Rail and intermodal traffic declined last week compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
November 6, 2008FuelBusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Clean Energy Acquires Las Vegas CNG Stations
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has agreed to transfer ownership of five Las Vegas public compressed natural gas fueling stations to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Clean Energy said Friday.
November 7, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Xata’s 4Q, Year-End Losses Narrow
Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said Thursday it lost $373,000, or 5 cents a share, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $4.5 million, or 57 cents, a year ago.
November 6, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Mullen’s Third-Quarter Income Slips
Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday its third-quarter profit slipped to C$36.2 million, from C$38 million a year ago, while earnings per unit held at 45 cents.
November 6, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Third-Quarter Productivity Rises 1.1%
Third-quarter U.S. worker productivity rose 1.1% in the third quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.
November 6, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Services Index Slips Into Contraction
The U.S. economy’s service sector declined in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
November 5, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernmentFuel
Letters to the Editor: LTL Reweighing; DOE’s Fuel Surveys; TWIC: Why Bother?; Limit Cars, Not Rigs; Goodbye, California
The letter writer who commented on less-than-truckload reweighing in the Oct. 13 issue of Transport Topics has led a sheltered experience in the trucking industry.
November 5, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
Expeditors’ 3Q Income Improves
Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its third-quarter net income rose 15% to $85.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.3 million, or 34 cents, a year ago.
November 4, 2008BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuelTechnologyEquipment
SCR Group Urges Strict Urea Guidelines
When heavy-duty engines with selective catalytic reduction technology start rolling in 2010, truckers refilling their trucks’ urea tanks will need to follow strict guidelines to protect the product’s purity to avoid damaging the aftertreatment system, urea experts said.
November 3, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Manufacturing Index Plunges to 26-Year Low
An index of U.S. manufacturing fell to a 26-year low in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.
November 3, 2008