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Global trade slump drags on earnings of Indian state railway
India Special Correspondent |
State-owned Container Corporation of India’s net earnings slumped by double digits in the first fiscal quarter.
International rail
Expedited trucker V3 speeds its own growth
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Supply chain disruptions are no longer the exception, they’re the rule, increasing demand for expedited transport.
Trucking News
LTL
Acquisition shows small truckers have room to grow
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
In its first acquisition in 78 years, Kottke Trucking expanded its business 60 percent, gaining drivers, freight, scale and density.
Truckload
$255 million private equity infusion fuels LTL-based 3PL
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Fast-growing BlueGrace Logistics should grow faster with support from private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
LTL
NFI expands US trucking reach amid sluggish industry demand
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Connecticut trucking company will enable fast-growing supply chain provider to expand amid sluggish growth elsewhere in the trucking industry.
Truckload
Domestic intermodal volume rebound poised to bring higher US rates
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The so-called freight recession in North America may soon be coming to an end.
North-American rail
Chennai shippers stick to trucks despite rail upgrades, incentives
Indian Special Correspondent |
Drayage bottlenecks have long been a drag on growth at Chennai.
International ports
Rail News
Trucking resumes hiring, reversing five-month decline
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Does an uptick in trucking jobs indicate the trucking market is stabilizing?
Trucking labor
LTL
Matson closes acquisition of Alaska logistics service provider
JOC Staff |
Matson has closed on its acquisition of Alaska logistics provider Span Alaska.
Container lines
Trucking News
LTL
Improving LTL profit, XPO answers 'asset' questions
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
With cost controls, disciplined pricing and a sharp eye on volume margins, XPO Logistics positions LTL for more profitable growth.
LTL
Total trucking revenue rises, but so does pressure on carriers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Small carriers may have gained more revenue than their larger counterparts last year, reversing a recent trend. Can they do it again in 2016?
Truckload
LTL
Rail critical to congestion aid at India's top port still sluggish
India Special Correspondent |
Although Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has maintained shippers are increasingly turning to rail instead of drayage, an analysis of the latest port traffic data collected by JOC.com paints a different picture.
International ports
Rail News
International rail
Cost controls, e-commerce power XPO to profit
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
XPO's North American LTL operations, the former Con-way, led the company's drive to its first quarterly net profit.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
LTL
Truck brokers
Truck maker, tech startup partner to build shipping platform
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
FR8 Revolution unveils a freight tracking tool, but has bigger plans involving a big truck maker.
Trucking News
Truck brokers
BNSF, backers to appeal decision delaying near-dock LA-LB terminal
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific |
BNSF Railway will appeal last week’s California Superior Court ruling that the environmental impact report on a proposed near-dock rail yard is inadequate.
North-American rail
Chassis co-op forms premium pool at Savannah
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative is offering rentals of premium intermodal chassis near the port of Savannah.
Truckload
Drayage
Canada's Dicom expands cross-border LTL, parcel services
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Dicom looks to integrate cross-border trucking, parcel business with last-mile service as e-commerce grows.
LTL
Air Cargo Forwarder News
Busiest Indian container port boasts of recent productivity gains
India Special Correspondent |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is boasting of seamless gate operations and greater efficiency, bringing smiles to shippers.
International ports
Drayage
International rail
Shippers incur demurrage as Oakland port wrestles with trucker appointments
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific |
Oakland’s largest terminal operator is struggling to find the right formula for its newly-mandated trucker appointment system.
North American ports
Trucking News
Port infrastructure
LTL trucking revenue, volumes drop, but pricing holds
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Despite lower volumes, many LTL carriers say they are still winning contractual rate increases.
LTL
Has US truck driver employment peaked?
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Strong hiring may have led to a new peak in trucking's hiring cycle. Is it downhill from here?
Trucking labor
LTL
US freight projects get smallest bite of TIGER grant funding
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
U.S. freight projects this year received their lowest share ever from the TIGER federal grant program.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Rail News
North American ports
Containers moving through Lazaro Cardenas after blockade ends
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
A teacher union blockade of freight rails in Mexico that trapped 4,000 thousands of containers in the key port of Lazaro Cardenas, and also some in Manzanillo, preventing them from moving in and out of the port, is over.
Marine terminals
Rail News
Truckload carriers downshift as pricing plummets
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Despite an uptick in volume in July, trucking executives see a long road ahead before truckload rates rise.
Truckload
More female drayage drivers not enough to reverse driver shortage
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The opening of the first bathroom solely for female truck drivers in one of the busiest terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey this month has highlighted the growing numbers of women drivers in drayage, which could prove vital to ameliorating the driver shortages plaguing the industry.
Drayage
Trucking labor
Merger powers Echo Global revenue, volume growth
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
The acquisition of Command Transportation last year is helping Echo Global Logistics gain truckload brokerage market share.
Truck brokers
LTL
Shippers, railroads clash over switching proposal
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Shippers and railroads disagree about the merits of a new proposal from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board over so-called “reciprocal” or “competitive” switching.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Rail News
North-American rail
Wind projects offer growth, challenges for breakbulk carriers
Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
SLIDE SHOW: Wind power shipments have emerged as one of the key growth sectors in breakbulk and project cargo shipping.
Breakbulk News
Trucking News
Rail News
ODFL trucking revenue drops, but LTL pricing called 'stable'
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
The slight year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue was the first for ODFL since 2009.
LTL
Deutsche Bahn bounces back to black
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Deutsche Bahn’s restructuing efforts to restore profitability are beginning to show results.
International rail
BNSF's options to jumpstart planned LA-LB terminal running out
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific |
BNSF has 60 days to decide whether to appeal latest court ruling involving the Southern California International Gateway.
Intermodal providers
CN blames intermodal fall on weak demand
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The railway, Canada’s largest, said that traffic figures took a hit from weakened demand, but business was also curbed by challenges at Port Metro Vancouver.
North-American rail
Betting on demand, Hub to add 2,000 intermodal containers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Looking beyond the broader market, Hub Group sees share gain, more volume ahead.
Intermodal providers
Trucking News
Truck brokers
NS intermodal traffic falls on weak global demand, restructured service
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Norfolk Southern railway’s results paint the near-final brushstrokes on the grim landscape that Class I railroads faced in the second quarter.
North-American rail
CH Robinson builds volume, capacity, as truck rates plummet
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
Broker benefits from lower costs, but lower rates take a bite out of truckload revenue.
Truck brokers
Russian truckers, rails fight for market share as container trade rebounds
Eugene Gerden, Russia Special Correspondent |
Russia’s container trade continues to rebound, sparking an intense competition between truckers and railroads.
International rail
Trucking News
St. George Logistics acquired by private equity firm, logistics exees
JOC Staff |
The company is among North America’s largest providers of outsourced ocean container freight station services.
Logistics Technology News
Rail News
Indian state railway expands rail capacity at Krishnapatnam port
India Special Correspondent |
Container Corporation of India is aggressively ramping up its intermodal reach into Krishnapatnam Port.
International rail
As truckload market tanks, e-commerce powers TransForce
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking |
TransForce's package division increased sales 6 percent, but its trucking business struggled in the second quarter.
LTL
Air Cargo Forwarder News
Truck brokers
Blockade delays thousands of containers at Mexican ports
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Angry Mexican teachers are blockading some of the country's railways, leaving thousands of containers stranded.
International rail
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