Monthly Archive: October 2017
CH Robinson buys Milgram Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson has acquired Montreal-based Milgram & Co. for about $50 million. The deal enhances the U.S. firm’s customs brokerage and freight forwarding options in Canada, company...
New Light Weight 1611 Food Grade Dry Bulk Trailer Athens, Tenn. –Heil Trailer recently unveiled its newest engineering enhancements to the industry’s leading dry bulk trailer design. The 1611 Super Jet Dry Bulk trailer...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) filed a petition with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in August asking it to delay the implementation of the electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate that goes...
The nation’s ethanol industry is using the Trump administration’s decision to lift a ban on summer sales of E15 gasoline as an example of why ethanol should never be banned during summer months. Following...
The introduction of clean diesel truck engines over the past five years has yielded significant emission reductions and substantial fuel savings, according to new research commissioned by the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). Today about...
North American Class 8 truck production will hit 300,000 units in 2018, a level seen only once in the past 10 years, according to transportation industry analyst FTR. Commercial vehicle trailer production “will see...
Boreas Nitrogen Cooling System, a direct inject nitrogen climate controlled system for refrigerated transportation, has taken their technology on the road for demonstration. First stop in the journey … Ruan Transportation Management Systems. Ruan...
Chemical market up The American chemical industry began the third quarter on a positive note, with growth in U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes expanding 0.4 percent in July, following an upwardly revised 0.6 percent...
The environment for shippers is said to be benign right now, but there’s rate and supply trouble coming later in the year, according to the Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) compiled each month by transportation...
A truck-buying binge three to four years ago by big transporters like Celadon Group Inc. has created a glut of used trucks today – a surfeit that is depressing the price of used equipment...