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Swift Sets $1 Billion Target in IPO
William B. Cassidy |
Swift Transportation raised the stakes in its initial public offering this week to $1 billion as it launched a stock sale first announced in August.
Trucking News
Trucking News
DOT Inks Deal With Kentucky on Short Line Rehab
John D. Boyd |
A new implementing accord for a $12.9 million grant, just signed by the U.S.
Rail News
Rail News
Vitran Sells Truckload Assets
William B. Cassidy |
Vitran is selling off most of its truckload assets for $5 million to focus on its core less-than-truckload and logistics business, the Canadian-based company said.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Greenbriar Wins Bidding War for Dynamex
William B. Cassidy |
Same-day carrier Dynamex accepted a sweetened acquisition offer of $238 million from Greenbriar Equity Group, turning down a rival offer from an unnamed suitor.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Genesee & Wyoming Concludes FreightLink Purchase
Rail Resource |
Effective Dec.
Rail News
Rail News
Deficit Panel Backs Fuel Tax Hike
John D. Boyd |
The final report by President Obama's deficit commission stuck with a plan offered earlier by its co-chairs to hike federal fuel taxes 15 cents a gallon but included a number of recommendations that c
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Vancouver Truckers Protest Low Pay
Courtney Tower |
More than 400 owner-operators drove their trucks in a massive protest convoy on Highway 91 outside of Vancouver last Friday.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Forwarding
Trucking labor
US Senate Passes Food Safety Bill
R.G. Edmonson |
The Senate Tuesday morning passed by a 73-25 vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration added authority to keep contaminated food out of the food chain.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Air Cargo
Trucking News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Forwarding
Diesel Price Slips to $3.162 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Retail prices for diesel fuel fell an average of nine-tenths of a cent last week to $3.162 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking Groups Sue to Delay CSA 2010
William B. Cassidy |
Smaller trucking companies and expedited carriers are asking a federal court to stay a portion of the federal CSA 2010 safety initiative set to take effect next month.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Federal Agencies Offer Truck Fuel Rules
John D. Boyd |
The Obama administration is formally introducing its emission and fuel efficiency rules for heavy trucks and other freight-hauling vehicles, starting a 60-day countdown for public comment.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
BNSF, Illinois Set Terms for $45 Million Project
John D. Boyd |
BNSF Railway and Illinois have reached a preliminary agreement on how to spend $45 million in state funds to upgrade the rail network at Galesburg, Ill., to help passenger and freight trains operate e
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Used Truck Sales Drop 16 Percent as Prices Rise
William B. Cassidy |
Used truck sales fell 16 percent in October from the previous month, while orders for new heavy trucks surged 24 percent from September.
Trucking News
Trucking News
STB Delays Cargo Exemption Hearing
John D. Boyd |
The Surface Transportation Board delayed for 60 days starting a major review of its cargo exemption rules, citing a request from the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association.
Rail News
Rail News
Slow Track to Rail Policy
John D. Boyd |
As the effort to reshape federal rules on railroads’ rate-setting power shifts to the Surface Transportation Board, it is becoming clear that nothing will change quickly.
Rail News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking Dashboard
JOC Staff |
Freight shipping demand slowed in the third quarter, but many of the nation’s largest trucking companies improved their bottom lines by carefully matching capacity to demand and better utilizing
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Truck brokers
Shippers Stacking Up More
William B. Cassidy |
Supermarkets and shopping malls don’t have rail sidings, truckers love to point out, but the intermodal industry is moving steadily closer to the store floor.
Intermodal providers
Rail News
Forwarding
Truck Tonnage Edges Up 0.8 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Truck freight volume rose for the second straight month in October, pushing for-hire truck tonnage up 6.1 percent year-to-date compared with the first 10 months of 2009.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Intermodal Hauling Strong Ahead of Holidays
John D. Boyd |
Major North American railroads hauled the most intermodal equipment in a month during the week ending Nov. 20.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Southeastern Freight Lines Hires 900 in 2010
William B. Cassidy |
Southeastern Freight Lines is expanding its workforce by hiring 900 employees, bringing its total headcount to more than 7,000 workers by the end of 2010.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Truck, Trailer Order Surge, But Not Capacity
William B. Cassidy |
Orders of new trailers hit a 33-month high in October, as dry van trailer orders more than doubled, according to ACT Research. Total orders topped of 17,000 units.
Trucking News
Trucking News
APL Logistics Names Road, Rail Executives
Peter T. Leach |
APL Logistics hired two veteran intermodal experts to strengthen its inland transport capabilities.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
DOT Stimulus Spending Tops $22.6 Billion
John D. Boyd |
Department of Transportation spending, under the 2009 economic stimulus law, reached $22.65 billion as of Nov.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Shippers Face CSA 2010 Uncertainty After Changes
William B. Cassidy |
Last-minute changes to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative announced last Thursday will benefit truckers, but will leave some shippers wondering how to assess their carriers’ safet
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Looking Beyond Due Diligence
William B. Cassidy |
Like any good buyer, Brown Trucking’s Brian Kinsey has a checklist of sorts for evaluating a potential acquisition.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Shipping’s Uncertainty Principle
William B. Cassidy |
After watching freight volumes moderate or slip in the late summer and early fall, some trucking companies are enjoying a late peak shipping season.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
A Buyer’s, and Seller’s, Market
William B. Cassidy |
Is this the time to buy or sell a trucking company? Businesses on both sides of the question are concluding the time is right for the sort of transactions missing since the beginning of the U.S.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Equipment Suppliers Get Back on Track
John D. Boyd |
New equipment orders from lessors, railroads and shippers are giving railcar suppliers reason to celebrate for the first time since the Great Recession settled in two years ago.
Rail News
Rail News
Trucking’s Chemical Reaction
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Bengt Henriksen has been importing fireworks for years, contracting with a large motor carrier to haul his hazardous cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to local warehouses and rail ram
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Freights, Amtrak Share DOT Train-Control Grants
John D. Boyd |
The Federal Railroad Administration is spreading around $50 million in grants to help railroads develop their collision avoidance technologies known as positive train control, with the largest awards
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
US Railroads Add Few Workers in October
John D. Boyd |
Just three of the seven largest railroads operating in the U.S. added workers in the mid-September to mid-October period, for a net increase of 191 employees in the Class I work force.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Rail Freight Intermodal Loads Grow 11.9 Percent
JOC Staff |
Freight volume for U.S. railroads accelerated in the week ending Nov.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Truckers Renew Quest to Expedite Clean Trucks Appeal
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The American Trucking Associations petitioned the U.S.
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Brink's Buys Mexican Secure Logistics Company
William B. Cassidy |
Cash-carrying The Brink's Co. is expanding in Mexico by buying the country's largest secure logistics company, Servicio Pan Americano de Proteccion.
Trucking News
Trucking News
YRC May Close 31 Terminals
William B. Cassidy |
YRC plans to close 31 terminals in the Midwest, South and East, ratcheting back its total terminal network to about 320 facilities.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
UPS Freight Cuts Transit Times to Canada
William B. Cassidy |
UPS Freight is speeding its cross-border service to Western Canada, extending its two-day and three-day delivery network to the energy-rich region.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
YRC Asks Court to Dismiss ABF Suit
William B. Cassidy |
Three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries asked a federal court to toss out ABF Freight System's lawsuit challenging their latest pact with the Teamsters union.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Chennai Port Strike Ends
JOC Staff |
Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai ended a three-day strike Wednesday morning, allowing the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from the country’s second-largest container gateway
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking labor
CN Conductors Ratify Labor Accords
John D. Boyd |
Locomotive conductors for Canadian National Railway and other rail workers in Canada who are part of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ratified four collective agreements that ended a tense set of
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
US Factory Output Rose in October
Joseph Bonney |
U.S. factory output rose 0.5 percent in October, led by increased output of autos, appliances and business equipment.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North-American rail
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