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Truckers Help Police Nab Two in Drug Bust
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System workers in Connecticut were credited with helping police seize 13.5 pounds of marijuana and arrest two people on drug charges.
Trucking News
LTL
Giving Employees Incentive to Profit
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Intermodal’s Domestic Uprising
Bill Mongelluzzo |
While other transportation modes were losing market share last year during the freight recession, domestic intermodal was growing. Now that most of the indicators in the U.S.
Rail News
Truckload Carriers Regain Ground
William B. Cassidy |
The economic recovery increasingly is showing up on highways, on loading docks, in trailers and on the bottom lines of two of the largest truckload carriers, giving credence to claims the freight econ
Trucking News
A DOT Fix for Funding?
John D. Boyd |
State agencies, freight railroads, transit operators and intermodal project planners could tap an expanded rail loan program or visit a new one-stop financial aid shop if Department of Transportation
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
Rails Throttle Up
John D. Boyd |
As the first major railroad to report quarterly earnings, CSX Transportation often sets the tone for what to expect from the others.
Rail News
ABF Gets a Booster Shot
William B. Cassidy |
For the second time in a year, the Teamsters union is offering a major trucking employer significant concessions to keep its trucks and drivers in the battle for shippers.
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Diesel Cracks $3 a Gallon
Joseph Bonney |
Diesel prices have risen above $3 a gallon, extending a months-long trend that is pinching owner-operators and forcing shippers to pay higher surcharges.
Trucking News
Paccar Profit Jumps 160 Percent
Thomas L. Gallagher |
As sales of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks improved, manufacturer Paccar increased its profit 160 percent to $68.3 million in the first quarter.
Trucking News
Trucker Marten Transport Profit Dips 4.8 Percent
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Marten Transport earned net income of $3.9 million in the first quarter, compared with a profit of $4.1 million for the same quarter of 2009.
Trucking News
Short Line Volume Nears Past-Year High
John D. Boyd |
The latest week’s traffic at small railroads in North America was down moderately from a week earlier but was still the second-highest level in more than a year.
Rail News
Rates Fall for Railcar Lessor GATX
John D. Boyd |
Although many rail shippers see railroads raising their freight rates, some key equipment costs shippers pay are still declining this year.
Rail News
ABF Losses Climb as Shipments Drop
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System lost $35.7 million in the first quarter, a 25 percent larger loss than a year ago, as shipments rose from a year ago but declined from the fourth quarter.
Trucking News
LTL
C.H. Robinson Volume Rises, Revenue Falls
JOC Staff |
Third-party logistics giant C.H.
Trucking News
Forwarding
LTL
Weekly Rail Traffic Surges
John D. Boyd |
North America’s largest railroads are seeing a sharp pickup in traffic during April, with volume outpacing anything seen during 2009.
Rail News
Trucking News
North-American rail
Union Pacific Sees Rail Rates Firming
John D. Boyd |
Union Pacific Railroad officials see their 3.5 percent “core pricing” gains in the first quarter as the low point of 2010, and look for their overall rates to strengthen more as the year c
Rail News
Trucking News
North-American rail
Werner Profit Jumps 36.4 Percent in Quarter
William B. Cassidy |
An increase in shipments, value-added service sales and fuel surcharges helped boost Werner Enterprises' revenue to $425.1 million in the first quarter, an 8 percent year-over-year increase.
Trucking News
Shipments Rise 10.8 Percent at Knight Transportation
William B. Cassidy |
A firm recovery in truckload demand and higher fuel surcharges boosted Knight Transportation's revenue 11.4 percent from a year ago to $165.7 million in the first quarter.
Trucking News
BNSF Opens Revamped Memphis Intermodal Facility
John D. Boyd |
BNSF Railway declared its new Memphis Intermodal Facility to be “fully operational” after a $200 million expansion, and cut the ribbon on it this week.
Rail News
Trucking News
North-American rail
CSX Says Passenger Rail Biggest Security Threat
John D. Boyd |
CSX Transportation, one of the continent’s largest freight railroads, sees the greatest security risk for its system from potential terrorist attacks on passenger trains that run on CSX tracks.<
Rail News
North-American rail
Pa. Court Enjoins Rail Supplier Merger
John D. Boyd |
A court in Allegheny County, Pa., has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent rail equipment supplier L.B.
Rail News
L.B. Foster Profit Falls 41 Percent
John D. Boyd |
Rail and construction equipment supplier L.B. Foster saw net income fall 41 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter to $1.75 million but said new business orders also increased.
Rail News
Union Pacific Net Jumps 43 Percent
John D. Boyd |
The biggest railroad just got bigger, as Union Pacific saw profit jump 43 percent in the first quarter to $516 million, from the same period in 2009, while revenue grew 16 percent to $3.755 billion.
Rail News
North-American rail
Canadian National Reports Targeted Incidents
John D. Boyd |
In light of a new Surface Transportation Board summons to explain how often its trains have blocked rail crossings in Chicago suburbs, Canadian National Railway says its own reports to the STB openly
Rail News
North-American rail
Hub Net Jumps 41 Percent to $8.7 Million
John D. Boyd |
With business growing solidly in all its business lines, intermodal firm Hub Group posted a first quarter profit gain of 41 percent from the weak 2009 period.
Rail News
North-American rail
Hub Adds to New Container Order
John D. Boyd |
Intermodal shipment consolidator Hub Group will buy a total of 2,500 new domestic, jumbo-sized containers this year, amid a demand surge that has it near full capacity.
Rail News
Trucking News
North-American rail
17 Transporters Make Fortune 500 List
William B. Cassidy |
The Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. businesses ranked by revenue includes 17 transportation and logistics companies this year, from UPS to Con-way.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Air Cargo
Trucking News
Rail News
Hub to Shift All BNSF Loads to Union Pacific
John D. Boyd |
Hub Group, one of the leading intermodal middleman firms, will take the remaining 1,400 containers it runs on BNSF Railway and move them this year to Union Pacific Railroad.
Rail News
North-American rail
ABF Teamsters Prepare for Concession Vote
William B. Cassidy |
Teamsters at ABF Freight System will vote on a proposed 15 percent wage cut early next month, after ballots are mailed on or about April 30, the Teamsters union said.
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
DOT Sends Delayed Highway Funds to States
John D. Boyd |
The Department of Transportation is making nearly $49 billion of delayed highway funds available to states, following last month’s passage by Congress of the HIRE Act.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
STB Tells Canadian National to Explain Road Blockages
John D. Boyd |
Canadian National Railway needs to “explain the significant differences,” said the Surface Transportation Board, between CN’s monthly reports and an audit of street-crossing blockage
Rail News
North-American rail
Trucking Group Opposes Vehicle Miles Tax
William B. Cassidy |
A Vehicle Miles Traveled tax may be gaining mileage on Capitol Hill, but the nation’s truckers want an alternate route.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Heartland Express Profit Drops 15.9 Percent
JOC Staff |
Truckload carrier Heartland Express is detecting the first stirrings of a long-anticipated economic recovery.
Trucking News
S&P Boosts Outlook for CSX
John D. Boyd |
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has revised its outlook on eastern-U.S.
Rail News
North-American rail
Amtrak Trains Test Biodiesel
John D. Boyd |
When Amtrak’s “Heartland Flyer” passenger train runs through cattle country in the next year from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, Texas, it will be testing a 20 percent biodiesel blend
Rail News
North-American rail
Amtrak Seeks Revolutionary Transport Bill
John D. Boyd |
Amtrak is calling for Congress and the Obama administration to shape a new multiyear surface transportation bill that is “revolutionary, not evolutionary” in funding the growth of an inter
Rail News
Clean-Trucks Court Case Begins in California
Bill Mongelluzzo |
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Trucking labor
S&P Ups Outlook for Union Pacific
John D. Boyd |
Credit evaluator Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook for Union Pacific Railroad to “positive” from “stable,” given the recovery under way in freight busi
Rail News
North-American rail
Diesel Climbs for Third Week
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The average price of diesel rose half a cent last week to $3.074 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Trucking News
GE Customers Use More Locomotives
John D. Boyd |
North American rail freight customers of locomotive builder GE Transportation are reducing the number of train power units they have stored as freight activity grows, GE officials said.
Rail News
North-American rail
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