Railroad and trucking operators are hauling more oversize cargo, helping to keep U.S. manufacturing activity on track for growth. Carrying “large, bulky items” via rail — including oil-production and exploration equipment, turbines and airplane fuselages — has become a “very interesting” segment of the transportation industry, said Walter Kemmsies, chief…

Anyone who doubts the U.S. economic recovery is building muscle should talk to a truck salesman. Net orders for the Class 8 trucks that literally keep the economy in motion were “phenomenal” in October, FTR Associates said this week, nearly breaking an all-time record. FTR released preliminary data showing October…

Telogis recently launched new software products designed to help fleets better plan their operations and respond quickly to changing conditions, whether it be hours-of-service constraints or traffic and weather patterns. The truck telematics provider’s Dynamic Response Suite supports “comprehensive planning,” from long-term strategy down to the details of the final…

Driver turnover among large truckload fleets averaged 92% in the first quarter this year, according to the American Trucking Associations, and 78% for small carriers. Industry experts say turnover is even up in trucking segments known for their retention, such as private fleets and less-than-truckload. Read more here.

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council said the theme for its 2015 annual meeting and transportation technology exposition will be “Fueling the Future.” The meeting, which will take place Feb. 16-19 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, will include discussions on alternative fuels and fuel economy standards…

AKRON, Ohio – Some Canadian and US fleets will soon be participating in testing to see if they can keep their pressures up—tire pressures that is. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company intends to put its air maintenance technology (AMT) out on the road for about 18 months to see…

Self-driving cars are all very well and good, if you ignore the fact that they can’t spot potholes or drive in the rain. Today, though, an even more satisfyingly futuristic prototype was unveiled at a conference in Vienna: a flying car. The “Aeromobil 3.0” is the size of a saloon…

Swift Transportation, the largest U.S. truckload carrier had more freight in the third quarter than it could handle, even with 300 more tractor-trailers hauling truckload shipments. The earnings reports of Phoenix-based Swift and truckload competitors Werner Enterprises and Knight Transportation show freight demand rose to match and exceed truck capacity…

Neovia Logistics, the former logistics arm of Caterpillar Inc., will be purchased by Rhone Capital, an investment arm of Goldman Sachs Group, company officials said. Jos Opdeweegh, CEO of Irving, Texas-based Neovia, said an agreement with Platinum Equity and Caterpillar to sell their respective 65% and 35% stakes in the…

For months many observers have worked to calm fears that the labor issues at West Coast ports — a major shipping hub for several U.S. retailers — would interfere with holiday inventory logistics. Most retailers are, for the most part, all set with their holiday inventories, but the delays are…