Last week’s sinking of the car carrier Baltic Ace following a fatal collision with the container ship Corvus J in the North Sea has resulted in the confirmed deaths of five crewmen with a further six crew members unaccounted for but presumed dead with no further searches planned.
Commercial Carrier Journal, CCJ –  For the second month in a row, driver turnover at truckload fleets reporting more than $30 million in annual revenue was above 100 percent, said the American Trucking Associations’ Trucking Activity Report.
Overdrive Magazine - The Texas oil and gas field boom of the last few years has also been a boom for much of the state’s economy, and that includes the Rush Truck Centers facility in San Antonio.
Commercial Carrier Journal – CCJ Truck sales in 2013 will be flat to as much as 5 percent higher than in 2012, said W.M. “Rusty†Rush, CEO and president of Rush Enterprises.
An analysis from the Department of Transportation’s National highway Traffic Safety Administration says highway deaths in 2011 fell to their lowest levels since 1949 to 32,367 deaths — a 26 percent decline since 2005 and a 1.9 percent drop from 2010.
The Auto Haulers Association of America has teamed with the YMCA of Atlanta to help make this Christmas a little more joyful for our community of teens. Through the amazing generosity of the Associations Founders and Members, there will be big smiles on a lot of very deserving teens this year!
China’s State Council has recently said the port of Qingdao in eastern Shadong province will begin functioning as a major car import terminal in 2013. It will be the only such facility in Shandong province to do so. A ro-ro terminal
International supply chain provider APL Logistics and North American 3PL Vascor have set up a joint venture in India to provide rail transport and yard management for vehicles, the first step in a wider project for
American Honda Motor Co., facing a challenging but growing U.S. light-vehicle market, is placing its $700 million U.S. creative and media accounts for the Honda and Acura brands under review.
