
Flood Damaged Bridges, Roads in West Virginia Receive Emergency Funds
April 7, 2016 | Dan Boaz
Historic flooding across West Virginia at the end of last month has resulted in significant damage to many roads across the state but urgent repairs have already begun. Overall costs for needed repairs are estimated to be in the region of $40 million and the Federal Government has kicked in emergency relief funds of $5 million thus far.
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The Mid-America Trucking Show Begins This Week in Louisville
March 30, 2016 | Dan Boaz
This week sees the return of one of the biggest events on the annual trucking calendar as the Mid-America Trucking Show takes place in Louisville, Kentucky. Industry professionals, manufacturers and affiliated companies across the trucking industry will be present in huge numbers at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
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Rhode Island Details Proposed Truck Tolling Locations
January 8, 2016 | Dan Boaz
In an effort to increase funding for state highway projects in Rhode Island, the introduction of tolling for trucks in the state for an extended period of time. Almost two years after the proposals were first introduced the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has now provided a comprehensive list of locations that are being considered for the addition of toll gantries.
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Nearly One in Four Bridges Deemed Deficient Nationwide
January 4, 2016 | Dan Boaz
The overall condition of our nation's infrastructure is a key consideration for the transportation sector and naturally for everyone involved in providing hot shot trucking services. Safe, reliable and properly maintained highways and roads play a vital part in the on-time delivery of urgent freight and all goods and materials throughout the United States.
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Daimler Trucks Investment in New R & D Facility
September 17, 2015 | Dan Boaz
Beyond freight statistics and economic indicators one of the other methods to gauge the health of the hot shot trucking industry along with full truckload services and trucking in general is investment. With that in mind the recent news that Daimler Trucks North America have confirmed that an $18 million investment will be used to improve their research and development operations that are based in Madras, Oregon.
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Top Ten States for Growth in Manufacturing Jobs this Decade
July 22, 2015 | Dan Boaz
Since the end of the recession, one of the indexes that we watch closely for the hot shot trucking sector specifically and the economy, in general, is the growth of manufacturing within the United States. Improvements in the manufacturing, construction and retail sectors each help growth in the demand for urgent freight and hot shot services.
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ATA Results Show a Stronger May for the Trucking Sector
June 29, 2015 | Dan Boaz
2015 continues to show stable to good results for the trucking sector along with the economy and this was mirrored by the latest tonnage results from the American Trucking Association. The May report showed an increase of 1.1 percent in the seasonally adjusted for hire truck tonnage which represent a good recovery from the 1.4 percent loss seen in April.
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2014 Saw New Record Revenues for U.S. Trucking Industry
May 22, 2015 | Dan Boaz
A recent report released by the American Trucking Association as part of their 2015 "American Trucking Trends" revealed that the nationwide trucking industry saw good growth in 2014 reaching an all-time revenue peak of just over $700 billion
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For Hot Shot Trucking in Louisiana I-20 Remains Critical
May 19, 2015 | Dan Boaz
For Expedited and Hot Shot Trucking across and through northern Louisiana, the region is heavily reliant on Interstate 20 which crosses the upper section of the state from Vicksburg, MS across to Shreveport, LA. Heavy freight travels daily along the highway either to or from Dallas or back east towards Alabama, Texas or Florida.
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New Study Highlights Growing Driver Shortage Facing Trucking Industry
May 5, 2015 | Dan Boaz
One of the largest concerns on the horizon for the nationwide trucking industry remains a growing national shortage of drivers and a new study further demonstrates that there are no signs of the problem diminishing soon. The new report compiled by HireRight reinforces the statistics that show the industry is poised to be short more than a hundred thousand drivers over the coming decade.
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U.S. DOT Freight Index Shows Small Drop in February
April 13, 2015 | Dan Boaz
As part of our news rotation on the Hot Shot Trucking blog, today sees the addition of a regular review of The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Officially compiled by the United States Department of Transporation, the TSI information is released with
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New Tucson Road Project Benefits Trucking, Local Business and Region
April 7, 2015 | Dan Boaz
From time to time on the hot shot trucking blog we spotlight regional transportation improvements that can make a substantial difference to commercial growth along with hot shot trucking, urgent freight, and nationwide trucking operations. Today the focus turns to Tucson, the second largest city in Arizona, and the announcement
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Six Year National Highway Spending Bill Proposed, but Will it Pass?
April 2, 2015 | Dan Boaz
fter waiting for months, the full details of the Federal government's proposed transportation bill were finally announced this week. Now begins what will surely be a spirited debate to see if the bill can receive the support it needs to pass into law before
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Hot Shot Trucking News Update Volume Four
March 25, 2015 | Dan Boaz
Welcome back to the Hot Shot Trucking blog as we take another look at some of the industry news you can use across the trucking sector. Whether it be hot shot trucking, urgent freight, nationwide trucking companies or the oil and gas production industry sector here are some recent stories that merit more exploration
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ATA and 37 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass Highway Funding Bill
March 19, 2015 | Dan Boaz
We're gradually heading toward a funding crisis for our national road transportation network which will impact all nationwide trucking companies to varying degrees. A very clear and pointed message has been sent by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and a coalition of 37 other organizations to Congress expressing that the lack of an extended highway bill has dire potential consequences for the industry and the economy.
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