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ABF to Teamsters: See You in Court
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System intends to press its lawsuit against the Teamsters union in federal court and is not using its filing to pressure the union to negotiate a separate settlement, President and CEO Wes
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Trailer Bridge's Profit, Revenue Fall in Third Quarter
Joseph Bonney |
Trailer Bridge reported a narrow $6,876 net profit for the third quarter, compared with $1.7 million a year earlier, as the carrier’s revenue fell 3.4 percent to $29.3 million.
Trucking News
Maritime
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Container lines
Forwarding
Schneider's Lofgren Sounds Truck Capacity Warning
William B. Cassidy |
New safety regulations will tighten truck capacity for shippers, perhaps dramatically, perhaps as early as the second half of 2011, pushing up truck rates and potentially shifting some freight to othe
Trucking News
Trucking News
Diesel Hits Two Year High of $3.184 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The retail price of diesel fuel surged 6.8 cents last week to $3.184 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
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Factory Cargoes Ebb for Major Railroads
John D. Boyd |
Major North American railroads in recent weeks saw a slowdown in their loadings of some cargoes important to the factory sector.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Washington Hits ‘Reset’
John D. Boyd |
So much for the Democrats’ transportation plans.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
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Pitt Ohio Express Rebrands as Boundaries Expand
William B. Cassidy |
Pitt Ohio Express is changing its name and its brand to reflect a broader business that goes "beyond the road" and the company's less-than-truckload roots.
Trucking News
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LTL
Truck brokers
Security in Layers
William B. Cassidy |
Shortly after al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen tried to blow UPS and FedEx cargo planes out of the sky, Boyd Stephenson spoke with trucking executives concerned about trucking security and the potential f
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
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LTL Rates Inch Higher
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carriers are turning away unprofitable freight and refining networks to lower costs and gain efficiency, but shippers have largely held off the kind of price hikes those carriers s
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trains Set for Christmas
John D. Boyd |
It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas in the intermodal business.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Mica, Shuster Set Sights
John D. Boyd |
House Republicans did not wait for the Nov. 2 election to lay down markers for how they may change federal spending under the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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ATA Likely to Win Clean-Trucks Appeal, Says Attorney
Bill Mongelluzzo |
There is only a "slim" chance the appellate court handling the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck case will agree with U.S.
Maritime
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Trucking labor
Railcar Owners Shrink Idled Car Fleet in October
John D. Boyd |
In a sign of growing strength in rail freight demand, North American railcar leasing firms and other car owners pulled 12,799 more railcars out of storage in October, said the Association of American
Rail News
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North-American rail
President's Deficit Panel Would Hike Fuel Taxes
John D. Boyd |
President Obama's deficit cutting panel delivered plans for transportation policy that include a gradual 15-cent increase in federal fuel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust Fund and a proposal that t
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Shipper Group Seeks Release of Driver Work Rule
William B. Cassidy |
A shipper organization wants the Obama administration to release rewritten hours-of-service rules for truck drivers, kept under wraps since July.
Trucking News
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Trucking labor
Heavy Truck Production Forecast to Double
William B. Cassidy |
The economy may be slowing, but truck demand is picking up, and will double by 2013, according to ACT Research.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Senate Staffer Joins Trucking Group as Top Lobbyist
William B. Cassidy |
The American Trucking Associations recruited a top Republican Senate staffer to lead its advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, including its campaign to secure reauthorization of the surface transportatio
Trucking News
Trucking News
LaHood Tells New Governors 'No' on Shifting Rail Grants
John D. Boyd |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the governors-elect of Wisconsin and Ohio they cannot redirect federal passenger rail grants to other uses once they take office, so the Department of Transpor
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Greenbrier Profit Rises 26 percent to $7.7 Million
John D. Boyd |
Railcar and barge builder Greenbrier Companies earned a $7.7 million net profit in its fiscal fourth quarter that ended Aug.
Rail News
Rail News
ILA’s Daggett Prepares for Chassis 'War'
Joseph Bonney |
International Longshoremen’s Association official Harold Daggett said he’s ready for “war” with container lines transferring intermodal chassis service to companies outside the
Maritime
Maritime
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BNSF Presents Awards to Short Lines
Bill Mongelluzzo |
BNSF Railway presented achievement awards to three shortline railroads at the annual Shortline conference in Grapevine, Texas.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Index Shows Truckload Capacity Tightening
William B. Cassidy |
Truckload demand increased and capacity tightened in the first week of November following three straight weeks of decline, according to Longbow Research.
Trucking News
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Forwarding
LTL
Trucking Activity Index Drops 0.6 Percent in October
William B. Cassidy |
The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.6 percent in October, pointing to a drop in trucking activity in what's typically a strong month for truck traffic.
Trucking News
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LTL
Wisconsin Rail Fight Heats Up
John D. Boyd |
Wisconsin’s Republican governor-elect, Scott Walker, campaigned and won on a pledge to kill a planned Madison-Milwaukee passenger rail line that drew a large federal grant.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Diesel Jumps 4.9 Cents to $3.116 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The national average retail price of diesel jumped 4.9 cents to $3.116 per gallon in the week ending Nov. 8, according to the U.S.
Trucking News
Trucking News
ODFL Seeks 4.9 Percent Rate Hike
William B. Cassidy |
Old Dominion Freight Line will raise its base rates about 4.9 percent Nov. 15, joining several less-than-truckload carriers pursuing early general rate increases.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Suit Accuses Swift of Underpaying Truckers
William B. Cassidy |
Swift Transportation faces a class-action lawsuit alleging the nation's largest truckload carrier underpaid its truck drivers for at least a dozen years.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
UP Plans 25 Percent Capital Spending Jump in 2011
John D. Boyd |
Union Pacific Railroad tentatively plans to increase its capital spending on network repairs and growth projects 25 percent in 2011 to $3.25 billion, company officials said.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Brown Trucking Buys West Brothers
William B. Cassidy |
Southeastern short-haul carrier Brown Trucking acquired West Brothers' Companies, expanding its capacity and adding new lines of business.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Truck brokers
BNSF Net Jumps 45 Percent to $706 Million
John D. Boyd |
BNSF Railway's net income in the third quarter rose 44.7 percent from a year earlier to $706 million, as revenue rose 22.1 percent to $4.391 billion.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Rolling Out the Rail Grants
John D. Boyd |
The Obama administration isn’t letting a little politics-altering event like midterm elections get in the way of its passenger rail program.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail Demand Rumbles
John D. Boyd |
It’s a cautious time for railroads. The economy, senior executives say, is too weak to plan for much growth in the year ahead.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Dodging Discounts for Profit
William B. Cassidy |
Which carriers won last year’s less-than-truckload price war? Based on the financial results across the industry, it was those who refused to fight.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Less Than Legal?
William B. Cassidy |
Winning a third round of concessions from its Teamsters employees gave YRC Worldwide its best shot yet at survival, extending until 2015 wage and benefit cuts it won last year and sharply reducing its
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
Trucking labor
Pressures Mount on Truck Capacity
William B. Cassidy |
The gap between new and used truck prices is widening, and that may further restrict truck capacity in coming years as carriers replace aging equipment.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Clean-Trucks Case Shifts Gears
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The battle between the Teamsters union and the American Trucking Associations will drag out into next year, but the rules of engagement could change significantly.
Trucking News
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Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
YRC’s Next Steps
William B. Cassidy |
The labor concessions approved by 62 percent of YRC Teamsters employees eliminate fears of an imminent shutdown at the nation’s largest trucking operator, both at its nationwide less-than-truckl
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
Trucking labor
BNSF Names Fox EVP for Operations
Rail Resource |
BNSF Railway promoted Greg Fox to executive vice president for operations, reporting to Carl Ice, whose promotion to the newly created pos
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
IANA Says Traffic Surge Points to Big Holiday Volume
John D. Boyd |
This year's unexpectedly strong peak season for intermodal traffic suggests that shippers are getting ready for lots of packages under the Christmas tree, according to the Intermodal Association of No
Rail News
Rail News
UP-Amtrak Shared Rail Corridor Advances in Illinois
John D. Boyd |
What is shaping up to be the nation's first of the targeted shared-use rail corridors for higher-speed passenger and freight operations is moving into a new phase in Illinois.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
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