Many trucking companies are looking ahead to 2014 to try to assess budget needs, driver hires, tonnage requirements and more for the coming year. It’s not as easy task. As any trucking firm will tell you, there are uncertainties along…
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What a treat to have MN Senator Melisa Franzen visit Calhoun Truck Lines HQ last week to learn more about our intermodal trucking business. Senator Franzen was very interested in learning more about Calhoun Truck Lines, the U.S trucking business…
In the midst of uncertain news from our nation’s capital, there has been a small glimmer of good news from the Department of Energy in recent weeks. The cost of diesel gas has fallen for a 4th straight decline. The…
Calhoun Truck Lines executives look to gain more insights into trucking trends, driver growth, natural gas trends and more at the upcoming annual ATA Management Conference and Exhibition 2013, taking place October 19-23 in Orlando, FL. The American Trucking Association’s…
The U.S. trucking industry still faces uphill battles in getting fleets to where the sizes they once were, and to get more younger drivers involved in the business. In 2012, truckload activity was barely up 1 percent, according to…
Mid-March 2013 and there are some positive signs on our radar for the intermodal trucking services industry. The US Labor Department announced this week that 5,600 for-hire trucking jobs were added in February in the trucking industry. That’s a…
Some of the best news of last weekend didn’t come from New Orleans and had nothing to do with the Super Bowl. For intermodal cargo shippers in the United States, the best news of all came from New Jersey, where…
Along with other leading intermodal cargo shipping companies, Calhoun Truck Lines has been carefully watching the labor talks and contract negotiations taking place between the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance. If these contract negotiations are not settled very…
One of the essential and crucial parts of a professional truck driver’s job is to drive safely. Making America’s highways safer for all who travel them is a paramount concern for many of us in the industry, and especially to…
If you recall, the 8-day strike at the Port of Long Beach in December 2012 disrupted the flow of containers inland right in the middle of the holiday season. For many of us in the intermodal freight industry, the unwarranted…
