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| U.S. Bank offers new fuel card for truckers |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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U.S. Bank has unveiled its Over the Road Plus card, an expansion of its Over the Road card offering, which enables drivers to easily purchase fuel at thousands of truck stops and other retailers. The new card enhances U.S. Bank's offerings by adding checking services to use where the card is not accepted, pre-approval per-diems, and funding for emergency repairs. Fleet managers can, through a program tied to the card, manage fuel limits and gallons per fill up. “By...
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| Old Dominion relocates Fort Wayne service center |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Old Dominion Freight Line has relocated its Fort Wayne Service Center in Indiana to an expanded, 71-door, newly constructed facility. The center, which officials call state-of-the-art, will employ 44 people. “The improved facility allows OD to maintain its strong rate of growth in Fort Wayne,” the carrier's Randy Barton said in a statement. - Jon Ross
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| U.S-Canada begin truck pre-inspection pilot |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The United States and Canada on Monday began a limited demonstration program at the Blaine, Wash.-Surrey, British Columbia port of entry for pre-inspecting U.S.-bound trucks in Canada instead of on the U.S. side of the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced. The first phase of the pilot program is designed as a "proof of concept" to determine the viability of assigning CBP officers to Canadian border facilities to pre-inspect trucks, drivers and car...
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| Executive moves |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Tay Yoshitani , chief executive officer of the Port of Seattle, and Phil Washington , general manager of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, were appointed to the Washington-based Eno Center for Transportation’s board. Eno’s board also held elections for officers. Lillian Borrone , chairman; Mort Downey , secretary; and David Plavin , treasurer, were all re-elected to their positions for a one-year term. DSV Road Ltd. has appointed Jesper Hansen as...
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| Ag fee 'galling' to Canadian truckers |
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Monday, June 17, 2013
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance has voiced concerns over the cross-border trucking fees collected by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and is worried they may soon increase. Truckers pay a fee of $5.25 to the U.S. agency every time they cross the border, according to the alliance, and a recent study that shows the fees aren't generating enough revenue could lead to a larger fee. The fees are assessed whether or not the carrier is carrying ...
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| Old Dominion to up rates 4.9% |
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Monday, June 17, 2013
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Old Dominion Freight will increase its base rates by about 4.9 percent on July 1. According to officials, the new rates will offset new equipment costs, preserve competitive waves and healthcare for workers, and leave room for a "nominal increase" on lane charges. “We are sensitive to our customers’ budgets, and we are always reluctant to raise our rates,” Old Dominion’s vice president of pricing, Todd Polen, said in a statement. “This increase is in line with our ...
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| Truckers celebrate C-TPAT reporting changes |
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Friday, June 14, 2013
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Canadian and U.S. truckers have complained about punitive measures following C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) security breaches, and the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to make suspension or removal from the program not immediate. The department has also published a document outlining the measures it will take when security breaches occur. Carriers had been concerned about the lack of transparency involved in security-b...
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| Supreme Court strikes down parts of clean truck program |
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Friday, June 14, 2013
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in the group’s effort to turn back the Port of Los Angeles' efforts to regulate the drayage trucking industry. In 2007, the port created a Clean Truck Program that required trucking companies operating at the port to enter into concession agreements. The concession agreements made a number of requirements on drayage companies including these five: that they be emplo...
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| GAO checks in on nation's bridges |
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Friday, June 14, 2013
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Last year, one in four of the more than 607,000 bridges that dot the United States was deemed deficient and is either racked with structural issues or is so obsolete it isn't suitable for traffic. In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office found there has been some improvement to bridge safety — the number of deficient bridges has decreased in the past decade — but there are still funding issues. And the overall funding picture is murky at best. &nb...
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| Midwest truck rates to rise |
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
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For the next few weeks, increased activity in the Southern Midwest due to the wheat harvest season will drive up rates, according to bulk freight industry watchers. Many carriers in the area will be tied up as part of harvest programs that pay double the usual truck rates. Wheat harvest season will start within the week in Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma, according to reports. Some in the industry are predicting a larger-than-usual crop for Kansas. ...
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| Ohio feed shipper bets on CNG |
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
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TruStar Energy will build a compressed natural gas fast-fill station for Kalmbach Feeds near the company's Ohio manufacturing plant. The station, which will allow two vehicles to fuel up simultaneously, is slated for completion in early November. Kalmbach Feeds, an animal feed distributor, is planning to transition its entire fleet to CNG in the next decade. "Regarding CNG, there has always been the discussion of whether to buy CNG trucks or wait until ...
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| TIGER requests exceed available funding |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the fifth round of TIGER grants is oversubscribed once again, with 568 applications from around the country seeking more than $9 billion for infrastructure projects for a program that only has $474 million in available funding. The deadline for public and private entities to submit applications was June 3. States, local governments, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies and other grou...
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| Transplace releases freight allocation module update |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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The third party logistics company and truck brokerage Transplace on Tuesday released its Freight Allocation Module 2.0, a Web-based application that optimizes transportation by allowing shippers to auction freight with approved carrier partners. FAM 2.0 offers authorized carrier companies improved visual presentation of available freight along with spot rate quotations in real time and is an application within Transplace’s transportation management system (TMS). The application...
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| Con-way to hike rates 5.9% |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Con-way Freight will increase its rates by an average of 5.9 percent on June 24. The general rate increase applies to customers on the CNW 599 tariff. The change will impact general less-than-truckload rates and accessorial fees associated with these shipments in and across the borders of Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States. “The effect of the rate increase will vary for individual customers and shipments based on characteristics such as geography, ...
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| Old Dominion releases new Apple app |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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The less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has released a new mobile app designed to allow customers to more easily follow their shipments and connect with the company. The new app, launched Tuesday for Apple mobile devices, allows customers to log into their online accounts, view bills of lading and shipment details, schedule pickups, find their closest service center, and receive custom and generic shipping estimates. The app, called OD4mobile...
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| Environmental groups sue over LA rail terminal |
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Enviornmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging plans to build the Southern California International Gateway railyard project . NRDC complained the project "violates the California Environmental Quality Act and the state and federal Civil Rights Acts, and will increase cancer rates, chances of children developing asthma, and add to chronic air pollution plaguing the region." &nb...
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| Temporary I-5 bridge to open next week |
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Construction crews working to repair the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington plan to finish a temporary structure by next week, allowing traffic to once again traverse the river. The bridge collapsed into the river May 23 when a passing truck with an oversized load struck critical support posts. The crews put the finishing touches Monday on the first of two temporary spans over the river and have started work on the second one. Accordin...
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| Vitran signs interline agreement |
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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Toronto-based Vitran has switched from direct to interline service, signing an agreement with an undisclosed West Coast carrier to offer service to California, Arizona and Nevada. Vitran has also contracted with a second carrier to service Colorado. The changes, which go into effect Aug. 5, will force the closure of seven terminals and lead to an annual savings of $3 million. "We are extremely pleased to be able to continue to provide service to our cu...
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| FedEx Freight to hike rates |
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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Domestic and Canadian FedEx Freight shipping rates will rise an average of 4.5 percent on July 1, the company recently announced. The increases apply to shipments associated with the FXF 1000, FXF 501 base rates. Absolute minimum charges and accessorial rates will also change. The fuel surcharge will remain the same. The new base rates and related charges will be available on the FedEx Website on July 1. UPS Freight two weeks ago said it will inc...
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| Stifel: Shipper TMS use leads to 'surgical' truck pricing |
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Friday, June 07, 2013
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The way truckload carriers price their services has been affected by increased usage of transportation management systems (TMS), the transportation and logistics research group of the investment bank Stifel Nicolaus said in an industry wrapup Friday. “(Truck) pricing has become more technical/surgical as the usage of Transportation Management Systems has become more widespread across the universe of shippers,” the group wrote. “The days of shippers living year after year w...
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| Researchers to explore differential speed limits |
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a Wayne State University professor with a one-year, $175,000 grant to study differential speed limits on highways. In Michigan, Indiana and other states, differential speed limits have long been thought to reduce crashes. Trucks need a lower speed limit than cars, officials reasoned, because it takes them longer to stop due to their size. But the presence of differential speed limits has its detractors, and the Michigan DOT h...
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| Educating to prevent cargo theft |
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
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To combat the estimated $5 billion yearly cost of cargo crime in Canada, the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Provincial Auto Theft Network have banded together to offer annual training sessions. Red Flags at the Roadside II, held Wednesday, focused on cargo theft prevention and investigation. Officials hope to deter criminals from Canada’s $65 billion trucking industry, which, according to a report from FreightWatch International, saw an 18-percent jump in theft between 2011 ...
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| Cass: Freight voulmes up in May |
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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North American freight volumes rose by 2.9 percent last month when compared to April, while expenditures stayed relatively flat, with an increase of .04 percent, according to the May issue of the Cass Freight Index Report . Compared to the same month last year, however, May’s shipment volume declined by 0.3 percent; expenditures also dropped, showing a 2.6-percent decline. Rail, and the shipment of crude oil, had a lot to do with increased volumes in May. Cru...
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| Saltchuk buys Alaska trucker Carlile |
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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Saltchuk Resources, a Seattle-based family of transportation and petroleum distribution companies, has acquired Carlile Transportation Systems, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in Alaska. Carlile’s 700 employees will join Saltchuk’s national team of 5,500 workers. Carlile will remain a standalone company headquartered in Anchorage. "As with all of the Saltchuk companies, we will reinvest in Carlile’s assets, pursue growth opportunities, and build ...
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| Washington Notebook: DOT selects experts for Freight Advisory Committee |
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday named 47 professionals from industry, academia, labor, safety advocacy and government to its inaugural Freight Advisory Committee, which will provide advice and recommendations for improving the national freight transportation system. Its first order of business will be to help the department create a national freight transportation strategy, as required by last year's MAP-21 surface transportation law. The DOT said it sought to ...
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| Con-way orders 525 tractors |
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Monday, June 03, 2013
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Con-way Truckload has purchased 525 tractors for an undisclosed amount, allowing the company to retire tractors approaching 500,000 service miles. The units will be delivered throughout the year, with the last tractor scheduled to hit the road in December. The order consists of 325 Kenworth T680 tractors and 200 2014 Navistar ProStar models. The rest of the carrier’s 2,700-tractor fleet is dominated by Kenworth T660s and earlier Navistar ProStar units. More than 20...
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| UPS Freight hikes rates 5.9% |
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Monday, June 03, 2013
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UPS Freight, which offers truckload and less-than-truckload service, said Friday it will increase spot market rates 5.9 percent in North America, effective June 10. The increase, which is in line with previous annual adjustments, also applies to accessorial charges. Large customers typically can negotiate discounted rates. - Eric Kulish
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| U.S., Canada to coordinate modernization of border facilities |
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Friday, May 31, 2013
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U.S. and Canadian homeland security, transportation and economic development officials signed a roadmap Thursday to guide both countries in coordinating investments in customs facilities, bridges and other infrastructure along their shared border. The U.S.-Canada Border Infrastructure Investment Plan is the latest initiative under President Obama's and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Beyond the Border declaration in 2011 to work on a shared approach to security and economic comp...
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| NJ bill targets independent contractor trucking |
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Friday, May 31, 2013
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The New Jersey Senate on Thursday approved by a vote of 21-17 a bill, called the Truck Operators Independent Contractor Act, which its sponsors say would prevent trucking companies from misclassifying truckers as a way of avoiding workers’ rights laws and the employer responsibilities, including unemployment and Social Security contributions. Under the bill, “drayage,” or short-distance truckers and parcel delivery drivers could not be classified as “independent contractors,” un...
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| Europe to build unified transport network |
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Friday, May 31, 2013
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European officials from all branches of government have agreed on a plan to develop a multi-modal, single-market transportation structure by 2030. The agreement must now be approved by the European Parliament Plenary and Council. Financing for the significant, multi-decade project will largely come from member states, although officials anticipate there will be some federal monies available. This core transportation network will unify European roads, ai...
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| Don't increase truck weight limits, group says |
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Truck sizes and weight limits should not be increased as a result of the Department of Transportation’s weight-limit study, according to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. Officials from the organization made their thoughts clear during the DOT’s first public information session Wednesday in Washington on its comprehensive truck size and weight limits study, an analysis required by the MAP-21 bill. Three additional input sessions are planned. Attend...
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| U.S. trade with neighbors drops 4% in March |
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Trade value among the United States, Mexico and Canada hit $95.6 billion in March, a 4 percent decline from March 2012. Trucks carried 60 percent of the goods traded, with rail accounting for 16.5 percent of the goods moved, vessels taking on 8.1 percent of the cargo, and air transporting just 3.7 percent of the freight. Seven percent of the goods traded moved by pipeline. Trade between the United States and Canada finished March at $54.3 billion, a 2 percent d...
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| More capacity needed for harvest supply chain, ADM official says |
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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The massive agriculture processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. continues to heavily invest in transportation infrastructure to move commodities around the world and expects governments and its business partners to make similar investments to support the harvest supply chain as the global population grows, according to a key company official. In an address at the Virginia Maritime Association's annual banquet in Norfolk earlier this month, Mark Schweitzer, managing director in...
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| CEVA adds new Mexico services |
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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To take further advantage of the increased trade between the United States and Mexico, CEVA has added a bonded trucking program targeted at Mexican importers and a new intermodal service to its U.S.-Mexico Transborder portfolio. “Mexico Direct” will help importers achieve faster customs clearance by combining its ground LTL service on the U.S. side with Mexican in-bond trucking. Cargo destined for Mexican airports is transferred directly from CEVA’s warehouses in Los Angeles in ...
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| Horizon to offer Houston-to-Jacksonville service |
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Horizon Lines will start a “marine highway” service between Houston and Jacksonville, Fla., and restore capacity on the Jacksonville-Puerto Rico lane next month. Horizon Lines said its ship Horizon Producer , which today operates in a 14-day loop between Houston and San Juan, will now make an intermediary stop in Jacksonville on the eastbound leg of its voyages. This will allow the company to offer both a short-sea shipping service from Houston to Jac...
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| Bridge collapses on major U.S.-Canada link |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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A bridge on Interstate-5, the major U.S. West Coast highway, collapsed into the Skagit River on Thursday evening. The bridge, north of Seattle, is the major artery for vehicles moving to and from Vancouver and other locations in Western Canada. The Seattle Times reported the bridge is used by an average 70,000 vehicles per day, 12 percent of which are trucks . Sean McNally, press secretary for the American Trucking Associations, said those appeared to be 2007 estima...
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| Cass: Linehaul rates up 2% in April |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Truckload linehaul rates rose 2 percent in April, continuing a slow but steady price increase seen the beginning of the year, according to Cass Information Systems. Intermodal only showed a slight bump of 0.3 percent in per-mile costs. Linehaul rates started the year with a 2.4-percent rise, which grew to 3.3 percent in February. Rates were up 2.2 percent in March. While rates are going up, the climb isn’t as steep at the increases seen from February to April l...
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| Va. maritime industry to tap military labor pool |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Maritime industry officials in Hampton Roads are discussing how to take advantage of the large military presence in the area to attract people leaving for civilian life to become truck drivers and help the Port of Virginia move containers to and from the docks. The Norfolk area is home to the world's largest naval base, which supports the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The complex also includes a major naval air station. Oceana Naval Air Station is located nearby in Virginia Beach, and th...
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| Analysis: West Coast port volumes to rise in Q3 |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Loaded inbound volumes at seven West Coast ports will see a 0.9-percent, year over year, decline during the second quarter of the year, ending the period at 2.8 million TEUs, according to Global Port Tracker. In the third quarter, though, volume will increase by 2 percent to 2.99 million TEUs, followed by a 6.6-percent jump, year over year, in the fourth quarter. During the first three months of 2014, volumes are expected to rise by 7.2 percent to 2.75 million TEUs. ...
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| Executive moves |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Joseph Gallick , one of the primary public faces of Penske Logistics as senior vice president of sales since 1999, has left to become vice president of dedicated services for NationaLease, the Downers Grove, Ill.-based truck leasing firm. NationaLease has more than 100,000 trucks, tractors and trailers in its rental fleet, but is expanding into dedicated logistics services, including transportation and warehousing. Gallick is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Pr...
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| ATA: Truck tonnage down slightly in April |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Based on data gathered by the American Trucking Associations' members, domestic tonnage fell in April after seeing a rise in March. The ATA’s seasonally adjusted tonnage index ended last month, down 0.2 percent after being up 0.9 percent in March. Compared to last April, the tonnage index rose 4.3 percent, the largest year-over-year gain since January’s 4.7 percent result. In the first four months of the year, truck tonnage is up 4 percent. ...
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| Con-way to build new Wisconsin facility |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Con-way Freight is planning to break ground on an $8 million, 47,000-square-foot service center in Fond du Lac, Wis., in June. The facility, which will replace a current 27-year-old facility, is expected to deliver by March 2014. The 21-acre property in the city’s Fox Ridge Business Park will feature 96 dock doors, a vast expansion over the 25 in its current Fond du Lac facility. When needed, the development can expand to 120 dock doors. While Con-way’...
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| Teamsters release details of tentative ABF contract |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A 7 percent wage reduction, but no major cuts to health or pension benefits are amid the details of the tentative contract between less-than-truckload carrier ABF and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters released in anticipation of a union-wide vote on the proposal. The IBT negotiating committee has approved the deal, but union members will receive contract ballots on June 3. The two parties reached a five-year agreement in early May after two, month-long con...
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| Association to certify truckers against trafficking |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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The Truckload Carriers Association and Truckers Against Trafficking have teamed up to educate and train truckers on how to recognize and report sex trafficking, a crime that has been reported in every U.S. state. TCA will now start giving tests to truckers around the country so they can become a Certified Trucker Against Trafficking. The test is being given without any costs to the trucker and is based on a video viewable here . The organization will also pro...
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| Washington Notebook: Virginia transport politics, Commerce's export awards |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Va. Gov. McDonnell signs landmark transportation bill. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell last week signed the breakthrough transportation funding bill passed by the General Assembly in March. The "Virginia's Road to the Future" bill, the first comprehensive transportation funding plan in 27 years, provides an additional $3.5 billion in funding by 2018 for new road and bridge construction, mass transit, rail and other needs, along with several reforms to improve project development. &...
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| UPS releases new iPad app |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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UPS today announced a new app for the iPad to let users easily track packages, find UPS shipping locations, and access UPS My Choice, all with enhanced mapping features. The UPS app for iPad enables customers to track packages and find locations where they can send shipments. Additionally, the app allows users of UPS My Choice to access all of the features of the service including the ability to reroute or reschedule delivery. UPS My Choice Premium members can also view their d...
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| Report: Central America should embrace intermodal |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Governments in Belize, Central America and the Dominican Republic should create an environment that embraces an integrated, intermodal sea-land network, according to a recent report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). A stronger supply-chain network would help push global trade forward and would also encourage trade exchanges between the countries in the region. The two authors of the study, Amar Ramudhin and Don Ratliff, posit that a number of initiative...
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| Con-way prepares for HOS rules despite court challenge |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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With the impending deadline for the Federal Motor Carrier Service Administration’s new hours-of-service regulations less than two months away, the outcome of the American Trucking Association’s legal challenge against the rule is still not clear. The ATA argued against the HOS change before a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., on March 15, but unless a ruling comes down before July 1, carriers will nonetheless have to comply with the new law before knowing if it will be str...
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| DHL to invest 10 million euros in Vietnam |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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DHL Supply Chain will invest 10 million euros ($12.9 million) in Vietnam over the next two years, hiring new staff, upgrading current infrastructure and building a new facility in North Vietnam. The integrator began operations in the country in 2001. DHL plans to hire 1,400 new workers in Vietnam, increasing its workforce by 170 percent. This new influx of employees will be added to an employment base that has already expanded by 800 workers in the past there years...
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| Executive moves |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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C.R. England, one of North America's largest trucking companies, has appointed Sam Scott and Tracy Brown as new division presidents. Scott has become president of the National and Regional Divisions, and Brown will assume the role of president of the Dedicated Division. Scott has been with C.R. England since 2003, serving in various capacities at the manager, director and vice president levels in the company. In his most recent position, first as director, then vice...
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| NTSB: Reduce legal limit to hinder drunk truck drivers |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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After a year-long review of substance-impaired driving in the trucking industry, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued recommendations for reducing the legal alcohol driving limit; ramping up the use of interlock devices; and beefing up penalties for non-compliance. According to a NTSB report, the new legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers should drop from .08 to .05. While the American Trucking Associations commended the progress on these measure...
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| Old Dominion predicts 5% tonnage growth in 2Q |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Old Dominion Freight Line expects daily tonnage to grow by 4.5 percent to 5 percent, year over year, during the second quarter, an affirmation of previous predictions. Revenue per hundredweight, excluding fuel surcharges, should rise by between 1.5 percent and 2 percent in the same time period, the less-than-truckload carrier said. In the first quarter, Old Dominion saw total tonnage rise by 3.5 percent to 1,717 tons on 1.6-percent fewer working days. Revenue per h...
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| Teamsters call YRC's proposed acquisition 'unconscionable' |
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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YRC's proposal to acquire ABF in the middle of union negotiations is "unconscionable," according to James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The two parties reached a tentative, five-year contract agreement earlier this month after negotiating since early January, but no firm details of the contract have been officially released. According to the Teamsters for a Democratic Union, ABF was looking for a 6.5-percent wage cut and reductions i...
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| YRC keeps ABF in its acquisition sight |
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Friday, May 10, 2013
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Earlier this year, YRC approach Arkansas Best about the possibility of a acquiring ABF Freight System, according to a recently released U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing , but was turned down by the smaller less-than-containerload carrier. After receiving the proposal, details of which have not been disclosed, ABF officials told the other carrier “that considering a proposal was not appropriate at that time” due to ongoing labor negotiations, accordi...
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| IAS plans expansion |
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Friday, May 10, 2013
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IAS Logistics will expand its Texas hub-and-spoke trucking operation to Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. No timeline for the expansion has been released. The carrier's services currently operate from Texas' biggest airports, and in each new city, IAS will focus on building out from major airports. From the new city offerings, the IAS team will provide truck charter, integrated bonded trucking and storage, and a fleet capable of handling shipper-built ...
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| Few details in ABF, Teamster agreement |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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While the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has put what a local union calls “a tight lid” on information about a proposed five-year contract deal with ABF, analysts are trying to figure out what a new agreement would look like. ABF and the Teamsters started negotiations for a new contract in January and finally reached an agreement early this month. Local unions had said during the negotiations that ABF was looking for a 6.5-percent wage cut, among other concessions. The a...
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| DHL adds Asia-Europe intermodal links |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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DHL Global Forwarding has added daily intermodal services from Shanghai and a weekly service from Chengdu to the European border. The offerings will use a combination of rail and truck transportation. According to DHL officials, customers will see faster shipments of up to 21 days compared with ocean shipments and lower transportation costs. This service offers the option of booking variable capacity — "ranging from a single container to a whole t...
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| Outsourcing firm offers data solution for carriers |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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EXL Service, a business processs solutions company, has released Rev-Lift, a solution that identifies weaknesses and errors in backoffice processes that lose carriers money. Though only introduced recently, the program has been in place with a North American less-than-truckload carrier for the past few years, and EXL has saved the firm $80 million in revenue by improving its data capture processes. Pradeep Vachani, EXL's vice president, said even though ...
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| XRS sees second consecutive quarterly income |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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XRS Corp. has realized a net income to common shareholders of $0.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, digging itself out from under a $2.1 million loss to shareholders from the same period last year. Total revenue for the quarter declined, year over year, from $15.9 million to $14.5 million. Mobile software revenue grew 27 percent, year over year, to $11.6 million; software accounts for 80 percent of revenue, up from 74 percent in the second quarter of 2012. &nb...
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| Former Marine Corps logistics workers plead guilty to bribery |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Two former employees of a Marine Corps logistics base in Albany, Ga., have pleaded guilty to taking bribes totaling nearly $750,000 over a three-year period to provide local carriers with business from the base, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The two men — Mitchell D. Potts and Jeffrey S. Philpot — face maximum prison sentences of 15 years and fines. They have already paid back the bribes and restitution to the Defense Department. During the scheme, ...
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