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Hertwig Named President at Florida East Coast Railway
John D. Boyd |
Florida East Coast Railway said James R. Hertwig will become president of that carrier starting July 1, after he leaves his current position as president of CSX Intermodal.
Rail News
North-American rail
Truck Tonnage Rose 9.4 Percent in April
William B. Cassidy |
Truck tonnage climbed to its highest level since September 2008, the brink of the financial crisis that precipitated the recession, a trucking industry index shows.
Trucking News
LTL
Truck brokers
Truckload Demand Strong But Slowing
William B. Cassidy |
The pace of recovery is slowing for truckload carriers, as truck capacity stabilizes at a lower level, according to the May 28 Morgan Stanley Truckload Freight Index.
Trucking News
Truck brokers
Advocate Urges Congress to Protect Pension Benefits
William B. Cassidy |
Retirees in multiemployer pension plans whose former companies failed shouldn't be penalized by pension reform, a pension expert said at a Senate hearing yesterday.
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Greenbrier Cuts Workweek for Barge Building
John D. Boyd |
Barge and railcar builder Greenbrier is slowing barge output by adopting a four-day workweek for its Gunderson marine operations in Portland, Ore., citing market uncertainty from the Gulf oil spill an
Rail News
PBGC Splits Chicago-area Trucking Pension Fund
William B. Cassidy |
A Chicago-area pension fund that faced insolvency by 2013 will be split in two, with workers from bankrupt firms receiving benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Trucking News
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Trucking labor
NOL Chief Says Private Infrastructure Investment Needed
Peter T. Leach |
With public budgets stretched thin, governments should be doing more to encourage private investment in needed infrastructure, the CEO of Neptune Orient Lines told an international panel of transport
Maritime
Air Cargo
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Container lines
Forwarding
Central States Pension Fund Warns of Insolvency
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union’s Central States pension fund faces insolvency within 10 to 15 years unless Congress acts to stabilize the fund, its executive director said this week.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
LTL
Trucking labor
Chicago Called Worst U.S. Traffic Chokepoint
JOC Staff |
Chicago is not only the nation’s crossroads, but its chokepoint.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
DOT Gives States $80 Million for High-Speed Rail
William B. Cassidy |
Five states received nearly $80 million in federal grants for high-speed rail projects today from the Department of Transportation.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Lawmakers Bare Partisan Divide On Highway Taxes
R.G. Edmonson |
There’s bipartisan support for quick passage of a comprehensive transportation bill, but members of the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday demonstrated there is still a w
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Congestion Pricing Advances in Virginia
William B. Cassidy |
Virginia broke ground Wednesday on a control center for high occupancy toll lanes on a stretch of the I-495 Capital Beltway that ranks as one of the worst U.S. congestion bottlenecks.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Feds to Expand Freight Congestion Tracking
William B. Cassidy |
Speed and location data collected from approximately 650,000 trucks is being used to pinpoint congestion hotspots nationwide and could play a key role in infrastructure planning and funding.
Trucking News
Ex-Im Bank Aids Rail Supplier Equipment Sale
By John D. Boyd |
The U.S. Export-Bank is backing a $1.7 million loan for railroad equipment supplier Holland L.P. to sell two in-track welding systems to a customer in Brazil.
Rail News
Independent Driver Contracts Are Under Fire, Lawyer Says
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Work rules spelled out in contracts between owner-operator truckers and drayage companies may not provide the legal grounding to maintain the truckers’ status as independent contractors at U.S.
Trucking News
North American ports
Trucking labor
Truck Orders Jump 91 Percent in April
William B. Cassidy |
Net orders for heavy-duty trucks shot up 91 percent in April, as fleets began placing orders for trucks compliant with 2010 federal emissions rules, ACT Research said.
Trucking News
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U.S. Railroads Seek Aid if Coal Hit by Climate Policy
John D. Boyd |
In a bold bid to cover U.S.
Rail News
North-American rail
CSX Reopens Flood-Closed Tennessee Line
John D. Boyd |
CSX Transportation is finally reopening for overnight service a 200-mile Tennessee rail line between Nashville and Memphis, which had been closed since severe storms at the start of May and caused CSX
Rail News
North-American rail
ABF Teamsters Reject Wage Cut
William B. Cassidy |
Teamsters at ABF Freight System rejected a 15 percent wage cut by a solid majority, sending the less-than-truckload carrier and union back to the negotiating table.
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Diesel Slides at Sharpest Rate in 15 Months
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The average price of diesel across the country fell 7.3 cents per gallon, the second straight weekly drop and the sharpest decline since March 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.
Trucking News
YRC Worldwide, Teamsters in Pension Talks
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union and YRC Worldwide said they will form two joint labor-management committees to discuss the trucking operator's participation in union pension funds and "ways to enhance YRCW's
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Recession Capped Transportation Emissions
William B. Cassidy |
The global economic crisis reduced greenhouse gas emissions from transportation industry sources worldwide, but that reduction isn’t expected to last long.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Air Cargo
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Canadian Pacific Boosts 2010 Spending Plans
John D. Boyd |
Canadian Pacific Railway is raising by about $66 million the amount it plans to spend on capital improvements this year, for a new spending program that ranges between $708 million and $756 million.
Rail News
North-American rail
Port Drayage Battle Loaded Up
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The battle over who will drive the trucks in clean-air programs being rolled out at ports across the country is now being waged on three fronts — federal court in Los Angeles, a U.S.
Trucking News
Maritime
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North American ports
Trucking labor
Stage to Oil Rig
William B. Cassidy |
If you thrive in a stable work environment defined by regular day-to-day routines, please don’t consider a career in expedited trucking.
Trucking News
Picking Up the Pace
William B. Cassidy |
When a shipment absolutely, positively has to arrive no later than yesterday, what do shippers do? First they pray . . . then they call an expedited trucking company.
Trucking News
Air Cargo
Canadian Railroads Take a Lashing
Courtney Tower |
The Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, is helping lead a charge among Canadian ports and shippers frustrated by a lack of competition they say leaves them with inadequate intermodal rail service.
Rail News
North-American rail
Profit Drives ODFL Expansion
William B. Cassidy |
Profit is paving the way to expansion at Old Dominion Freight Line.
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking Goes to the Cleaners
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking companies rely on more than rubber and fuel to operate; data from operations, sales, accounting and maintenance are vital to their services.
Trucking News
Putting a Price on Speed
William B. Cassidy |
Expedited trucking is a premium service, commanding a premium price. But that price might not be as high as shippers think, carrier executives said.
Trucking News
Air Cargo
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Virginia Goes All-In
Peter T. Leach |
When it takes over operation of APM Terminals’ automated container terminal in Portsmouth this summer, the Virginia Port Authority will position itself to become one of the nation’s bigges
Maritime
Rail News
Intermodal Call to Arms
John D. Boyd |
In the Obama administration’s vision for a future with free-flowing highways, cleaner air in cities and ports and lower climate-heating carbon emissions, intermodal rail leads the way.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Rail News
Precision Tools for Trucking
William B. Cassidy |
Data Quality isn’t just the concern of billion-dollar carriers such as U.S. Xpress Enterprises.
Trucking News
ATA Backs Obama on Truck Fuel Economy, Emission Standards
By William B. Cassidy |
The American Trucking Associations supports President Obama’s call for the first national fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
FedEx Ground to Tighten Contractor Standards
By William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Ground is tightening its standards for independent contractors, responding to concerns raised by several states, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
Trucking News
Obama Calls for Truck Fuel Economy Standards
By William B. Cassidy |
President Obama signed a presidential order today that for the first time would establish fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions limits for heavy-duty and medium trucks, starting in 2014.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
CSX Taps Clement as Intermodal Chief
By John Boyd |
CSX Transportation is promoting William Clement as president of its intermodal unit on the retirement of longtime executive James R. Hertwig, the company said Friday.
Rail News
APL Seeks to Invest in China’s Freight Rail System
By Peter Leach |
APL, the world’s fourth-largest container line, is looking to invest in China’s intermodal rail network as Beijing focuses economic development on industrial plants in the country’s
Rail News
Rail Intermodal Heats Up, But Carloads Cool
John D. Boyd |
A spike in containerized shipments lifted rail intermodal volume at mid-May, but major North American railroads and short lines are seeing traffic flatten for many cargoes in the bulk carload categori
Rail News
North-American rail
Con-way Stock Sale Raises $143.7 Million
William B. Cassidy |
Con-way completed a $143.7 million stock offering, raising funds for capital expenditures, including new trucks for its fleets.
Trucking News
LTL
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