Transportation Topics

Navistar Inc. said Tuesday it will remain the exclusive provider of Class 8 tractors for truckload carrier Heartland Express.

North Carolina's secretary of transportation is supporting a plan by Virginia to put tolls on Interstate 95 near the border of the two states, the Associated Press reported.

Diesel fell for a fourth straight week, dropping 3.4 cents to $2.946 a gallon, its lowest price in 10 weeks, the Department of Energy said.

Truck maker Paccar Inc. said it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board for its Paccar MX 12.9 liter engine, its first heavy-duty engine.

Software vendor TMW Systems said it unveiled Innovative IES Release 9, a new version of its green-screen dispatch and operations software.

Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide reported an increase in net income and revenue for its fiscal first quarter.

Oil held near $71 a barrel early Monday, following a big drop Friday, on concerns that Europe's debt crisis could keep demand low, Bloomberg reported.

What a difference a year makes: Just one year ago, trucking trade publications were reporting on truckload rates plummeting 27% over the previous year, trucking companies beating down shippers' doors looking for business, carriers dealing with 50% to 100% excess capacity over the previous two years, and thousands of trucking companies going bankrupt.

President Obama and Vice President Biden toured an International Trucks dealership in Maryland Friday following the release of the government's monthly jobs report.

A federal court denied an American Trucking Associations petition requesting that the full court reconsider a three-judge panel's previous decision that let California's "reefer retrofit" rule stand.

Logistics firm Pacer International has appointed Val Noel to oversee its intermodal operations temporarily after one of the company's executives leaves in July.

The U.S. economy added 431,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 9.7% in May from 9.9% in April, the Labor Department said Friday.

The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association named Jeff Sims to succeed Richard Bowling as the group's president, effective July 1.

Intermodal rail traffic rose last week to its highest level since November 2008, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.

U.S. factory orders rose 1.2% in April, the eighth straight gain, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

An index of the U.S. economy's service sector was unchanged in May, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

U.S. workers' productivity rose at a 2.8% annual rate in the first quarter, lower than originally reported, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted sales increases in May as customers bought more sport utility vehicles, Bloomberg reported Wednesday

Navistar Inc. has introduced its first all-electric delivery van, a medium-duty model with a range of up to 100 miles that can be recharged in six to eight hours.