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A drop of more than 10% in van trailer shipments was the main factor in a 5.3% drop in overall trailer shipments during the first seven months of the year.

Motient Corp. has sold the transportation arm of its satellite-based vehicle-tracking and communications business to Aether Systems for $45 million plus incentives.

Carriers shipping goods into Puerto Rico must start filing Shippers Export Declarations on Oct. 10 or face enforcement action by the Customs Service.

United Parcel Service’s Web-based automated return system now lets shippers offer consumers who buy products online a way to more easily send goods back to retailers.

The Ontario Trucking Association and the National Truckers Association, both based in Ontario, have caught the attention of the provincial government and are working with them to avert threatened shutdowns in trucking services because of fuel prices.

An economic slowdown will hurt trucking this year, but growth will make truck traffic rise at an annual rate of 3% to 3.5% a year between 2002 and 2005, according to one of the industry’s leading economic analysts.

Representatives of shippers, carriers and logistics companies came together at the Nasstrac fall meeting to air out their needs, hopes and fears — both for themselves and for each other.

Both government and business leaders say collaboration is necessary in today's marketplace to lower production and other costs, but such alliancs have to be carefully constructed to avoid antitrust violations.

Through an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services, the 7,100 drivers of Landstar System will have access to the company’s Intranet through Web-enabled cellular phones.

In the news this morning: Reports grow of deal on hours of service; online freight arranger Transportal scales back; oil prices rise again as U.S. inventories drop; and more.