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GovernmentBusiness

NAFTA Trade Hits Record Over $85 Billion

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico jumped to a record in March, topping $85 billion for the first time, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

May 29, 2012
BusinessLogistics

FedEx to Acquire Brazilian Logistics Company

FedEx Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian transportation and logistics company Rapid茫o Cometa Log铆stica e Transportes S.A. to boost its Latin American business.

May 29, 2012
BusinessFuel

Oil Rises for Third Day; Holds Near 7-Month Low

Oil prices rose for a third day in early trading Monday on forecasts of higher U.S. economic growth, but held near a seven-month low under $92 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

May 29, 2012
Business

Volvo Debuts Remote System of Diagnostics

Volvo Trucks North America has introduced a remote diagnostics aftermarket service that is intended to mitigate downtime for heavy trucks.

May 29, 2012
Business

FedEx Express Years Ahead of Making 鈥楪reen鈥 Fleet Goal

FedEx Express said it is 鈥測ears ahead of schedule鈥 in its goal of making its fleet 20% more fuel efficient by 2020.

May 29, 2012
Letters to the EditorBusiness

Letters: Natural Gas, Safety Compliance

I propose a very simple solution: Whenever a driver has driven 10 hours and is within a two-hour drive of his terminal, that rule should be suspended.

May 28, 2012
PerspectiveBusiness

Opinion: The Job of Last Resort

We often see mission statements referring to 鈥渃orporate culture.鈥 The question I always have to ask myself is, 鈥淲hat do they mean by that?鈥

May 28, 2012
EditorialBusiness

Editorial: Time to Fix CSA

At ATA鈥檚 leadership conference last week, we issued a statement pointing out what we see as the increasingly inflexible stance taken by FMCSA in regard to a number of outstanding issues and by some counterproductive steps the agency has taken as it fleshes out the CSA program.

May 28, 2012
BusinessLogistics

April Trailer Orders Rise 12% After 3 Straight Monthly Drops

Trailer orders staged a comeback last month after three straight monthly declines, climbing 12% above both the year-earlier month and March, as fleets stepped up the pace of replacing older equipment, ACT Research reported.

May 28, 2012
BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

Too Few Mexican Fleets in Pilot Program, FMCSA Official Says; Warns of Tariffs

ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 Low participation by Mexican carriers in the cross-border trucking program could lead to the resumption of Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.

May 28, 2012

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