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Rails Stack Up Reefer Options
Stephanie Nall |
There’s perishable and then there is really perishable. Rainier cherries, the cream of the cherry crop, are generally put in the second category and given kid-glove treatment during transport.
Rail News
Rail News
Forwarding
Keeping Cool Amid the Chaos
William B. Cassidy |
Refrigerated trucking isn’t what it used to be, and that’s a good thing for Choptank Transport, a third-party specialist in temperature-controlled transportation.
Trucking News
Trucking News
All Shippers, Great and Small
JOC Staff |
Choptank Transport works with some of the largest food shippers in the nation, but most of its customers are small businesses looking to expand into new markets.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Teamsters ‘Discretion’
William B. Cassidy |
Whoever YRC Worldwide picks as its next chairman will have to answer to a higher authority: the Teamsters union.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Importers Scale the Peak
Joseph Bonney |
For importers of holiday merchandise, it was Christmas in August as well as July.
Maritime
Maritime
Rail News
Forwarding
Tracking Rail Policy
John D. Boyd |
It’s impossible to read the Obama administration’s latest take on freight transportation policy without seeing its clear aim: to put a bigger share of containers and trailers on trains, ge
Rail News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Not Screaming for Ice Cream
JOC Staff |
There are some temperature-controlled commodities even a specialist such as Choptank Transport won’t touch.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Help Wanted at YRC
William B. Cassidy |
In a matter of months, William D. Zollars is expected to vacate the chairman’s office at YRC Worldwide, leaving his successor to radically restructure the trucking enterprise.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
CSX Touts Plans for NY-Midwest Rail Route
Joseph Bonney |
CSX Transportation and New York-New Jersey port officials say the opening of a section of track to trains carrying double-stacked, high-cube containers will increase the railroad's and port's reach in
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
CN Adds Railcars to Boost Steel Business
John D. Boyd |
Canadian National Railway said it is adding railcars and taking other steps to meet supply chain needs of steel producing customers in Canada, the second time in a week that CN has unveiled new effort
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
CP Sets 10-Year Coal Deal with Major Shipper
John D. Boyd |
Canadian Pacific Railway and Teck Resources, its largest coal shipper, agreed to terms on a 10-year deal for CP to carry Teck’s metallurgical coal to export terminals.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Canadian Shipping Costs Climb 3 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Canadian shippers saw overall ground transportation costs rise 3 percent month-to-month in July, according to the latest Canadian General Freight Index.
Trucking News
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LTL
Small Railroads Post Strongest Volume of 2010
John D. Boyd |
With an increase in chemical tankcar shipments that make up their largest commodity category, North America’s regional and short line railroads set back-to-back 2010 volume peaks in the last two weeks
Rail News
Rail News
YRC's Smid Campaigns for 'Yes' Vote
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide's chief operations officer left his union employees no room for doubt about the importance of ratifying wage
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Intermodal Holds Near 2010 Peak
John D. Boyd |
Intermodal traffic continued nearly at its peak volume of 2010 in the latest week on North America's major freight railroads.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
UPS Buys 130 Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Thomas L. Gallagher |
UPS bought 130 hybrid electric vehicles to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle fleet.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
DB Schenker Completes Integration in Hungary
Thomas L. Gallagher |
DB Schenker completed the integration of the recently acquired Masped units with Hungarocargo and Romtrans Hungaria into Schenker Kft.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Truckload Demand Index Rises 6.8 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Truckload demand is rising although it is still below its peak of mid-June, and capacity remains tight on the West Coast, according to Longbow Research.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Class 8 Truck Orders Jump 21.6 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
New orders for heavy trucks jumped 21.6 percent in September from the previous month, FTR Associates reports.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Expert Insight: Industry Experts Answer Your Questions
JOC Staff |
Do you have a question about intermodal development, rail and the economy, or a general surface transportation and freight shipping concern?
Maritime
Maritime
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Forwarding
Rail Fuel Surcharge Challenge Moves to Hearing
John D. Boyd |
A long-running legal challenge to freight rail fuel surcharges by the largest U.S.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Diesel Surges 4.9 Cents to $3 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Diesel prices across the United States jumped 4.9 cents last week to $3 per gallon, the first time since May 24 the average nationwide price has reached that threshold, according to the U.S.
Trucking News
Trucking News
New Jersey Distributor to Shut Down
William B. Cassidy |
A New Jersey-based retail distributor is shutting down after losing its sole remaining client, JC Penney.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking Group Supports Diesel, Gas Tax Increases
Joseph Bonney |
The American Trucking Associations endorsed legislation for a Goods Movement Trust Fund financed by a 12-cent-a-gallon increase in diesel fuel taxes and is encouraging Congress to pass a similar gasol
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Chasing Chassis Solutions
Peter T. Leach |
As some of the largest ocean carriers prepare to abandon their practice of providing chassis at U.S.
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking News
Container lines
High-Speed Rail’s Slow Start
John D. Boyd |
President Obama’s push for more and faster intercity passenger rail service has come up hard against the needs of freight railroads that control most of the tracks.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rebuilding Trucking’s Work Force
William B. Cassidy |
Despite steady growth in hiring since February, the number of workers employed by for-hire trucking firms lags the level of a year ago and is far down from payroll numbers two years ago, an analysis o
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Watching the Wheels
Peter T. Leach |
One complicating factor in determining how chassis are managed is the way the economics of today’s equipment management fits into terminal and intermodal space.
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking News
Rails Ready to Meet the Peak
John D. Boyd |
The nation’s freight railroads are gearing up for their biggest test since the Great Recession began nearly three years ago: How to juggle a surge in intermodal traffic as the Christmas peak shi
Rail News
Rail News
LTLs Seek Pricing Lifeline
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carriers are firing rate increases aloft like flares, hoping to secure higher pricing that will keep them afloat in an uncertain economy.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
CN Reaches Deal, Averts Work Stoppage
Courtney Tower |
Canadian National Railway reached a tentative three-year agreement late Friday with the union representing 2,700 operating employees, averting a potential strike or lockout on Monday, just as the peak
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Greenbriar to Buy Dynamex for $210 Million
William B. Cassidy |
Greenbriar Equity Group will buy same-day domestic ground and air freight specialist Dynamex for approximately $210 million.
Trucking News
Trucking News
UPS Freight to Raise Rates 5.9 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
UPS Freight will raise its non-contract rates 5.9 percent Oct. 18, becoming the fourth major less-than-truckload carrier to ask shippers for a general rate increase.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
DOT Report Highlights Need for Freight Rail
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation in a new report underlined the importance of enhancing and guarding freight rail while developing a national passenger rail system, but the agency left out any mention
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North-American rail
Reverse Split Sends YRC Stock to $6
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking giant YRC Worldwide completed a 1-25 reverse stock split, boosting its per share value from about 25 cents Thursday to above $6 Friday morning.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
DOT Pushes Out Passenger Rail Grants
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation unveiled a group of stimulus grants to spur states to develop inter-city passenger rail corridors, as federal officials try to get a high-priority program moving.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
YRC Shares Dive on Wall Street
William B. Cassidy |
Shares of YRC Worldwide plunged more than 20 percent in trading on Wall Street Thursday after an industry analyst urged investors to "get out of the stock today" when the troubled trucking giant said
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
US Rails Set Second Container Count Record
John D. Boyd |
With intermodal traffic building toward its autumn peak, major U.S. railroads set a new all-time high in container hauls for the second straight week, said the Association of American Railroads.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Balkan Nations Launch Joint Rail Cargo Service to Turkey
Bruce Barnard |
The national rail companies of Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia on Oct.1 will launch a joint cargo service to Turkey, aimed at winning back traffic lost to rival routes and transport modes during the Balk
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Teamsters Offer YRC Major Concessions
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union is offering to extend its current contract with YRC Worldwide for two years and accept dramatically reduced pension contributions in return for an unprecedented say in the manageme
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
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