by - May 16, 2016 1:11 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., a global shipping and logistics company, has been named to Forbes America’s Best Large Employers list for 2016. Forbes, working with online statistics provider Statista, surveyed…
by - May 16, 2016 1:11 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., a global shipping and logistics company, has been named to Forbes America’s Best Large Employers list for 2016. Forbes, working with online statistics provider Statista, surveyed…
by - May 14, 2016 10:32 am
It’s been a tough start for the transportation sector in 2016, with most closely watched reports showing declines in trucking, rail and shipment revenue. The bright spot is a rise…
by - May 10, 2016 6:52 pm
In a Five Rivers Distribution warehouse in Van Buren there is literally a boatload of antacid for dairy cows. The powdery stuff comes from China. Don’t confuse it with the…
by - May 5, 2016 7:02 am
It was an expensive first quarter for Van Buren-based USA Truck, with $5.3 million in restructuring costs resulting in a net loss for the quarter of $1.807 million, a wide…
by - April 7, 2016 3:14 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry…
by - April 5, 2016 3:15 pm
Editor’s note: This report is a component of the Arkansas Transportation Report, a monthly compilation of data and news regarding the trucking, railroad, airline, and river barge industries. –––––––––––––––––––– The…
by - April 4, 2016 4:21 pm
Editor’s note: This report is a component of the Arkansas Transportation Report, a monthly compilation of data and news regarding the trucking, railroad, airline, and river barge industries. –––––––––––––––––– While…
by - February 11, 2016 9:30 pm
Ernest and Cheree Shunn of Lowell have been best friends and partners in nearly everything they have done for the past 32 years. The couple worked at APEX Tools in…
by - February 10, 2016 4:14 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/AIA. Other transportation industry…
by - February 9, 2016 2:46 pm
Steady demand from the auto industry, Mexican freight and logistics expertise helped to fuel record annual profits of $21.435 million for P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc., making 2015 the best year…
by - February 3, 2016 7:13 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with section at the end of this report. –––––––––––––––– It was tough fourth quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., with a decline in tonnage and shipments…
by - February 2, 2016 6:08 pm
President Harry Truman fired Gen. MacArthur, DiMaggio played his final game, and Winston Churchill returned to power in the U.K. when Robert A. Young III was first introduced to a…
by - November 4, 2015 1:52 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday (Nov. 4) that any state highway funding solution should be revenue neutral and that the formulas that pay for highways should be changed. He told…
