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Former FMCSA Chief Joins Law Firm
William B. Cassidy |
The nation's former top truck safety watchdog is turning to the law -- not as an enforcer but a practitioner.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
State of Maine Agrees To Purchase Rail Line
Rail Resource |
The State of Maine has reached an agreement to purchase 233 miles of track in Aroostook and Penobscot counties from the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the governor’s office announced on Oct.
Rail News
Rail News
Hub Profit Soars 28 Percent to $12.6 Million
John D. Boyd |
Intermodal logistics firm Hub Group saw net income soar 28 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier to $12.6 million, with double-digit sales gains by its three business segments – intermodal,
Rail News
Rail News
Survey Finds Driver Files Incomplete
William B. Cassidy |
As many as half of the driver qualification files motor carriers keep are incomplete or inaccurate, according to a survey of trucking customers by LexisNexis.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Concor Ekes Out Profit
JOC Staff |
Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India grew by a mere 2 percent in the second quarter to $47 million as earnings plunged in the core export-import segment amid increasing competitio
Rail News
Rail News
Forwarding
Nottingham Will Not Seek Second STB Term
John D. Boyd |
The lone Republican on the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates most types of economic issues involving railroads and their shippers, said he will not seek reappointment after his term ends D
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Werner Enterprises Profit Leaps 27 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Profit and revenue leaped at Werner Enterprises in the third quarter, even as the freight surge that lifted the trucking industry in the second quarter ebbed.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Diesel Inches Up to $3.073 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Diesel prices inched upward seven-tenths of a cent last week to an average of $3.073 per gallon nationwide in their third consecutive weekly increase, according to the U.S.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Truckers Concerned by Economy, Pending Regulations
William B. Cassidy |
The sluggish pace of economic recovery tops truckers’ long list of critical issues despite four straight quarters of economic growth and a strong surge in freight demand this year, the American Transp
Trucking News
Trucking News
YRC Says Higher Volume, Revenue is Cutting Losses
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide expects to narrow its losses in the third quarter on the back of higher tonnages and revenue per load, the nation's largest trucker said Monday.
Trucking News
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LTL
Trucking labor
Recession Rewrites Truck Financing
William B. Cassidy |
The recession is driving more business to Daimler Truck Financial USA as banks tighten the credit lines of trucking customers.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Bergen Tunnel’s Hard Grind
Joseph Bonney |
When the Erie Railroad built the Bergen Tunnel under Jersey City in the 1860s, engineering and construction crews had to blast through three-quarters of a mile of bedrock.
Maritime
Maritime
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Buying Trucks, Limiting Capacity
William B. Cassidy |
When Daimler executive Juergen Rochert wants to know how the trucking industry is faring, he simply looks at how quickly his customers pay their bills.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Cleaner Air, From Ship to Shore
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Vessel operators and railroads will shoulder a larger share of the burden as the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seek to achieve ambitious pollution-reduction goals over the next 13 years.
Maritime
Maritime
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North American ports
Farm to Table Via Hudson River Barge?
R.G. Edmonson |
Bruce Davenport operates a farm near Kingston, N.Y., where he grows sweet corn, peppers, cantaloupe, kale, broccoli and other produce that he sells to local supermarkets and wholesalers in Albany.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Mixed Signals for Rails
John D. Boyd |
In its push to restructure rail freight shipping in the United States, Washington’s political engine can’t decide what that structure should be.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
CSX Raises the Roof
Joseph Bonney |
Deep under the streets of Jersey City, double-stack container trains kick up clouds of rock dust as they roll through a newly enlarged tunnel that CSX Transportation sees as key to its intermodal grow
Maritime
Maritime
Rail News
Mexican Official Insists on Permanent Truck Program
R.G. Edmonson |
Mexico will no longer accept a U.S. pilot program as a way of allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the U.S., a senior Mexican diplomat said Friday.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Landstar Revenue Rises 24 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Stronger pricing and freight volume pushed Landstar System's third-quarter revenue up to $623 million, a 24 percent increase from a year ago.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Swiss Blast to End of World's Longest Rail Tunnel
Bruce Barnard |
After 14 years of drilling, Swiss engineers Oct.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Rail News
J.B. Hunt Revenue, Profit Climb
William B. Cassidy |
Intermodal trucker J.B. Hunt Transport Services increased its profit 30.5 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, reporting net earnings of $52.2 million.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Freight Transportation Services Index Dipped for August
Joseph Bonney |
For-hire transportation carriers in the U.S. domestic market handled 0.6 percent less volume in ton-miles in August than in July, the Transportation Department said.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Maritime
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Caterpillar Expands Logistics, Truck Ops Overseas
William B. Cassidy |
U.S.-based heavy equipment maker Caterpillar is expanding its logistics and manufacturing operations overseas with new ventures in Australia, South Africa and China.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Integrated Freight Buys Bruenger Trucking
William B. Cassidy |
Integrated Freight is expanding its trucking operations in the Midwest by acquiring M. Bruenger Trucking, Wichita, Kan., for approximately $11 million.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Railcar Owners Speed Returns to Active Fleet
John D. Boyd |
September was the strongest month since springtime for North American railcar owners shrinking their lists of idle equipment as gains in both carload and intermodal traffic prompted operators to activ
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
TransContainer Prepares London IPO
Bruce Barnard |
Russia's largest rail container operator, TransContainer, plans to raise up to $525 million from an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange before the end of the year.
Rail News
Rail News
CSX Profit Jumps 43 Percent to $414 Million
John D. Boyd |
CSX Transportation, the eastern U.S.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Executives: Election Results Will Not Affect Clean-Air Rules
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Clean-air regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks and 53-foot trailers in California will continue in force no matter what happens in the Nov.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Diesel Soars 6.6 Cents to $3.066 Per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Diesel prices soared 6.6 cents last week to $3.066 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
Trucking News
New York Teamster Leader to Run Against Hoffa
William B. Cassidy |
A dissident Teamster who started her career as a warehouse worker and truck driver is challenging James P. Hoffa for the top job in the Teamsters union.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Trucking Employment Slips in September
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking employment fell slightly in September, ending a six-month growth streak, according to preliminary data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
French Dockworkers Join Nationwide Strikes
Bruce Barnard |
French Dockworkers Oct. 12 joined a 24-hour nationwide protest, crippling major ports as well as rail and air transport in Europe's second largest economy.
Maritime
Maritime
Air Cargo
Rail News
Forwarding
Rail Trailer Hauls Signal Intermodal Strength
John D. Boyd |
Strong loadings of truck trailers by North American railroads point to continued momentum in the overall intermodal market, which is dominated by stackable containers, says a report from BB&T Capital
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
President Obama Urges Transportation Investment
R.G. Edmonson |
President Obama called Monday for sweeping investment in infrastructure, putting new urgency to his pledge of more funding and jobs through a broad national plan for transportation.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Joliet Intermodal Terminal to Open Next Monday
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Union Pacific Railroad and CenterPoint Properties on Oct. 18 will open the 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal southwest of Chicago.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Railroads Haul Most Vehicles of 2010
John D. Boyd |
North America’s major railroads hauled more motor vehicles and other types of large equipment in the last half of September than any other time this year, as volume keeps rising in a key cargo g
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Faiveley, Amsted Rail Finalize Joint Venture
Rail Resource |
Faiveley Transport USA and Amsted Rail early this month finalized their joint venture, Amsted Rail-Faiveley LLC, based in Greenville, South Carolina.
Rail News
Rail News
‘We Have Faced Unprecedented Challenges’
William B. Cassidy |
William D. Zollars will end his career at YRC Worldwide as he began it, with the reorganization of a trucking giant struggling to adapt to a changing market.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Reining in Rail Stoppages
John D. Boyd |
Canadian rail freight shippers, shaken early this month when Canadian National Railway narrowly averted a strike at the height of the peak shipping season, want to make sure such a potentially crippli
Rail News
Rail News
Cool Cargoes: Briefs (October 2010)
JOC Staff |
In WTO Rulings, It’s China, 2; US, 0
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