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Domestic Intermodal Surge Offsets Ocean Slump
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
Domestic intermodal traffic spiked upward 6.3 percent in the third quarter, an industry group said
Intermodal providers
North-American rail
Federal Rail Board Seeks to Avoid Labor Shutdown
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
President Obama’s team trying to head off a nationwide rail strike or lockout offered new recommendations on contract terms, triggering a final 30-day countdown toward labor action on Dec.
North-American rail
Rail News
Hub Logistics Unit Acquires Drayage Trucker
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
Intermodal provider Hub Group said its Comtrak Logistics unit acquired assets of intermodal drayage trucker Challenge
Intermodal providers
Rail News
UPS Projects Late 6 Percent Surge in Holiday Shipments
Mark Szakonyi, Daily Content Editor |
Displaying confidence in U.S.
Air Cargo Forwarder News
Air Cargo
Trucking News
LTL
Shipments Spike 30 Percent at Echo Global Logistics
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A 30 percent increase in shipments pushed third-quarter gross revenue up 40 percent year-over-year to $159 million at Echo Global Logistics.
Truck brokers
Trucking News
Railcar Owners Place 1,378 More in Storage
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
North American owners of freight railcars trucked 1,378 more into storage lots and track sidings during October, as traffic slowed some from the peaks set in
North-American rail
Rail News
XPO Logistics Sales Rise to $47.4 Million
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Profits tightened at XPO Logistics, formerly Express-1Expedited Solutions, as operating revenue rose 6.6 percent in the third quarter to $47.4 million.
Truck brokers
Felixstowe Breaks Weekly Rail Traffic Record
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Felixstowe’s container rail traffic hit a record 11,019 containers in a single week, as the UK’s largest box port reaps the benefits of a three-year investment in tracks, cranes and termin
Port News
Maritime
Rail News
Forwarding
Rogers Shifts Gears at YRC
William B. Cassidy |
Less than two months after being named president of YRC, Jeff Rogers is cutting away layers of management and consolidating sales and operations in an attempt to steer the national less-than-truckload
LTL
Trucking News
Slicing Into Management
William B. Cassidy |
A new management style is becoming evident at YRC Worldwide and its long-haul subsidiary YRC, as new CEO James L.
LTL
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Going Postal
Going Postal |
The intermodal industry gathers next week in Atlanta for the Intermodal Expo, hosted by the Intermodal Association of North America.
Trucking News
Rail News
STB Defers Action on Shipper Rail Access
John D. Boyd |
Caught between pressure from captive shippers and strong opposition from railroads, industry regulators chose Friday to delay making any decision on whether to impose more competitive switching rules.
North-American rail
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transportation Jobs Rise 2 Percent in October
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Transportation employment increased more than 2 percent year-over-year in October, with rail employment up 3.8 percent and trucking up 2.9 percent.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Maritime
Trucking News
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CP Investor Says He’s Not Looking to Sell Railroad
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
Activist hedge fund investor William Ackman’s plan for boosting the value of his stake in Canadian Pacific Railway does not include selling off the second-largest carrier in Canada, Ackman told
North-American rail
Rail News
YRC Worldwide Names Pierson CFO
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
YRC Worldwide gave Jamie G. Pierson the job he’s been doing effectively since August, naming him executive vice president and chief financial officer.
LTL
Trucking News
How Long Can The Rally Last?
John D. Boyd and William B. Cassidy |
Somewhere, somehow, the intermodal market missed the message that the U.S. economy might be stumbling back into recession.
Intermodal providers
Trucking News
Rail News
Rails Pushed to Clean Up Their Air
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council in California may have national implications for all railroads.
Rail News
Maritime
The New Intermodal Heartland
William B. Cassidy |
The center of intermodal growth is shifting toward the center of the U.S., as U.S. manufacturing creates more shorter-haul, domestic intermodal freight.
Intermodal providers
Trucking News
1 Driver + 1 Day = Intermodal
William B. Cassidy |
As more truckloads are converted to intermodal containerloads, trucking companies aren’t rushing to cut rates to keep that freight on the highway.
Intermodal providers
Trucking News
Rail News
Trucking labor
YRC Worldwide Loss Deepens to $120 Million
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The $500 million financial restructuring completed in July may save YRC Worldwide in the long-term, but any gain came with some short-term pain in the third quarter.
LTL
Trucking News
Con-way Posts $29.1 Million Profit on Price Gains
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Steady freight demand in less-than-truckload and truckload markets boosted Con-way’s total revenue 8.4 percent in the third quarter to $1.38 billion.
Truckload
Trucking News
STB Says Only UP Posted Adequate Revenue in 2010
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
The U.S. agency that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers says Union Pacific Railroad was the only major carrier that pulled in sufficient revenue in 2010.
North-American rail
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Full Speed Ahead for Railroads
John D. Boyd |
Intermodal rail traffic is maintaining good momentum this autumn even as the international shipping business moving containers on the water remains in the doldrums.
Rail News
Forwarding
Battling to Stand Still
Mark Szakonyi |
Backers of two competing transportation plans are jockeying for support by selling their initiatives as job creators and taking shots at the other side for funding shortfalls.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Greenbrier Profit Rises 64 Percent on Record Sales
John D. Boyd, Associate Editor |
Propelled by surging rail equipment demand, railcar and barge maker Greenbrier Companies saw profit jump 64 percent to $12.6 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ending Aug. 31.
North-American rail
Rail News
Higher Pricing Boosts Roadrunner Profit 38.2 Percent
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Acquisitions, rate hikes and a surge in freight pushed revenue up 38.2 percent to $226.2 million in the third quarter at Roadrunner Transportation System.
LTL
Trucking News
TransForce to Buy Quik X, Sales Jump 49 Percent
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
TransForce's acquisition of a cross-border, expedited less-than-truckload carrier expands the Canadian trucking giant's reach further into the U.S.
LTL
Trucking News
Net Orders for Heavy Trucks Rose in October
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Preliminary net orders for Class 8 trucks defied recessionary expectations in October, rising month-over-month and year-over-year, according to ACT Research.
Truckload
Trucking News
UPS Freight Targets Missed LTL Pickups
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
UPS Freight is rolling out technology that will help less-than-truckload shippers better control the “first mile” of any freight movement, the LTL pickup.
LTL
Trucking News
Higher FTR Trucking Index Reflects Higher Rates
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Disciplined management of capacity and pricing, coupled with falling fuel prices, meant better times for trucking companies in September, FTR Associates said.
Truckload
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Vitran Losses Mount Despite Freight Gains
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Vitran’s losses deepened to $3.4 million in the third quarter, compared with a $2.3 million net loss in the second quarter and a $1.9 million net profit a year ago.
LTL
Trucking News
BNSF Expects Return to Pre-Recession Volume in 2013
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
BNSF Railway foresees a slow economic recovery and doesn’t expect its freight volume to return to pre-recession peaks until about 2013, a top executive said.
North-American rail
Rail News
Freightcar America Doubles Revenue, Narrows Loss
Mark Szakonyi, Daily Content Editor |
Freightcar America said growing demand for railcars more than doubled revenue to $130.1 million, but the equipment manufacturer said the impact of weather and light maintenance dragged the company to
North-American rail
Rail News
Genesee & Wyoming Profit, Pricing Leap
Mark Szakonyi, Daily Content Editor |
Genesee & Wyoming’s net profit jumped 32.6 percent to $32.9 million in the third quarter, as the <
North-American rail
Rail News
Russia’s Richest Man Buys Russian Railways Freight Unit
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Vladimir Lisin, reputed to be Russia’s richest man, won the auction for state-owned Russian Railways cargo arm, Freight One, in a $4.2 billion deal that gives him control over a fifth of the nat
Rail News
Diesel Prices Hit 12-Week High
Mark Szakonyi, Daily Content Editor |
Diesel prices across the United States jumped 6.7 cents in the week ending Oct. 31, extending a sudden upturn that pushed diesel to its highest point in three months.
Truckload
Trucking News
Canadian Pacific Targeted in Buyout Rumors
JOC Staff |
A private equity firm’s new minority stake in Canadian Pacific Railway is triggering suggestions of a large reorganization and even a potential outright sale of Canada’s second-largest rai
North-American rail
Saia Profit Soared in Third Quarter
William B. Cassidy |
Multiregional less-than-truckload carrier Saia nearly doubled its net profit year-over-year in the third quarter as revenue rose 14 pe
Trucking News
LTL
LA Confident on Clean-Trucks Program at Supreme Court
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Port of Los Angeles will enforce all concession requirements in its clean-truck program upheld in a recent ruling by the U.S.
Port News
Maritime
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Forwarding
ABF Freight Builds Profit as Tonnage Declines
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Arkansas Best swung to a $12.3 million net profit in the third quarter from a loss a year ago despite lower freight volume at the less-than-truckload subsidiary, ABF Freight System.
LTL
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