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Cargo Backlog at Port Raises Security Concerns • Congress Approves $8.2 Billion Budget for Coast Guard • Philadelphia-Bound Turkish Ship Detoured • Senate Confirms Stone for TSA Post

Transportation equipment lessor Xtra Corp. said Tuesday that Bill Franz was named the company's new chief executive officer.

The price of crude oil futures in New York rose above $43 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time, Bloomberg reported.

Orders for durable goods rose in the United States rose 0.7% in June, the first increase in three months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Motor carrier executives and shipper groups last week said they were uncertain how the court decision throwing out the new driver hours-of-service rules would affect fleet operations in coming weeks.

Without resolution to issues at America’s ports, the future of intermodal freight capacity is at stake. ATA is calling on the businesses that operate near U.S. ports to help bring relief to millions of Americans who move our nation’s intermodal freight..

The New Jersey Supreme Court on July 19 struck down the state’s $212 hazardous materials transporter fee, in a decision stemming from a suit American Trucking Associations had brought against the state.

The Tennessee Trucking Association said it named David Huneryager as its new president, ending a search that lasted more than four months.

Freightliner LLC said Wednesday it would begin a second shift and add about 700 employees at its truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore.

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday the U.S. economy expanded at a slower rate in June and early July, despite a strong performance from trucking and transportation firms throughout much of the country.