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Greek Truckers Defy Order to End Strike
William B. Cassidy |
Striking truck drivers in Greece will consider proposals to end their five-day protest Friday, after defying a Greek government order to return to work.
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Clean-Trucks Bill Lands in House
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Thursday introduced a bill that would enhance the ability of ports to enact clean-air programs, while opening the door to unionization of harbor truck drivers.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Forwarding
North American ports
Trucking labor
Coal Fuels 7.5 Percent Increase in Rail Carloads
John D. Boyd |
A 3.8 percent increase in coal shipments from week to week pushed freight loadings for major North American railroads to their highest level in a month for the most recent week, but raw commodities fo
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
LTL Trucker Saia Returns to Profit
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia said it ended a string of quarterly losses with a $2 million net profit in the second quarter, as heavier shipments and stronger pricing pushed revenue up 6 percent.
Trucking News
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LTL
American Railcar Posts $5.9 Million Loss
John D. Boyd |
American Railcar Industries saw its net income swing to a $5.9 million loss in the second quarter, down from a $1.1 million profit a year earlier.
Rail News
Rail News
Trinity Industries Posts $18 Million 2Q Profit
John D. Boyd |
Railcar and barge builder Trinity Industries posted an $18.4 million profit on $543 million in sales in the second quarter, a sharp turnaround from last year’s $209.4 million loss on $716 in rev
Rail News
Rail News
RailAmerica Loses $4.2 Million in Second Quarter
John D. Boyd |
RailAmerica, a major operator of short line railroads across the United States, said it lost $4.2 million in the second quarter after charges totaling $8.5 million for early debt retirement and the co
Rail News
Rail News
Pittsburgh Port Gets $1.16 Million EPA Grant
John D. Boyd |
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is getting a $1.157 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to refit some towboat engines, in the latest
Maritime
Maritime
Rail News
Global Trade to Grow by 8.1 Percent
Bill Mongelluzzo |
World trade by sea, land and air will grow by 8.1 percent in 2010 after declining by 7.2 percent last year, according to a forecast published by IHS Global Insight.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Air Cargo
Trucking News
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Forwarding
Le Havre Plans New Multimodal Terminal
Peter T. Leach |
The Port of Le Havre plans to build a new multimodal terminal that will act as a transfer platform for the transshipment of containers and trailers between rail and barge.
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Durable Goods Orders Fall for Second Straight Month
Joseph Bonney |
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped 1 percent last month, the second straight monthly decline and the largest drop since August 2009, the Commerce Department said.
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Deutsche Bahn Earnings Up From Freight Traffic
Bruce Barnard |
Deutsche Bahn, the German railway and logistics group, boosted first half profits by over 26 percent from a year ago driven by a 40 percent surge in rail freight volumes and significantly higher air a
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Forwarding
North-American rail
Canadian Pacific Profit Grows 23 Percent
John D. Boyd |
Canadian Pacific Railway had a 23 percent rise in net income from the second quarter of 2009, to $162 million, while revenue grew 20 percent to about $1.2 billion.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Indian Truckers Threaten to Strike
JOC Staff |
Unionized truckers in India called for an indefinite strike starting at midnight on Aug. 5 that threatens to disrupt freight movements across the country.
Trucking News
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Trucking labor
Trucker ODFL Doubles Profit
JOC Staff |
Old Dominion Freight Line doubled its net profit in the second quarter to $21.5 million on the strongest growth in tonnage the less-than-truckload carrier has seen in two years, the company said Wedne
Trucking News
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LTL
C.H. Robinson Net Profit Grows to $97.2 Million
JOC Staff |
Third-party logistics operator C.H.
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Truck brokers
NS Profit Up 59 Percent to $392 Million
John D. Boyd |
Norfolk Southern Railway’s second quarter net profit surged 59 percent to $392 million, the railroad said, while revenue rose 31 percent from a year earlier to $2.43 billion.
Rail News
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North-American rail
LaHood Fends Off Lawmakers On Fuel Taxes
John D. Boyd |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came under fire Tuesday from House lawmakers over infrastructure financing, taking heat from those for and against raising taxes to pay for hig
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
DOT Sends Trucker Hours of Service to White House
William B. Cassidy |
The first draft of a new rule on the time truckers may spend behind the wheel was sent to the White House July 26 for what’s expected to be a three-month review.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Trucking labor
KCS Net Jumps Fivefold to $37.4 Million
John D. Boyd |
Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America’s Class I railroads, powered back from tough recession financials to post a $37.4 million profit for the second quarter that was up 527 percen
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
YRC Ordered to Give Worker List to EEOC
William B. Cassidy |
A U.S. District Court ordered YRC Worldwide to hand over the names of all black employees who worked at its Chicago Ridge facility from 2004 through 2009.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Diesel Price Jumps 2 Cents
JOC Staff |
Diesel fuel prices jumped an average of 2 cents a gallon in the past week across the United States, ending a month-long drop in mid-summer energy costs, the U.S.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
YRC Worldwide Stock Price Rises Rapidly
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide’s stock price is climbing, rising 30 cents since hitting a low of 11 cents a share July 7, after weeks of being hammered on Wall Street.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Truck Drivers Strike in Greece
William B. Cassidy |
Truckers in Greece are striking over a plan to introduce new trucking licenses.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Trucker Covenant Transportation Returns to Profit
William B. Cassidy |
Truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group to profitability after a second-quarter surge in freight.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
KCS Reopens US-Mexico Rail Crossing
John D. Boyd |
Kansas City Southern’s railroad in Mexico reopened its flood-damaged Anahuac Bridge over the Salado River in northern Mexico on July 24, and immediately began running trains again through the no
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Denver Transit Gets $300 Million in DOT Loans
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation gave final approval to an innovative $300 million loan package to help Denver remake its Union Station passenger rail center into a light rail and bus hub.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North-American rail
Border Traffic Snarled
William B. Cassidy and John D. Boyd |
Shippers, truckers and railroads were scrambling to recover from floods that disrupted one of North America’s key trade corridors — the roads and rail lines linking Laredo, Texas, and Mont
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Rail News
J.B. Hunt’s Truckload Recovery
William B. Cassidy |
The truckload business at J.B.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Rails Compete Over Corridors
John D. Boyd |
Norfolk Southern Railway is counting on approval of its plan to expand and upgrade its Toledo, Ohio, intermodal yard to keep pace with rival CSX Transportation in a race for eastern railroad supremacy
Rail News
Rail News
Truckers Not Braking for Slowdown
William B. Cassidy |
Two of the nation’s largest trucking companies are flouting economic speed limits.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Truck Safety at a Cost
William B. Cassidy |
Highway safety could be imperiled if programs and efforts to enforce regulations and improve truck safety don’t receive sufficient funding, the head of an association dedicated to truck safety e
Trucking News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Tax Breaks on the Sidelines
John D. Boyd |
It’s getting to be a taxing wait for U.S. short line railroads, whose owners hoped Congress would have renewed a popular tax credit for track repairs by now.
Rail News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Stimulus Projects Take Off
John D. Boyd |
A push by the Obama administration to get as much stimulus money out the door as possible is spawning projects tied to road, rail and sea.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North-American rail
EPA Funds Emission Gear on 29 Locomotives
John D. Boyd |
Eight short line railroads in four New England states will share in a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to refit aging locomotives with anti-idling devices.
Rail News
Rail News
Vitran Returns to Profitability, Raises Yield
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carrier Vitran nearly quadrupled its profit and raised its yield in the second quarter, as its freight volume surged 10 percent.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking Exec Says Capacity to Stay Tight
William B. Cassidy |
Don't expect economic growth to loosen tight truck capacity, a carrier executive warns. The shipping business in on the cusp of an extended period of tight truck capacity, said Clifton R.
Trucking News
Trucking News
USA Truck Rolls Back to Profitability
William B. Cassidy |
USA Truck is back in the black with a $900,000 profit for the second quarter, its first net profit since the end of 2008. Its sales rose 16.8 percent to $94.9 million.
Trucking News
Trucking News
DOT Completes Grant Accord for CREATE Projects
John D. Boyd |
A formal accord between the U.S.
Rail News
Rail News
GATX Profit Rises 69 Percent Despite Rail Slide
John D. Boyd |
Rail equipment leasing giant GATX depended partly on a pickup in its shipping operations to post a 69 percent profit jump to $21.5 million in the second quarter, from a year earlier, while earnings at
Rail News
Rail News
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