Florida Auto Transport Information

Posted in May 14th, 2012
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Looking for Florida auto transport information? Florida is located in the Gulf region of the U.S. and is a popular auto transport state, especially during the winter months. Snow birds, or people who live in the north during the summer and the south during the winter, are usually the auto transport industry’s most ardent customers [...]

New York Auto Transport Rates

Posted in May 4th, 2012
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New York auto transport can be cheap or it can be expensive, depending on where you’re shipping to in the state. Most auto transport companies like to avoid Manhattan if they can, as they can’t even get into the city proper, so you’d probably save some money shipping to nearby New Jersey or somewhere else [...]

Nissan Reveals Hybrid Car-Carrier

Posted in February 8th, 2012
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Nissan  has launched the first hybrid car-carrier. The carrier is 557 feet long and it has rows of solar power panels on deck and an electronically controlled diesel engine. All of the combined energy efficient updates to the carrier will allow it to save up to. 1,400 tons of fuel each year. If you’re interested [...]

Ray LaHood Takes Jobs Plan On The Road

Posted in November 7th, 2011
by Transporter

Ever since delivering the speech outlining his new jobs plan, President Obama and senior members of his administration have been on the road promoting various parts of it. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood traveled to Pennsylvania this week, bringing the message of infrastructure investments to the people of Philadelphia. In total, Obama’s Jobs Act has 50 [...]

Ford Motors has come roaring out of the recession, being the only major American automaker to pull through without a taxpayer bailout. While that is Ford’s major bragging point in commercials, the company has undertaken other laudable initiatives, such as a company recycling program that’s meant to get old, fuel-inefficient cars off the road and [...]

Transportation Truckers Shortage Likely to Increase Salaries

Posted in August 26th, 2011
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The American trucking industry is about to see a large increase in payroll costs, thanks to a shortage of qualified long-distance transport truckers. By 2012, the industry will be short of around a third of a million drivers, which may, as costs make their way down the economic chain, be reflected in higher prices for [...]

Honolulu Based Shipping Company Cuts Steel on New RORO Car Truck Carrier

Posted in August 12th, 2011
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Hawaiian shipping company Pasha Hawaii handles a lot of roll-on / roll-off marine shipping, which is the transport of rolling vehicles such as passenger cars and trucks on ships. The ships that handle such cargo need to be specially fitted with ramps, tiered drivable storage and exhaust fume ventilation, and most of them are built [...]

U.S. And Mexico Resolve Trucking Dispute

Posted in August 5th, 2011
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The United States and Mexico governments have, at long last, resolved a long-standing issue that had threatened the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The agreement calls for the 3 major North American nations to allow each other’s shipping trucks access to their highways. However, the U.S. objected against allowing Mexican truckers [...]

Can Ryders Alternative Fuel Module Help Auto Transport?

Posted in August 2nd, 2011
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Ryder System, Inc. is a leading supply-chain and transportation management company, and the nation’s top third-party logistical solutions provider. The company has moved to make its auto transport service greener and cheaper by creating an alternative fuels section on its website. The new site will educate customers and users about the advantages and cost savings [...]

Not Necessarily Four-Wheeled Transport

Posted in June 16th, 2011
by Transporter

Universal Auto Transport will move vehicles with any number of wheels! We have just given out a price quote for moving a Volkswagen Beetle that’s been converted into a three-wheeled motorcycle rickshaw from Las Vegas, Nevada to Fort Worth, Texas. Come to Universal Auto Transport and see what kind of deals you can get to [...]