TRUCKING INDUSTRY OPINIONS * USA - For U.S. transport sector, future looks ever bleaker

Chicago,ILL,USA -Reuters, by Nick Carey -Dec 10, 2008: -- For transportation companies, it was never meant to be like this... By now the U.S ... in the spot market for less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, though full-truckload carriers have also ... in diesel prices is being more than offset by the recession. (Less demand means fewer items being shipped [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 12:33:53

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PROGNOSIS * USA - Fitch: Weak U.S. Economy Will Challenge Freight Transportation in 2009

Chicago,ILL,USA -MarketWatch -Dec 9, 2008: -- The past year has been very challenging for freight transportation issuers in the U.S ... is entering 2009 in a weakened state. Overcapacity, particularly in the less-than-truckload (LTL ... of a large number of small truckload carriers have helped to rectify the capacity situation somewhat [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 08:16:09

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA & Canada

* Ryder’s 3Q Earnings Improve Miami,FL,USA -Transport Topics -22 Oct 2008: -- Ryder System Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $70 ... % to a record $198.6 million... Vitran has truckload, less-than-truckload and logistics operations ... revenue growth of 4%, which more than offset a 4% decline in commercial rental revenue... * Arkansas [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 18:30:39

TRANSPORT STATISTICS * USA - Truck Tonnage Plunges 14.1% in December

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics-26 Jan 2009: --Truck tonnage plummeted 14 ... since April 1994, when the less-than-truckload industry was on strike, ATA said... (Photo by Tom Biery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 12:39:00

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA & Canada

* USA -Werner’s 4Q Profit ImprovesUSA -Transport Topics-23 Jan 2009: -- Truckload carrierWerner Enterprisessaid its fourth-quarter profit rose 20% as it trimmed ... also ceased operations, and the carrier couldn't find enough new freight quick enough to stay afloat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:59:00

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Leading Economic Indicators Improve in September New York,NY,USA -Transport Topics -20 Oct 2008: ... : -- UPS Inc. said Friday it has set a 5.9% rate increase for its less-than-truckload unit, UPS ... -than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide issued new shares of common stock and used the issue to buy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 13:44:10

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Celadon Reports Flat 2Q IncomeIndianapolis,IN,USA -Transport Topics-22 Jan 2009: ... million, while freight revenue excluding fuel surcharges dropped 14% to $98.5 million, the company ... ...Labels: trucking industry news USA [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:44:00

California train ridership at record levels November 10, 2008

Posted by patlynch in Amtrak, Domestic HSR, Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy. trackback This certainly confirms an ever-expanding trend. Americans want and demand transportation alternatives. Last update: 3:57 p.m. EST Nov. 10, 2008 SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:59:05

Good news for truckers * USA - Diesel to dip below gas as Valero output rises

"The really fast drop in fuel prices gave many of them a last breath" New York,NY,USA - The Republican American/Bloomberg News, ... -consumed transport fuel and inventories rise... Falling costs already helped the trucking industry ... Trucking Associations ... Knight Transportation Inc., a Phoenix trucker, earned $16.1 million [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 12:16:00

Amtrak believes in a place called Hope, Arkansas October 17, 2008

Posted by patlynch in Amtrak, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy ... of the Amtrak Texas Eagle’s record breaking growth among long distance trains for fiscal 2008 ... to Hope Parks and Tourism Secretary Paul Henley.   The Texas Eagle route connects Chicago and San Antonio [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 03:10:26

TRUCKING JOBS * USA - Trucking Sheds 24,900 Jobs

Washington,DC,USA - Transport Topics (subscription) -16 Feb 2009: -- The trucking industry lost nearly 25,000 jobs in January, the highest monthly total ever except during a national [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 13:02:00

More Ohio developments October 17, 2008

Posted by patlynch in Amtrak, Domestic HSR, Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy ... rail bill is a very important and positive first-step toward moving people and freight in Ohio better [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 20:22:57

HSR backgrounder November 30, 2008

Posted by patlynch in Amtrak, Domestic HSR, Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy ... that area as a center of HSR activity. Amtrak is willing to operate “Acela Regional” service in other state [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:46:27

Department of Homeland Lunacy

By Dave Lindorff I am not a terrorist. How can I prove this in these paranoid times? Easy ... went into overdrive passing things like the USA PATRIOT Act, the establishment of the Transportation [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 05:33:10

Amtrak and KDOT Agree on Scope of Study December 4, 2008

Posted by patlynch in Amtrak, Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy ... would have to share the tracks with BNSF freight trains. Preliminary work has already begun and Amtrak [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 21:56:11

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA & Canada

* USA -CTL TransportationAnnounces Driver Pay Increase Mulberry,Fla.,USA -Trucking Info -13 Jan 2009: --CTL Transportation, a national tank truck company based ... , trucking jobs are drying up, which could mean a bumpy road ahead...Trucking jobs seem to be drying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:28:00

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly Newsfrom Freight Forwarding* USA - North America Logistics 2009 - Executive SummaryThis comprehensive report on the state of the ... for antitrust immunity.Read Full News Here* Japan - Forwarder YAS establishes own company in Mexico Japanese global forwarder Yusen Air & Sea Service has set up its own company in Mexico, in part to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 09:38:00

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly Newsfrom Freight Forwarding* USA - FedEx announces further cost-cutting movesDespite a largely flat latest quarter, US global express and freight service provider FedEx last week announced a number of extraordinary ... logistics industry starts to biteThe European road freight and contract logistics sectors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:14:00

TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly Newsfrom Freight Forwarding* USA - Downturn latest: UTi improves margins; DHL predicts tough times for small forwarders UTi has announced third quarter results up slightly ... forwarders could disappear as a result of the current economic downturn. Read Full Brief Here* Denmark [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 19:29:00

Contrans Corp Freight Forwarding Services Inc www

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Date: 2008-09-02 04:49:07

TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS * WORLDWIDE

Brief & Weekly News from Freight Forwarding * USA - Extra integration expense in China dents Menlo income figure Con-way Inc’s Q3 2008 results statement included an admission that global forwarding subsidiary Menlo Worldwide had incurred higher than expected integration expenses in China. Read Full News Here * Dubai - Aramex eyes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 17:37:59

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly Newsfrom Freight Forwarding* USA - UTi appoints UPS executive as CEOUS-based global multimodal forwarder UTi has recruited a senior UPS executive as its new CEO, a move which looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:02:00

TECHNO-NEWS * India - Collapsible container could transform cargo trade

Ocean carriers spend $16 billion annually on repositioning empties New Delhi,India -Pacific Shipper (Newark,New Jersey,USA) ... conditions.” The concept also had to be compatible with existing equipment for intermodal transport ... received positive feedback from shipping companies, logistic firms and port operators... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 08:40:06

January 2009 TunnelProject TunnelNews and Tunnel Projects

US Transportation Secretary Approves Metrorail Extension Washington Post - Washington,DC, ... s Trucking News - USA … and the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership’s Jobs Tunnel ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 06:00:07

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Trucking Industry Asks Congress for National 65 mph Speed Limit Washington,DC,USA -Environment News Service -January 27, 2009: ... Jan 2009: -- Refrigerated truckload carrier Marten Transport’s fourth-quarter net income rose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 18:38:31

Happy Labor Day USA!?

Today is one of my favorite American Holidays ... for the logistics and transportation industry, as well as the passenger airlines. Fuel, the War and a weak dollar ... of conveyance in order to stay within budgets. For multi-mode capable 3PL's and integrators [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 17:12:22

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* YRC to Cut 6% of Workforce Overland Park,Kan,USA -AP/Transport Topics -29 Oct 2008: ... -up plan to integrate its Roadway and Yellow Transportation units... A spokeswoman said the less-than-truckload carrier will lay off about 3,750 drivers and dockworkers as it integrates the units, AP [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 21:53:44

The Lure of the City

The current issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine (March 2009, USA Edition) ... and wide, where a car is a must, can find the compactness of public transport-dependent centers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:37:51

PPG promotes renewable energy solutions

Print This ArticleFebruary 19, 2009 Project Professionals Group is continuing to position itself as the supply chain manager of choice for the ... successes in transporting renewable energy equipment at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA ... supported by members SOS Global Express, TransGroup Worldwide Logistics (USA), Quality Freight [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 14:42:50

Improve Inefficiencies * USA - To kickstart ‘road to recovery’

Helping truckers avoid waiting hours at a time to load and unload, however, can save the economy billions right now without costing a dime, ... and Infrastructure about the Association’s concerns with freight transportation in Southern California ... ... R ajkovacz cited recent research submitted by the FMCSA titled ”Motor Carrier [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 13:54:00

USA: Activists Incensed after Fatal Shooting by Police

Several people recorded mobile phone videos of a police officer shooting and killing a young man named Oscar Grant on a subway BART train station ... on the ground in the Fruitvale station platform, after BART transport police intervened in a scuffle outside a crowded train car, with people returning home after New Year's Eve celebrations. Citizen [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 06:17:10

The best real estate market * USA - Terminal Buy Time

Carriers with strong balance sheets and plenty of cash are finding the best real estate market in years for expanding and upgrading their LTL ... bankruptcies. In November Con-way Freight stripped 40 facilities out of its 303-terminal ... outright the other 10... As part of the final phase of its Yellow Transportation-Roadway [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 19:11:00

DLC to be logistics and transportation benchmark

Dubai Logistics City (DLC), envisioned to be the world’s first truly multi-modal integrated logistics platform, found a huge audience at two recent conferences - the International Freight Week (IFW) 2008 held ... the current busiest cargo hub in Memphis, USA. The IFW is considered one of the region’s premier freight [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 05:46:39

USA National Bike Summit tweeters

The 2009 National Bike Summit starts Tuesday, March 10 with hundreds of cycling and cyclist advocates in Washington DC to visit with Congresscritters ... including Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Representative Dan [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 17:09:00

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