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Truck Safety Groups Seek 8-Hour Driver Rule
William B. Cassidy |
Truck safety groups are calling for a dramatic reduction in the time truck drivers are allowed to be behind the wheel, saying federal regulators should limit driving time to eight hours and a day and
Trucking News
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LTL
Teamsters to Brief YRC Workers on Pensions
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union will hold a national conference call Tuesday for its members at YRC Worldwide on the company's "re-entry" into its multiemployer pension plans.
Trucking News
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LTL
NAFTA Trade Jumped 32 Percent in April
Joseph Bonney |
Truck, train and pipeline shipments between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico totaled $65.8 billion in April, a 32.4 percent increase from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
More LTL Truckers Looking to Freight Brokers
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking companies that once kept third-party logistics providers at arm’s length are pulling them in for a closer embrace as they seek new sources of freight.
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LTL
Truck brokers
Kansas City Southern Railway Names Starling CEO
John Boyd |
Kansas City Southern Railway said David L. Starling will move up to CEO effective Aug. 1 while longtime Chairman and CEO Michael R. Haverty takes the new position of executive chairman.
Rail News
Rail News
Diesel Drops Back to $2.956 per Gallon
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The average retail price for a gallon of diesel fuel fell back half a penny last week to $2.956 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
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Pacific Harbor Line Names President
Bill Mongelluzzo |
M.D. "Mike" Stolzman has been promoted to president of Pacific Harbor Line, the railroad that performs switching services at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Rail News
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North American ports
Police Recover Stolen Truckload of Goods
Joseph Bonney |
FreightWatch International said its security tracking devices helped to recover a truckload of pharmaceuticals that was stolen Friday while a two-person driver team was eating dinner at a truck stop o
Trucking News
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Hub Braces Intermodal Market
John D. Boyd |
Mark A. Yeager has a message for intermodal shippers trying to plan out their year: Capacity is tight and will only get tighter leading up to autumn’s peak season.
Rail News
Rail News
ABF Leads the Way in Driver Pay
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System’s labor costs per driver are more than 15 percent higher than those paid by national competitor YRC, and higher than several other less-than-truckload competitors, according t
Trucking News
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LTL
Senators Fight Broker Scams
William B. Cassidy |
Freight brokers and truckers are critical partners in today’s supply chains, but that doesn’t always make them a happy couple, especially when accusations of fraudulent re-brokering of fre
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Rail Intermodal Extends Volume Gain in June
John D. Boyd |
Intermodal traffic at major North American railroads continued to grow into mid-June, setting a new peak for the recovery and rising 5 percent from four weeks earlier.
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North-American rail
Truckload Index Shows Freight Demand Cooling
William B. Cassidy |
Truckload freight demand is slowing, according to the Morgan Stanley Truckload Freight Index.
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Truck Tonnage Falls 0.6 Percent
JOC Staff |
Truck tonnage slipped 0.6 percent in May, putting a brake on shipping growth after trucking demand reached its highest level of the recovery the month before, the American Trucking Associations said F
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LTL
YRC Sells Part of Logistics Unit for $37 Million
John D. Boyd |
Struggling less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide said it will sell part of its YRC Logistics operation for $37 million to private equity investor Austin Ventures and partner with that firm on some o
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FedEx Ground to Build Fifth Chicagoland Sort Station
John D. Boyd |
Package carrier FedEx is building a small-package sort and delivery station near Chicago that will be the fifth major facility in that area for its FedEx Ground unit.
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LTL
Container Ship Demand Up; Hershey Sweetens Its Supply Chain
JOC Staff |
Buying Binge Drives Up Box Prices
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Con-way Freight Cuts Deal with Cat Logistics
William B. Cassidy |
Con-way Freight is expanding its work for Caterpillar Logistics Services, the logistics arm of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar, to cover trucking in more than half the United States as well as busin
Trucking News
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LTL
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Stevens Transport Buys 500 Heavy Trucks
William B. Cassidy |
Refrigerated trucking company Stevens Transport ordered 500 heavy trucks from Kenworth Truck, a Paccar subsidiary.
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Truckers Say Safety Program Needs Work
R.G. Edmonson |
Trucking industry representatives told a House panel the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest program needs work on the details.
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CP Signs Deals with Vancouver Box Terminals
John D. Boyd |
Canadian Pacific Railway signed new productivity and performance agreements with the two intermodal terminals at the big container port of Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, in deals the partners
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North-American rail
YRC Worldwide Reaches Out to Brokers
William B. Cassidy |
The nation's largest trucking operator, YRC Worldwide, is forging closer relationships with third-party logistics providers as it tries to rebuild its business.
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LTL
Truck brokers
FedEx Freight’s Heavy Load
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx planes may be soaring toward higher profit, but the $34.7 billion transportation company’s freight-hauling trucks are struggling to escape losses churned up by higher costs and deep rate d
Trucking News
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LTL
Container Surge Presses Virginia Harbor Truckers
William B. Cassidy |
A steady increase in container traffic is putting pressure on drayage operators at the Port of Virginia, including Wyatt Transfer, a Richmond, Va., port trucker.
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Former NYK Chief Seeks Shipping Line, Trucking Partnerships
William B. Cassidy |
Ocean shipping lines and trucking companies must cooperate more closely to move freight efficiently through their customers' integrated global supply chains, a maritime industry leader told trucking e
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LTL
NS Extends Intermodal Heartland Corridor in Ohio
John D. Boyd |
Norfolk Southern Railway’s long-awaited project to carve a double-stack intermodal train corridor through the Appalachian Mountains just got a bit longer, as the company got approval from Ohio t
Rail News
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North-American rail
Harbor Trucking Faces Peak Season ‘Meltdown’
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The start of the peak-shipping season is still more than a month away, but marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach is mounting so rapidly that harbor truckers are in a state of panic.
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UK Government Plans Transport Asset Sales
Bruce Barnard |
The UK's new government said it will sell off state-owned rail, aviation and postal assets as part of a deficit reduction program.
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Truckload Carriers Using Brokers Less, Survey Finds
William B. Cassidy |
Truckload carriers are becoming less reliant on brokers as freight volume recovers from the recession, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.
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Truck brokers
House Panel Examines Truck Safety Regs
William B. Cassidy |
A House subcommittee was set to hear testimony Wednesday on new federal truck and driver safety rules expected this year that shippers fear will limit carriers' ability to restore capacity in a growin
Trucking News
Trucking News
DOT, Railroads Come Closer to Agreements
John D. Boyd |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expects to quickly nail down some accords with Class I freight railroads, to spur intercity passenger rail development and begin using some of the billions in stimu
Rail News
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North-American rail
NFI Industries Buys Canadian Logistics Firm IPD
John D. Boyd |
U.S.
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North-American rail
S&P Hikes Kansas City Southern Debt Rating
John D. Boyd |
In moves that reflect the improvement Kansas City Southern has been making in its finances, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its rating on long-term KCS debt to BB from B and took the rai
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
Amsterdam Completes Rail Link to Germany
Peter T. Leach |
The Port of Amsterdam said the Betuweroute rail connection was completed this week, giving the port a dedicated cargo rail track towards Germany and into Europe.
Maritime
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Diesel Prices End Decline, Grow 3.3 Cents
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The nation’s average retail diesel price climbed 3.3 cents last week to $2.961 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
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Estes Speeds Canada-Bound LTL Freight
William B. Cassidy |
Estes is speeding freight from the U.S. Southwest to Western Canada, launching a three-day service from Texas and Oklahoma to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
Heavy Truck Orders Rise 84 Percent in May
William B. Cassidy |
Net orders for heavy-duty trucks increased 84 percent year-over-year in May, as truck operators anticipated a stronger shipping peak, said ACT Research.
Trucking News
Trucking News
LTL
CSX to Reopen Line in Indiana
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Five days after a 28-car derailment, CSX is prepared to reopen a rail line in Porter County, Ind., according to local news reports.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Railroad Job Growth Brakes in May
John D. Boyd |
The top seven railroads in the U.S. added just 218 jobs from mid-April to mid-May, the smallest increase since the Class I carriers began adding jobs in February.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Shoring Up Rail Regulation
JOC Staff |
In his June 10 speech to the National Industrial Transportation League, Rep. James L. Oberstar outlined some of the features he and Sen. Jay Rockefeller plan to produce in the new rail law.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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