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Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs In April-Good News Right?

Transportation Continues Growth The Labor Department announced their April jobs report last week, one that many are viewing as a great sign that the economy is bouncing back from the slow winter months. The Labor...

ATA Disappointed With Obama’s Transportation Plan

Train And Rail More Important Then Trucking? As concerns and fear mounts due to the failure to agree on a long-term solution to the Highway Trust Fund, it appears that we're no closer to a...

FMCSA Begins Rulemaking to Raise Minimum Insurance Requirements

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has submitted a report to Congress explaining that current insurance minimums it has set for the commercial motor vehicle industry are inadequate to meet the costs of some...

Kraft Food Fleet Eliminating Private Fleet

Kraft Layoffs Continue Kraft Foods is discontinuing its nationwide private truck fleet, resulting in the elimination of around 285 total jobs by the end of 2014. "We plan to use contract and other commercial carriers to handle the...

Hiring Top Rated Trucking Companies

Hiring Trucking Services Hiring truck companies can be one of the most integral components to maintaining a supply line for a large company. Even small businesses need to consider the advantages of working with these...

Trucking Industry Expected To Add 175,000 Trucking Jobs

Trucking Industry Jobs Over the last few years, the trucking industry has seen a fluctuation of trucking jobs and we've seen demand rise and fall accordingly. In 2013, we saw a large increase in demand and...

Top Transportation Sector Stocks April 2014

Best Transportation Sector Stocks With the transportation sector seeing continued growth and a future forecast that shows growth past 2016, transportation stocks are becoming a great investment for portfolios. Transportation stocks have been performing great...

DOT Anthony Foxx Hopes For Long-Term Highway Bill

Highway Trust Fund Support With the Highway Trust Fund on the brink, Department of Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, continues to support President Obama's $302 billion dollar plan to fund our nation's highways. Foxx has been...

7 Lawsuits Against Pilot Flying J Sent To Kentucky

Pilot Lawsuit Moved To Kentucky Pilot Flying J has been in the spotlight for a while now due to alleged fuel rebate withholding scheme. 7 lawsuits against Pilot Flying J has now been consolidated and...

Legislative Proposal For More Toll Roads

More Interstate Toll Roads? The trucking community knows all to well about the financial mess that continues to go on in concerns of our highways. This stretches further then just trucking, all of us are...