BNSF Railway is spending $375 million in Texas and $110 million in Oklahoma as part of its $3.3 billion 2018 capital expenditure program that focuses on maintenance projects. In Texas, the railroad will conduct track surfacing and/or undercutting on about 1,400 miles of track and replace nearly 40 miles of rail and 450,000 ties.

According to data tracked by ACT Research, the preliminary estimate for net trailer orders this January is 39,100 units, which is a record-setting number, the firm said.

Tight US truck capacity and rising rates marked the first quarter of 2018, and the outlook for the remainder of the year is more of the same, if not worse. That is the dilemma for shippers of perishable goods, especially food, who are seeing growing demand from buyers on the one hand, tempered by a […]

Trucking capacity is tightening faster than anticipated in the electronic logging era, as a messy start to the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is making a bad situation worse for shippers, forcing the latter to pay more, speed up loading and unloading, and dig deeper into routing guides to find capacity. (This article requires a […]

Soaring freight rates, a shortage of big rigs and strong freight demand combined to make January’s heavy-duty truck orders the best since 2006. The strong economy and favorable new tax policy are encouraging motor carriers to make large fleet investment. Manufacturers received orders for 47,200 trucks in the heaviest Class 8 weight segment last month. […]

Freight demand and tax reform are boosting the industry, but dissolution of NAFTA could wipe that all out, notes ATA’s chief economist.

After nearly a decade of so-so profits, the $36 billion less-than-truckload (LTL) sector of the trucking industry is poised for impressive-if not spectacular-growth in 2018. Nearly all trucking analysts agree that consistently steady industrial and retail demand, the tightening of overall trucking capacity throughout the industry, and LTL’s special operational niche all are factors in […]

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) believes the transportation of people and goods both stand to gain “tremendous opportunities” as a variety of technologies – from electric powertrains to automated driving systems – “transform the world of mobility as we know it.”

The American Trucking Associations supports President Trump’s call for a sweeping plan to repair the country’s highways, bridges and other infrastructure. But, it disagrees with a document leaked earlier this week that is said to outline the administration’s plans to increase tolls to pay for much of the work.