Surface

The Journal of Commerce’s surface transport news and analysis focuses on landside transport movement — from railroad news to trucking news — including full load trucking, less-than-truckload (LTL), refrigerated (or reefer) trucking, flatbed and domestic and international intermodal rail, and how it connects with seaports, inland rail hubs, distribution centers and transloading operations. Reporting on the surface transport sector covers the movement of domestic shipments within the United States and international cargoes transported via domestic equipment including trailers and 53-foot containers. 

The latest Surface News & Analysis

ST. JOHNSBURY TRUCKING POSTS IMPROVED RESULTS

LEO ABRUZZESE |
St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. battled industrywide pricing pressures to post strong first quarter finan
Trucking News

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Team |
1070.5 (May 29) Previous day - 1076.0<br><br> The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L
Trucking News

FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Team |
May 29<br><br> Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.<br><br>Close High Low
Trucking News

BRAKE ACTIONS BEFORE CONGRESS, DOT, OTHER GROUPS

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD |
The following is a partial list of ongoing efforts related to truck brakes:<br><br> * Truck and Bus
Trucking News

CALIF. ERECTS 65 MPH SIGNS ON SOME ROADS

(AP) |
The 65 mph speed limit signs went up in California at the weekend, the first time in 13 years that a
Trucking News

TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
License Law Targets<br><br> Commercial DriversALBANY, N.Y. - A new federal law makes it illegal to h
Trucking News

WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

JOC Team |
For the week ended May 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 96,
Rail News

BEIJING BANS SMOKING AT TERMINAL

(AP) |
Beijing Railway Station today will become China's first rail terminal to ban smoking entirely on its
Rail News

CONN. RAILROAD HAULING FREIGHT ON CONRAIL LINES

Journal of Commerce Special |
Connecticut Central Railroad, a subsidiary of a steam-powered tourist line, last week began freight-
Rail News

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
Mass-Transit Contract<br><br> Awarded to Fluor Corp.IRVINE, Calif. - A unit of Fluor Corp. said it w
Rail News

SHORTLINE GROUP NAMES NEW MEMBER

Journal of Commerce Staff |
The American Shortline Railroad Association has announced a new member, Dynamic Sciences Ltd. of Mon
Rail News

DAVE CAWTHORNE'S INSIDE TALK ON TRANSPORTATION

Dave Cawthorne |
SPEAKING OF CSX, word in industry circles is that the company will put about 20 packets of lines up
Rail News

CONRAIL WEIGHS PROS AND CONS OF SERVICE IN SOUTHERN NY

LAWRENCE KAUFMAN |
Conrail and the New York Department of Transportation face a June 1 deadline for renewing a contract
Rail News

FTA URGES UK TO INCREASE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

EDWIN UNSWORTH |
Greater investment by the government in Britain's transport infrastructure has been called for by th
Trucking News

ROAD FATALITIES FOUND HIGHER IN RURAL WESTERN PART OF US

(AP) |
Country roads are far more dangerous than city streets in at least one respect, according to a study
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TRUCKING CRISIS LOOMS IN PERU BY BARBARA DURR

Journal of Commerce Special |
More than 20 percent of Peru's trucking fleet is paralyzed and the industry is warning the governmen
Trucking News

SECOND FREIGHT RATE HIKE THIS YEAR UNDER STUDY

LEO ABRUZZESE |
Major trucking industry rate bureaus will meet over the next 10 days to consider a second round of f
Trucking News

TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
ICC Issues Order<br><br> On Handling of RatesThe Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference must change
Trucking News

CANADA-US TUNNEL DISPUTE BREWS

(AP) |
A conflict is brewing over who gets control of the busiest and most profitable Canada-U.S. Border cr
Trucking News

CONRAIL TO UPGRADE CHICAGO LINE

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Conrail is investing more than $20 million to upgrade portions of its main line between Chicago and
Rail News

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
Burlington Grain Rates<br><br> Too High, ICC FindsRates on some wheat and barley shipments moving on
Rail News

METRO-NORTH TO RENEW PAPER-RECYCLING

(AP) |
Metro-North President Peter Stangl says the railroad will renew efforts to recycle newspapers at Gra
Rail News

REGULATION OF RAILROADS IS FOCUS OF HEARINGS

DAVID CAWTHORNE |
House committee hearings Thursday appeared to focus on the substance of how much regulation is neede
Rail News

CANADA TURNS DOWN VIA RAIL REQUEST

MARK WILSON |
The Canadian government has told a subsidiary corporation it cannot buy passenger railroad cars cost
Rail News

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Team |
1076.0 (May 28) Previous day - 1075.0<br><br> The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L
Trucking News

FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Team |
May 28<br><br> Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.<br><br>Close High Low
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AUTO DESIGN FOR FUTURE TO BE BIT LIKE THE PRESENT

(AP) |
The shape of cars to come will be a lot like the shape of some cars that already are here: smooth, r
Trucking News

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Team |
1075.0 (May 27) Previous day - 1079.0<br><br> The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L
Trucking News

FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Team |
May 27<br><br> Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.<br><br>Close High Low
Trucking News

CP TRUCKS TO SELL EXPRESS AIRBORNE

ANDREW TAUSZ |
One of Canada's major trucking carriers has decided it's a good time to withdraw from the overnight
Trucking News

P-I-E'S SHIPMASTER ATTRACTS INTEREST

KEVIN D. THOMPSON |
The trucking industry's first electronic bill of lading system is still on the prowl for shippers wi
Trucking News

NHTSA STUDY FAULTS TRUCK BRAKE ADJUSTERS

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found some brands of automatic brake adjuster
Trucking News

TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
Michelin to Expand<br><br> 3 S. Carolina PlantsCOLUMBIA, S.C. - Michelin Tire Corp. announced it wou
Trucking News

WORLD BANK TO FINANCE INDIAN RAILWAY TRACK WORK

Journal of Commerce Special |
The World Bank has agreed in principle to finance a major renewal and electrification of Indian Rail
Rail News

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
System for Lumber<br><br> Expanded by ConrailConrail has introduced its lumber transfer and distribu
Rail News

SHORT LINES LONG ON OPPORTUNITY

Chicago Tribune |
People aren't kidding when they call Dakota Rail Inc. a mom-and-pop railroad.<br><br> Jerry Ross, 58
Rail News

TRANSPORT CALENDAR

JOC Team |
American Short Line Railroad Assoc., 1987 Western/Southwestern regional meeting, June 1-3. Embassy S
Trucking News

CANADIAN MOTOR CARRIER FEARS PREDATORY PRICING

ANDREW TAUSZ |
John Kennedy, the man behind the wheel at the Kings-<br><br> way Group of Companies of Toronto, the
Trucking News

WEEKLY TRUCK TONNAGE INDEX

JOC Team |
The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originating<br><br>from 49 produc
Trucking News

GROUP: EXPANSION MAY RISK SAFETY

LEO ABRUZZESE |
Unfit truckers may escape federal safety review if the government expands the commercial zones exemp
Trucking News