina carrier earlier this week announced it was ceasing operations.FreightWorks Transportation and Logistics, which is based in Rutherfordton about 70 miles west of Charlotte, said the move to...

Trucks for sale at a Rush Truck Center dealership. Class 8 sales for February reached 20,136. (Rush Enterprises via Vimeo) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February jumped 35% from...

Carriers not reliable enough to warrant cut in inventory levels: BASF Shippers in Europe are stuck with excess inventory at a time of slowing demand, in part because their lack...

Key Takeaways Core capital goods orders increase m/m.  Retail inventories edge higher in January.  Mortgage rates rise again in the latest week.  Diesel prices fall sharply for fourth straight week. ...