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Fundamentals of Transportation Industry Still Strong
Year-over-year comparisons suggest the rate of price increases for transportation services may be slowing, but the sector is still seeing strong demand and tight capacity...
Greening Logistics
BNSF Railway Company said it has added capacity that has the potential to reduce emission at its Seattle International Gateway. The intermodal facility...
New President at NITL
Carlton, currently Assistant Administrator of the Maritime Administration at the US Department of Transportation, will begin his role as president of...
Costs Driving Trucking
When it comes to costs, the motor carrier industry faces its biggest challenge in the area of salaries, wages and benefits, according to a recent report...
Fourth Quarter Begins Slide At FedEx
Fuel prices were a major factor in lowered profits at transport and logistics giant FedEx. FedEx faces a challenging economic environment that includes...
Trucking To Hit Record Costs for Fuel
While fuel costs have been the second largest operating expense for truckerslabor expenses have been the largestfor some carriers that picture is being...
Con-Way Freight Cuts Truck Driving Speeds
Governed speed for the carriers 8,400-tractor fleet is being lowered to 62 mph from its current 65 mph. The action by the less than truckload (LTL) carrier...
Truck Carriers Form National Network
The six carriers and their core regions are: Averitt Express (south and southeastern US), Canadian Freightways/Epic Express (Canada), DATS Trucking (west),...
Defending Transportation Deregulation
When legislators borrowed the language of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 to preempt state regulation of the motor carrier industry, the industry...
Tracing the Track to Transportation Success
Managing movement of assets on a vast scale in a business that changes from minute to minute is daunting. Keeping up and adjusting to those changes based...
Spring Brings Hope for a Sunnier Shipping Climate
Despite continued prognostication on whether there is or has been or will be a recession, there are timid signs that somewhere aheadprobably in the third...
SMC3 Updates CzarLite, Offers New Delivery Technology
The new product is scheduled to roll out March 31. The CzarLite pricing system is used as the basis for creation of less than truckload (LTL) contracts....
Look Before You Sign
It is amazing what some people will sign, especially shippers and carriers. Transportation contracts are entered into everyday without the shipper, consignor,...
What Worries Trucking?
As economic pundits sit around debating whether the US economy is in a Recession or not, it has been obvious to those who watch the transportation industry...
YRC to Pursue Regional Restructure and Integration
A $782 million impairment charge related to goodwill and certain other intangible assets arising from acquisitions, reorganization costs of $9 million...
Hybrid Beverage Truck In Production
Claiming the position of the first truck manufacturer to offer a drop-frame, hybrid electric beverage truck, Freightliner said the vehicle was designed...
UPS Freight Bumps Up Its Rates
The 5.4% increase applies to minimum charges, less than truckload (LTL) and truckload (TL) shipments. The over-the-road heavy freight division of UPS,...
A Hazy Look Ahead For Trucking
Words like and dominate forecasts for the trucking segment at the start of 2008. Often looked to as a barometer of US economic performance, the view ahead...
Can the things that succeed at UPS work for LTL?
If you had to pick a time to get into the less-thantruckload (LTL) business, this is probably not the time you would have picked, says Jack Holmes, president...
Keeping the Human Touch in Logistics
Rick Blasgen, President, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Well never lose focus on quality says Rick Blasgen, president of the Council...
FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL Raise Their Rates
FedEx Freight is a regional next-day and second-day Less than Truckload (LTL) carrier. FedEx National LTL is a long-haul LTL. FedEx National LTL was created...
FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL Raise Their Rates
FedEx Freight is a regional next-day and second-day Less than Truckload (LTL) carrier. FedEx National LTL is a long-haul LTL. FedEx National LTL was created...
FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL Raise Their Rates
FedEx Freight is a regional next-day and second-day Less than Truckload (LTL) carrier. FedEx National LTL is a long-haul LTL. FedEx National LTL was created...
Yellow Takes Charges in 4th Quarter
The company said the principal reason for the charge was lowered estimated value for the USF Corp. companies YRC acquired for $1.37 billion in 2005. The...
Old Dominion Buys Bullocks Express
Founded in April 1990 with just six trucks and three terminals, Bullocks Express now bills $17 million annually through its network of eight terminals...
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