The ongoing conflict between the Port of Los Angeles and the American Trucking Association may be finally drawing to a close.

Logistics Management Group News Editor interviewed Bradley S. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of XPO Logisitcs about XPO's fourth quarter earnings and the company's growth and acquisition strategies.

Business conditions for shippers in December showed improvement from November but still represent a “somewhat adverse” environment, according to the most recent edition of the Shippers Condition Index (SCI) from freight transportation forecasting firm FTR Associates.

In response to the December ruling from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regarding its final rule for final rule for truck drivers’ Hours-of-Service (HOS), the American Trucking Associations (ATA) said it has filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the rule.

January’s PCI dipped 1.7 percent after a 0.4 percent December gain and increases of 0.1 percent and 1.1 percent in November and October, respectively. With this decline, the PCI has seen growth in five of the last 11 months.

Organizations join together to urge Members to oppose any floor amendments that would modify any of the truck size and weight provisions in the bill.

January shipments at 1.046 were down .95 percent compared to December and up 3.6 percent compared to January 2010. This marked the 20th consecutive month shipments were above the 1.0 mark since May 2010

When it comes to intermodal growth and the momentum this mode has, it is more than clear that the numbers don't lie.

Shortly after the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee rolled out its five-year, $260 billion federal transportation authorization, entitled the American Energy and Infrastructure Act, a key component of it centered around trucking productivity was stripped from the bill’s language during a markup session by the committee.

Revenue—at $1.32 billion—was up 8.7 percent over last year’s $1.21 billion.