Americans鈥 confidence climbed for the fifth time in the last six weeks, resulting in the strongest quarterly sentiment since 2007, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed April 6.
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Kevin Burch: Taking the Story of Trucking to the White House
I love trucks. As I travel the country as chairman of American Trucking Associations, I wear a simple button with a simple message: 鈥淚 Love Trucks.鈥 I even wear it in my official ATA chairman鈥檚 portrait. It鈥檚 a button I encourage everyone I meet to wear. It starts conversations about this great industry and gives me a chance to tell our story.
April 5, 2017Global Shipping Fleet Braces for Chaos of $60 Billion Fuel Shock
Little more than聽2陆 years from now, the global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines belch into the atmosphere.
April 5, 2017Opinion: Working Together to Elevate 3PL Industry
As I prepare to serve as chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries Association for the next two years, I reflect on my experience with the association. Throughout the past 13 years of attending TIA events, participating on various committees and investing time as a board member and executive committee member, I have experienced firsthand the benefits that come from associating with and investing in TIA.
April 3, 2017Rosen Shuns TIGER Grants at Senate Hearing
During his Senate nomination hearing March 29, President Trump鈥檚 pick for the No. 2 spot at the U.S. Department of Transportation would not endorse an Obama-era infrastructure grants program popular with states.
April 3, 2017Bipartisan Support for Road Funds, Tax Reform Likely, ATA Exec Says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 Advancing an infrastructure funding measure alongside a tax reform package in the coming weeks is likely to garner bipartisan backing from policymakers and support from the freight industry, officials representing trucking executives and states鈥 transportation directors said last week.
April 3, 2017Trucking Executives Discuss How Millennials Are Shifting Industry鈥檚 Workforce Dynamics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 As baby boomers retire, more companies are hiring millennials to be truck drivers, presenting new challenges to address the differences between the generations in how they view life and work.
April 3, 2017GAO Upholds XPO Protest of Military Freight Contract
A multibillion-dollar contract recently awarded to Crowley Logistics to handle freight shipments for the Department of Defense is being reopened after the Government Accountability Office upheld a challenge filed by XPO Logistics Government Services.
April 3, 2017Schneider Initial Stock Sale May Spur Growth in Truckload, Intermodal, Analysts Predict
Schneider鈥檚 forthcoming initial public offering may close a chapter on the company鈥檚 long- standing family ownership, but it will expand the motor carrier鈥檚 ability to broaden its horizons, industry analysts said.
April 3, 2017NTSB Encourages Fleets to Root Out Bad Drivers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 A top National Transportation Safety Board official called on motor carriers to do a better job of identifying drivers in their employ with bad driving habits.
April 3, 2017