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Georgia Ports Growing Big – Brampton Road

Currently, the Georgia Department of Transportation is building more than $115 million in road and rail improvements near Gate 3 at Garden City Terminal. The Brampton Road project will eliminate at-grade crossings to ease traffic congestion and offer truck drivers faster access to the nation’s busiest container terminal. Soon, trucks leaving Gate 3 will have just one stop light to navigate before accessing the freeway for a straight drive to Atlanta and ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 2.4% in May

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 2.4% in May after decreasing 1.7% in April. In May, the index equaled 115.4 (2015=100) compared with 112.7 in April. “Tonnage had a nice gain in May, but remains in recession territory,” said ATA ... [+]

Team Worldwide announces new Kansas City Branch location

Team Worldwide recently announced the opening of its new fully-operational freight forwarding branch based in Kansas City. In addition to its North American branches conveniently positioned coast to coast, Team Kansas City's central location suggests extensive access to major markets across the country.Strategically selecting Kansas ... [+]

Sterling Transportation Expands Service to & from the Midwest

Sterling Transportation now offers services to Chicago (ORD) and the surrounding areas of Indianapolis (IND) and Columbus (CMH) out of DFW and IAH. These expanded services will include shipments into Texas from those same endpoints in the Midwest. [+]

Sterling Transportation Continues to Grow

Effective April 17th, Sterling Transportation will be operating out of their new facility in Coppell, TX, situated just north of the DFW Airport. "I've heard it said many times, 'Everything is bigger in Texas.' That statement is very true for our new DFW facility," said Jaye ... [+]

David Rice Joins Sterling Transportation

Sterling Transportation is pleased to announce that David Rice has joined The Sterling team! David will be based in L.A. and will handle business development for the Western region of the U.S. David brings with him over 10 years of transportation experience, specifically in the expedited ... [+]

Trucking stakeholders launch clean freight coalition

A group of truck transportation stakeholders recently launched the Clean Freight Coalition (CFC) to serve as a collective voice for key trucking industry stakeholders. Made up of motor carriers of every size and sector, truck manufacturers, and truck dealers, the CFC’s mission is to: Educate ... [+]

Sterling Transportation expands with service to/from Chicago

Beginning on April 11, 2023, Sterling Transportation will be adding service to Chicago (ORD) and the surrounding areas of Indianapolis (IND) and Columbus (CMH) out of DFW and IAH. These expanded services will include shipments into Texas from those same endpoints in the Midwest. The company ... [+]

ATA Unveils 2023 Law Enforcement Advisory Board

The American Trucking Associations unveiled its 2023 Law Enforcement Advisory Board—a panel formed in 2021 to advise the ATA Federation on strategies to grow and strengthen relationships between the trucking industry and law enforcement organizations across the country. The board is comprised of ATA members who ... [+]

J.B. Hunt’s 4Q sees change in growth trajectory

Ti reports that 4th quarter and full year results from J.B. Hunt, the leading Arkansas intermodal, less-than-truck load, full-truck load and last mile provider, show that both its sales and its profits boomed in 2022. [+]

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