Transport, Trade and Regulation News

What weighs 13,000 pounds, has sharp teeth and fits comfortably in the belly of a Japan Airlines 747

LOGISTICS CENTER SETS CERTIFICATION PROGRAMThe Center for Logistics and Transportation annou

The National Industrial Transportation League urged the Interstate CommerceCommission to per

Fierce resistance from labor and trucking company creditors is threatening to bring to a halt a ship

TOLEDO PORT UNIT AIDS SHIPPERS' CONSTRUCTIONTOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo-Lucas County Port Auth

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Neal P. Gillen is the new executive vice president of the American Cotton Shipper

TOLEDO RAILWAY CREATES NEW STORAGE PROGRAMEAST PEORIA, Ill. - Toledo, Peoria & Western Railw

Importers of general department store merchandise, such as electrical goods, sporting goods, chinawa

Itel Distribution Systems has carved itself into four geographic regional divisions. "We're

RADIX GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC. (New York) - Art Samuelson was named district manager of Radix's Seat

Canton Industrial Corp. has created a new unit called Abbott Products Structural Steel Division.

U.S. forwarder Myers Group Inc. and London-based Constantine Wingate Ltd. have launched a new joint

WIS. CUSTOMS BROKERS JOIN NATIONAL GROUPDEARBORN, Mich. - The board of the National Customs

When R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. decided to go the third-party route, the company took a non-traditio

As Soviet citizens continue whetting their appetites for Western-style democracy, some of the more

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. (Cincinnati) - Gary T. Martin was promoted to vice president, product supply, i

Last Friday, workers at Champion Road Machinery Ltd. toiled like there was no tomorrow. Ther

INLAND STEEL TO MERGE SERVICE CENTER UNITSInland Steel Industries Inc. said its service cent

To drink Jack Daniel's famous black-label "Old No. 7" Tennessee whiskey the way Roger Brashears does

INTERAMERICAN (Los Angeles) - Jim Hintgen was named transportation administration manager at this fu

Richard Haupt, director of Ford Motor Co.'s transportation and traffic office, retired Monday.

NASSTRAC'S FALL MEETING PLANNED FOR ST. LOUISThe National Small Shipments Traffic Conference

At Ikea Sweden, unconventional is a badge of honor. "We don't mind suggesting things that ar

CLIPPER FREIGHT MANAGEMENT (Lemont, Ill.) - Richard J. Gutsell was appointed vice president of sales

Total Logistics Resources Inc. is the new name for Ted L. Rausch Co. The new name reflects t

Lumber companies appear to be lining up in support of an Interstate CommerceCommission propo

U.S. shippers shouldn't fret about facing major transportation changes if Canada's constitutional cr

NORTHERN CONSOLIDATORS INC. (Honolulu) - Roni Krause was named sales manager for Northern's new frei

Morton International opened a new salt processing facility in Port Canaveral, Fla. The facil

Shippers are discovering the latest pit stop on the nation's intermodal pathways: Remington, Ind.

How do 180,000 pounds of live lobsters get from Boston's coastal waters to Father's Day dinner plate

LEASEWAY UNIT WINS WHIRLPOOL DELIVERY JOBSavannah Service Inc. was awarded all of the Florid

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. selected South Daytona, Fla., as the site for its new printing plant.

CLIPPER EXXPRESS INC. RAISES LTL RATESLEMONT, Ill. - Clipper Exxpress Inc. is raising less-t

Shippers have mixed reactions to new Department of Transportation rules governing 48-foot, 102-inch-

Inland Steel Co. has significantly cut back on the number of motor carriers it uses to haul steel f

Steel shippers in northwest Indiana, the nation's center for integrated steel production, are shifti

ICC ASKED TO REOPEN PETITION ON FIREWORKSThe National Industrial Transportation League suppo

EAGLE USA INKS LEASE WITH ATLANTA TRADEPORTEagle USA Airfreight Inc., a Houston-based domest

Steward D. Hauser remembers years ago when his freight forwarder colleagues filed applications to ha