Intermodal rail traffic fell 19.1% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
May 29, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
More Truck Mergers Seen as Carriers Seek Bargains
A wave of transportation mergers and acquisitions may be on the horizon, as the recession weeds out distressed companies and carriers shop for bargains to help them secure more freight, several industry watchers said.
June 1, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
Active Transportation Buys Fellow Auto Hauler
Active Transportation said it bought majority ownership in Jack Cooper Transport, a move that consolidates two car haulers at a time when auto industry sales are at the lowest level since 1981.
June 1, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
Court Upholds Drug Test Rules Allowing ‘Direct Observation’
An appeals court has upheld federal rules requiring “direct observation†of drug tests for transportation workers who either have failed or refused to take a test as a condition of employment.
June 1, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Navistar Challenges EPA on SCR Technology
Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. has challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to certify heavy-duty diesel engines using selective catalytic reduction to meet the agency’s 2010 standards for emissions of nitrogen oxides.
May 29, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Chicago Factory Index Shows Continued Contraction
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago declined in April, showing contraction for a seventh straight month, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said Friday.
May 29, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
E&MU: California Reefer Rule Sparks Retrofits
Truckers who pull refrigerated trailers into and around California have less than two months to prep for a rule that requires the small diesel engines that power older reefers to meet a state emission standard.
May 29, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
NAFTA Surface Trade Falls 27.9%
Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico fell 27.9% in March from a year earlier, the third consecutive month of decline greater than 27%, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.
May 28, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
New °®¶¹´«Ã½ Sales Rise 0.3%
New home sales increased 0.3% in April, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
May 28, 2009BusinessSafety
April Truck Tonnage Plunges 13.2%
Truck tonnage decreased 13.2% in April compared with a year ago, falling to the lowest level in seven-and-a-half years, American Trucking Associations said.
May 27, 2009