Tag: Transportation

Risk Managers Stay Awake at the Wheel

Fatigue and sleepy drivers concern area transport firms.

AHTD to Drivers: ?Brace Yourselves?

Orange barrels of road construction stretch far into the future.

Group Studies Options on Highway Commission

The Arkansas Trucking Association is not backing away from its desire to have members of the Arkansas Highway Commission elected rather than appointed.

J.B. Hunt?s Big Three

Here?s a glance at the three main segments of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. in Lowell.

Rockwell Transportation Files for Bancruptcy

Rockwell Transportation Inc. of Gentry, a private trucking fleet with 64 tractors and 154 trailers, becomes the latest casualty in the transportation industry.

Hunt Still Area?s Top Truck Firm

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. continued to dominate local trucking firms with $2.16 billion in operating revenue for 2000, a 6 percent increase from its 1999 total and 59 percent more than nearest competitor ABF Freight System Inc.

Study in Contradictions, P.A.M. Keeps Truckin?

While P.A.M. recently released 2000 results were a step backward for the company, they still stood out from the bulk of the trucking industry.

USA Provides Top Driver Pay

USA keeps trucking through tough times.

Truck Sales Suffering Disastrous Start to 2001

The trucking industry is experiencing a glut of trucks on the road, leading to its poorest year in truck sales in almost a decade.

The Largest Trucking Firms

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell tops the list of largest trucking firms.

The Largest Private Fleets

Tyson Foods Inc. pf Springdale tops the list of the largest private fleets.

Trucking Search Offers Interesting Stats

While digging through every bit of information we could possibly lay our hands on regarding the trucking industry for this issue, we came across some intriguing statistics.

Rockwell Transportation Files for Reorganization

Rockwell Transportation Inc. of Gentry, a private trucking fleet with 64 tractors and 154 trailers, files for Chapter 11 reorganization.

Garrison Delivers Value in FedEx Sale (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Sheridan Garrison shows impeccable timing with the bittersweet sale of American Freightways Corp. to FedEx Corp.

TransMontaigne Movin? on

TransMontaigne Oil Co. is in the process of eliminating one of its three principle offices. The Fayetteville business on North College Avenue is expected to be completely gone by September.

Springdale Business Picks Up Tijuana Trailers

Bell Trailer & Equipment, a division of Bell International Inc. in Lowell, has picked up a new line of trailers from a Mexican manufacturing plant.

Fort Smith Trucking Firm Named Innovator of the Year

Arkansas Best Freight Inc. of Fort Smith has been named Network World?s E-comm Innovator of the Year.

Wal-Mart Relatively Recession-Proof, CEO Says

“Things can get a lot worse before they get bad at Wal-Mart,? the company?s CEO, Lee Scott, tells students at the University of Arkansas.

Rogers Airport Grows With Wal-Mart?s Help

One of the busiest general aviation airports in Arkansas is about to undergo a major construction phase.

No Turbulence in XNA Budget

After losing $1.9 million last year, the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport should finish 2001 in the black ? a first for the two-and-a-half-year-old airport in Highfill.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ‘Oceanscape’ playground work begins, Mercy stroke program renewed

Walmart likely to tap insiders for expected leadership changes

Dan Wright re-elected Arkansas Farm Bureau president

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up