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Court to Expedite Filings in Clean-Truck Case
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The U.S.
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
FMCSA Launches Truck Safety Program Online
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking company safety scores in five performance categories are available online following the Dec. 12 launch of the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
LaHood Yanks Rail Grants
John D. Boyd |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood didn’t even wait for incoming governors of Wisconsin and Ohio to be sworn in.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Swift Builds Muscle
William B. Cassidy |
Swift Transportation is raising the ante in its initial public offering to $1 billion as the truckload business gains traction.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Another Bite From the Big Apple
Joseph Bonney |
The Port of New York and New Jersey will implement an infrastructure fee on all cargo to pay for intermodal rail and road infrastructure and security.
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking News
Rail News
Court Clears Trucking Safety Program Launch
William B. Cassidy |
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington cleared the Department of Transportation to launch its CSA 2010 trucking safety program as early as this weekend, denying a request for a delay.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
Truck brokers
Letters Show Teamsters Considered ABF-YRC Merger
William B. Cassidy |
Letters submitted as evidence in court indicate the Teamsters union was willing to help ABF Freight System purchase struggling YRC Worldwide earlier this year.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Truckload Carrier Celadon Signs $50 Million Credit Deal
William B. Cassidy |
Celadon Group secured a $50 million, five-year revolving credit facility from Bank of America, giving the truckload carrier increased liquidity and financing flexibility.
Trucking News
Trucking News
2010 Dedicated Contract Carriers
JOC Staff |
A.C. TRUCKING 405 S. VASCONCELLOS ST., MANTECA, CA 95336 Contact: Albert Nunes, President Phone: 209-823-3224, 800-583-7677 Fax: 209-823-6552
Trucking News
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Truck brokers
Dedicated to Recovery
David Biederman |
Shippers appear dedicated to getting ahead of potential truck capacity constraints in 2011.
Trucking News
Trucking News
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FedEx Freight Cuts Canada-U.S. Transit Times
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Freight is speeding less-than-truckload service between U.S. and Canadian markets, cutting transit times in more than 500 lanes, the company said.
Trucking News
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CRST International Promotes Gannon, Hires Labrie
William B. Cassidy |
The former president of Con-way Freight, John Labrie, joined truckload giant CRST International as head of its core dry van division CRST Expedited.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
DOT Sends Wisconsin, Ohio Rail Money to Other States
John D. Boyd |
Just as he threatened, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood began redirecting $1.195 billion away from passenger rail projects rejected by governors-elect in Wisconsin and Ohio, and said those stimulus
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Labor Intensifies Driver Classification Battle
Bill Mongelluzzo |
National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Barge Service in Virginia to Resume
Rail Resource |
On Dec.
Rail News
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Dynamex Gets $248 Million Takeover Bid
William B. Cassidy |
Dynamex received a higher offer from an unnamed bidder, jeopardizing its $237.8 million acquisition by transportation investor Greenbriar Equity Group.
Trucking News
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Railcar Owners Slow Drawdowns of Idled Car Fleet
John D. Boyd |
With rail freight demand slowing, railcar owners last month pulled fewer cars out of storage than at any time this year, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Deutsche Bahn, China Strike Rail Freight Deal
Bruce Barnard |
Germany's Deutsche Bahn signed an agreement with Beijing to develop China's rail freight transport and supervise the construction of high-speed rail lines.
Rail News
Rail News
Continental Express Buys Carolina Refrigerated
William B. Cassidy |
Midwestern truckload carrier Continental Express is expanding in the Southeastern U.S. by purchasing Carolina Refrigerated, Gaffney, S.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Diesel Price Jumps to Highest Level in Two Years
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Diesel fuel prices jumped an average 3.5 cents across the United State over the past week to $3.197 per gallon, the highest point diesel prices have reached in more than two years, according
Trucking News
Trucking News
ABF Says Teamsters Suggested Buyout of YRC
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union at one point pressured ABF Freight System to buy ailing rival YRC Worldwide, ABF Freight System revealed on a company Web site.
Trucking News
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FedEx Ground to Boost Rates 4.9 Percent in January
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Ground will raise its rates by a net average of 5.9 percent Jan. 3, but a fuel surcharge reduction will blunt the increase to 4.9 percent.
Trucking News
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LTL
Judge to Hear YRC Arguments Against ABF Lawsuit
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System's attempt to overturn YRC Worldwide's historic wage-cutting agreements with the Teamsters union is headed to federal court Dec. 16.
Trucking News
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Trucking labor
Port Cochin Truckers End Strike
JOC Staff |
Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal.
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Cargo Chameleon?
William B. Cassidy |
An Alabama trucking company shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reopened five days later with a new name, a new owner, but many of the same trucks and drivers, and it’s
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Unfolding Impact on Capacity, Drivers
JOC Staff |
There’s widespread belief among carriers and shippers that CSA 2010 will tighten truck capacity, but no consensus on when and by how much.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Freight Rails Track Passenger Gains
John D. Boyd |
From his office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dennis Miller waits for word from officials in that state and neighboring Illinois on when his regional railroad may begin engineering on construction projects t
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Clearing the Air
Bill Mongelluzzo |
With all the labor controversy, political intrigue and costly litigation surrounding clean-trucks programs at U.S.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Weak Home Sales Nail Carriers
Joseph Bonney |
Slumping home sales are dragging down volume for ocean and surface transportation carriers that rely on housing for shipments ranging from lumber to lounge chairs.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Maritime
Rail News
Closing Clean-Trucks Loopholes
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Although the banning of old, polluting trucks from the nation’s two largest ports appears to be a difficult requirement to circumvent, creative truckers in Southern Californi
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North American ports
LTL
Small Carriers, Big Trouble
William B. Cassidy |
Thousands of small trucking operators fear they could be forced out of business when some of their CSA 2010 scores are made public this month, despite their satisfactory safety ratings
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
Rocky Road to Safety
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking companies that receive some shocking mail in the next few weeks from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can’t say they and their customers weren’t warned.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking’s Addition by Subtraction
William B. Cassidy |
The economy is growing slowly and freight demand is down from last spring’s high mark, but orders for new trucks and trailers are exceeding all speed limits.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Environmental Mandates Going Global
Bruce Barnard |
Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking News
Rail News
Forwarding
Truckers Resist NY-NJ Clean-Trucks Stickers
Joseph Bonney |
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Rising Transport Costs Cut Dynamex Profit
Joseph Bonney |
Same-day delivery specialist Dynamex increased sales 11.2 percent to $110.6 million in its last quarter, but higher purchased transportation costs cut into profit.
Trucking News
Trucking News
FMCSA Pushes CSA 2010 Launch to Dec. 12
William B. Cassidy |
CSA 2010 will launch no earlier than Dec. 12, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says, delaying the publication of carrier data by about a week.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Some Bulk Rail Cargoes Gain Despite Holiday
John D. Boyd |
Strength in several raw material categories for the week ending Nov.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
House Republicans Urge Action on Mexican Trucks
William B. Cassidy |
Two key Republican House members are calling on the Obama administration to end an impasse with Mexico over cross-border trucking.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Intercontainer Liquidation Begins; Trains Keep Running
Bruce Barnard |
Intercontainer-Interfrigo, Europe's largest intermodal transport company, appointed lawyers to carry out the process of liquidation.
Rail News
Rail News
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