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FedEx Freight to Raise LTL Rates 6.9 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Freight is raising the ante in what's quickly becoming a reverse less-than-truckload rate war, increasing its general tariff rates 6.9 percent Nov. 1.
Trucking News
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LTL
High-Speed Rail Won’t Hurt Freight, Says Szabo
Joseph Bonney |
Federal officials won’t allow freight railroads to be hurt by government investment in high-speed passenger rail infrastructure, Federal Rail Administrator Joseph Szabo said Wednesday.
Rail News
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Truck Tonnage Index Drops 2.7 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
The American Trucking Association's for-hire truck tonnage index fell 2.7 percent in August from July, its largest month-to-month drop since March 2009.
Trucking News
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LTL
DOT Issues $50 Million Rail Grant in Vermont
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation issued a $50 million rail grant under the economic stimulus law to upgrade track of a freight short line in Vermont, as part of its effort to expand the use of passeng
Rail News
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Zollars to Retire From YRC
JOC Staff |
Bill Zollars, the YRC Worldwide chairman who built the company into the country’s largest industrial trucker and then had to rescue the business from the brink of failure, will retire as chairma
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LTL
NTSB Urges Carriers to Reduce Fatigue Risks
William B. Cassidy |
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said it is "long past time" trucking firms took steps to reduce the risk of driver fatigue, after hearing evidence today that acute fatigu
Trucking News
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LTL
Trucking labor
Teamsters Review CN’s Train-Crew Offers
John D. Boyd |
Canadian National Railway offered new contract terms that include cutting the crew size on some trains, said a spokesman for the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, and the union is preparing a response
Rail News
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North-American rail
LTL Shippers to Stick with FedEx Freight, Survey Finds
William B. Cassidy |
A majority of shippers approve of FedEx's plans to merge its two trucking units and do not foresee diverting freight to competitors, a Wolfe Trahan survey finds.
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LTL
Diesel Price Retreats to $2.951 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
After two weeks of rising prices, diesel last week fell nine-tenths of a cent to an average retail price of $2.951, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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LA Harbor Commission Approves Employee Driver Schedule
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Monday approved a schedule by which harbor trucking companies next year must begin phasing employee drivers into their fleets, with 100 percent employee drivers requi
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ABF To Raise LTL Truck Rates 5.9 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System said today it will raise its general tariff rates 5.9 percent, following an identical increase announced last week by c
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LTL
CN, Teamsters Meet With Mediator as Deadline Nears
John D. Boyd |
Canadian rail shippers are anxiously waiting to see if Canadian National Railway and 2,700 union workers in the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference can reach a mediated agreement and head off a potential
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North-American rail
YRC, Teamsters Reach Tentative Pension Deal
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters union on a comprehensive financial restructuring to help the struggling trucking giant survive.
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LTL
Trucking labor
Greenbrier Unveils Second Round of Railcar Orders
John D. Boyd |
In the latest sign that the freight recovery is hardening, railcar manufacturer Greenbrier Companies announced a second large round of recent orders for 3,000 cars worth $200 million, led as before by
Rail News
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Truckers File Appeal in LA Clean-Truck Case
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The American Trucking Associations at the weekend filed its formal appeal with U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.
Maritime
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Trucking labor
LA Sets a Driver Schedule
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Port of Los Angeles’ timetable for implementing the employee-driver concession requirement in its clean-trucks plan starts next year, but the harbor trucking industry in Southern California
Maritime
Maritime
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Obama’s Sales Pitch
R.G. Edmonson |
In the first progress report on its ambitious National Export Initiative, the Obama administration rapped a solid base hit, but business leaders are looking for home runs.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Forwarding
Trucking labor
Points for Participating
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Any trucking industry appeal of a ruling for the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks plan will hinge on whether a court believes the country’s largest port is run not only by a government agency bu
Maritime
Maritime
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Redesigning FedEx Freight
William B. Cassidy |
At the start of 2007, FedEx Freight was on a roll.
Trucking News
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LTL
Shippers Favor Rail Reform
John D. Boyd |
Nearly three-fourths of rail shippers want Congress to pass a regulatory reform bill, according to a Wall Street analyst’s survey, and many shippers say they might consider filing their own chal
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Rail News
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Transport’s Changing Work Force
William B. Cassidy |
Warnings of an impending shortage of drivers may be spreading through the trucking industry and its shipping customers, but there’s no sign of the problem at the central Pennsylvania headquarter
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Rockefeller Gets Tough on Rail Reform
John D. Boyd |
Sen.
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Trailer Orders Up 55 Percent from 2009
William B. Cassidy |
Commercial trailer orders rose 2 percent from July to August, and were up 55 percent from a year ago, ACT Research reports.
Trucking News
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LTL
GE Sells 115 Locomotives in Brazil
John D. Boyd |
Locomotive builder GE Transportation said it signed the largest locomotive delivery deal in Brazil’s history as Brazilian rail operator MRS Logistica agreed to buy 115 units with an option for 100 mor
Rail News
Rail News
State Demand Overwhelms DOT Grant Program
John D. Boyd |
A stimulus-type grant fund of $600 million at the Department of Transportation has drawn nearly 1,000 applications from states totaling $19 billion in aid requests.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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DB Schenker Launches Pan-Europe Rail System
Bruce Barnard |
Germany's DB Schenker Rail launched a project to create a Europe-wide system to supply and control rail freight transport aimed at boosting the industry's share of the maritime container market.
Rail News
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Forwarding
Railroads Urge Congress to Reject Heavier Truck Effort
John D. Boyd |
The railroad industry is urging Congress to block an Obama administration move to permanently allow Maine a
Rail News
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North-American rail
Donohue Calls for Long-Term View of Infrastructure
R.G. Edmonson |
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J.
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FedEx Freight Considers Rate Hike
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Freight is studying a price increase of its own after YRC's general rate increase this week, Presi
Trucking News
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LTL
Rising Trucking Employment Remains Below 2009
William B. Cassidy |
The number of workers employed by for-hire trucking firms has grown steadily since February, but is still lower than it was a year ago and far smaller than payroll numbers two years ago, an analysis o
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
US Railroads Haul Most Containers Ever
John D. Boyd |
The top U.S.-owned freight railroads never before hauled as many intermodal containers as they did in the week ending Sept. 18, said the Association of American Railroads.
Rail News
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North-American rail
DOT Pays $6 Billion in Stimulus Funds Over Summer
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation’s push to complete infrastructure stimulus projects led it to pay out $6 billion over the summer to reimburse states for completed work, nearly a third of the amount t
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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YRC Takes 5.9 Percent General Rate Hike
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking giant YRC Worldwide raised its tariff rates at national carrier YRC by 5.9 percent Sept.
Trucking News
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LTL
Port of LA to Vote on Clean Truck Implementation
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners on Sept.
Maritime
Maritime
Trucking labor
Major Railroads Pared Workforce in Late Summer
John D. Boyd |
The summer doldrums in freight activity led some major railroads to cut their U.S. employment while others added jobs, so that their overall workforce fell slightly from mid-July to mid-August.
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Greece Passes Truck Reform
Bruce Barnard |
Greek lawmakers Wednesday voted to reform the nation's protected trucking industry as striking drivers clashed with police and blocked key highways on the tenth day of a nationwide walkout.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Trucking labor
Kerry Promises Infrastructure Bank Bill for Next Session
R.G. Edmonson |
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Tuesday he will be working on a bill to create a national infrastructure bank that should be ready by the time the 112th Congress convenes in January 2011.
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DOT Proposes Texting Ban For Hazmat Truckers
John D. Boyd |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he is initiating a new regulatory process to ban texting and limit use of mobile devices by commercial truck drivers while hauling hazardous materials.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North-American rail
UPS Reviewing Driver Cell Phone Use
John D. Boyd |
UPS said it is preparing to follow its ban on driver texting with a broader policy on use of cell and smart phones while its employees are behind the wheel, in support of federal policies to combat di
Trucking News
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LTL
Greek Truck Strike Enters Second Week
Bruce Barnard |
The Greek parliament will vote on controversial plans to deregulate road transport Tuesday as a nationwide truck drivers' protest strike entered its second week.
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