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Oberstar Takes Shutdown as Incentive
R.G. Edmonson |
Rep. James L.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Transport, Trade and Regulation News
IBM to Deploy Traffic Congestion Technology
William B. Cassidy |
IBM is launching an initiative to break traffic congestion bottlenecks.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Major DOT Programs Face Shutdown
John D. Boyd |
Major surface transportation programs at the Department of Transportation were in danger of shutting down starting Monday after a senator raised objections to final passage of a short-term extens
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
FMCSA Readies Driver Screening Program
William B. Cassidy |
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is kicking off a program that eventually will let trucking companies review drivers' safety and crash records before hiring them.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Clean-Truck Plan Goes to Trial
Bill Mongelluzzo |
After almost two years of litigation and appeals, U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.
Maritime
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Fitch Gives New YRC Bonds Low Rating
William B. Cassidy |
By issuing a news series of bonds to pay off $45 million in near-term debt, YRC Worldwide "reduced the likelihood of a default in the very near term," said Fitch Ratings.
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Lawmaker Calls for Nationwide Mileage Tax Test
William B. Cassidy |
A test of a vehicle mileage tax in Oregon should be extended nationwide in the next surface transportation bill, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said today.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail Traffic Improves After Storms
John D. Boyd |
Freight traffic for major U.S.-owned railroads improved after two storm-stunted weeks, but remained below the pace of the last half of January.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Norfolk Southern to Build Corridor Hubs
John D. Boyd |
Norfolk Southern Railway hopes to begin construction by July on new intermodal terminals in Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala., now that it has a large stimulus grant to help pay for them.
Rail News
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North-American rail
Senate to Act on Short Line Tax Credit
John D. Boyd |
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told short line railroad officials the Senate will act on legislation next week that includes a renewal of an expired tax credit for track repairs for small railroads
Rail News
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Truck Tonnage Shoots Up
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking is "clearly in a recovery mode," with the American Trucking Associations' truck tonnage index showing its strongest increase since January 2005 last month.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Truck Pricing in Canada Seen Stabilizing
William B. Cassidy |
Canadian trucking costs appear to be stabilizing, but at a level nearly 10 percent lower than a year ago, according to an index based on less-than-truckload and truckload rates.
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UP, CSX Team Up On Domestic Intermodal
John D. Boyd |
CSX Transportation in the eastern United States and Union Pacific Railroad in the West will soon be jointly marketing a domestic intermodal service in jumbo-sized containers.
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North-American rail
Rails Cut U.S. Jobs in January
John D. Boyd |
The seven largest U.S. railroads shed 1,116 jobs in January, bringing their total workforce to a new low of 145,609 positions.
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North-American rail
YRC Closes Debt Financing Deal with New Bonds
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide yesterday closed the first part of a deal that will pay off $70 million in unsecured debt that wasn’t eliminated in its $464 million debt-for-equity swap.
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Truck Drivers Blast Talk of U.S.-Mexico Pact
JOC Staff |
A group representing independent truck drivers accused Mexico of “economic bullying” while arguing against allowing Mexican truckers to operate in the U.S.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Profit Jumps 300 Percent at Echo Global Logistics
William B. Cassidy |
A 65 percent leap in shipment volume helped Echo Global Logistics increase revenue 47 percent and quadruple its profit in the fourth quarter, despite falling transportation rates.
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Truck brokers
YRC Worldwide’s Reddaway Cuts Transit Times
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide’s Western subsidiary Reddaway is cutting transit times throughout its network to increase next-day and two-day delivery options for shippers.
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Cummins to Pay $2.1 Million Penalty to EPA, CARB
William B. Cassidy |
Engine maker Cummins will pay $2.1 million for a costly supply chain error.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Diesel Price Soars 7.6 Cents
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Diesel prices across the United States jumped 7.6 cents over the past week, the first increase in six weeks, to their highest point since the middle of January, the U.S.
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Rail Bill Meets Big Chill
John D. Boyd |
When Sen.
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Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Berkshire’s BNSF Eyes the Horizon
John D. Boyd |
As soon as BNSF Railway’s shareholders approved the planned takeover by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Feb. 11, the railroad’s CEO began to fire away at Wall Street.
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Rail News
Intermodal Takes Separate Tracks
John D. Boyd |
The North American intermodal business is developing a split personality.
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Forwarding
DHE Buys Locally, Grows Globally
William B. Cassidy |
The nascent economic recovery is beginning to fuel consolidation in trucking, as healthier carriers expand their networks by buying up smaller competitors and niche players.
Trucking News
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Wicked Weather Snaps Operations
John D. Boyd |
Call it a lost week for a major slice of the U.S. economy and transportation network.
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Drawing the Line
Bill Mongelluzzo |
BNSF’s top intermodal executive concedes the western railroads have permanently lost much of their East Coast market share to all-water container shipping services from Asia, but Steve Branscum
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Con-way Seeks New Balance
William B. Cassidy |
Con-way Freight is starting 2010 by strengthening its sales organization as it tries to bring pricing and profit into line with higher less-than-truckload freight volume.
Trucking News
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Did Snow Blow Truckload Rates Higher?
William B. Cassidy |
Snowstorms that slammed the country in early February may have boosted rates for truckload carriers by freezing capacity, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Strong Short Line Traffic Beats Weather
John D. Boyd |
North American short line railroads carried some of the strongest traffic levels in months even during storm-tossed February, as cargo loadings were consistent with a spreading recovery in the broader
Rail News
Rail News
USA Truck: 'We're Not Related' to USA Carriers
William B. Cassidy |
A similar name can cause the kind of confusion USA Truck wants to avoid.
Trucking News
Trucking News
Domestic Intermodal Grew in Fourth Quarter
John D. Boyd |
A late-year need to refill store shelves and replenish other stocks after a “historic inventory drawdown” helped boost intermodal traffic in the fourth quarter and push domestic volume sli
Rail News
Rail News
IANA Sees Intermodal Gain as Truck Surplus Fades
John D. Boyd |
The return of growth in freight shipments this year may erase the surplus of trucks this summer and push more business to combined rail-truck intermodal shipments, the Intermodal Association of North
Rail News
Rail News
Railcar Makers ARI, US Railcar Team Up
John D. Boyd |
In the midst of a massive contraction for the North American freight car industry, equipment builder American Railcar Industries said it has formed a joint venture with US Railcar to produce self-prop
Rail News
Rail News
Storms Cut Traffic at Large U.S. Railroads
John D. Boyd |
Major U.S.-owned railroads saw their originations of bulk commodity and equipment traffic fall more than 20,000 carloads from the end of January to mid-February, a time when powerful winter storms hit
Rail News
Rail News
North-American rail
FreightCar Loses $5.6 Million on Plunging Sales
John D. Boyd |
Rail equipment supplier FreightCar America posted a $5.6 million fourth quarter loss as it said sales of railroad cars fell “significantly” – by 82 percent to $49.4 million.
Rail News
Rail News
Freight Transportation Stabilized in December
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The Freight Transportation Services Index indicated a stabilizing market as it remained unc
Trucking News
Trucking News
Trinity Profit Falls 66 Percent to $15 Million
John D. Boyd |
Rail News
Rail News
YRC Slides on Wall Street
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide’s stock value plunged today after shareholders approved the issue of more than 2 billion new shares as part of a debt-for-equity swap with bondholders.
Trucking News
Trucking News
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DOT Awards Tiger Grants
R.G. Edmonson |
Railroad projects in seven states were the top winners Wednesday when the Department of Transportation announced recipients of $1.5 billion in TIGER grants.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
YRC Shareholders Approve Debt-Equity Swap
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide's shareholders approved the company's debt-for-equity swap Wednesday, clearing $550 million in debt from the company's books and giving the country's largest trucking company a new lease
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