Rail and intermodal traffic continued declined for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.
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DOT Transport Index Flat in August
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for August was flat compared with a year ago, DOT said Wednesday.
October 10, 2007BAX Sets Mexico Flights
BAX Global said it is expanding its overnight distribution capabilities between the United States, Mexico and Canada by adding an additional air cargo flight into Mexico, starting next Monday.
October 10, 2007Ryder Completes Canadian Acquisition
Ryder System said Wednesday it completed its acquisition Pollock NationaLease, one of the largest privately owned commercial truck leasing and rental companies in Canada, as well as Pollock's logistics operations.
October 10, 2007Letters to the Editor: HOS, TMC SuperTech, Satellites and Mexico, Tolls, Fines
The battle for acceptable hours-of-service regulations continues, but is this battle moving forward or backward?
October 9, 2007Editorial: Fixing the HOS Situation
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been given until Dec. 27 to cure the defects a federal appeals court found in its latest driver hours-of-service regulations. We all need to hope that FMCSA officials are successful in that effort.
October 10, 2007TSA to Begin TWIC Enrollment in Delaware
The Transportation Security Administration said it would begin to enroll truck drivers and other port workers in its Transportation Worker Identification Credential program at the port of Wilmington, Del., this month.
October 9, 2007DOT Delays New Regulations; Onboard Recorder Rule Stalls
Several new regulations expected from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be delayed and others, including a long-awaited regulation encouraging the use of electronic onboard recorders, could fall even further behind schedule because of a recent court ruling scrapping part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s driver-hours rule, DOT said.
October 10, 2007CARB Proposes to Mandate Equipment to Make Trucks More Fuel-Efficient by 2010
The California Air Resources Board, in a September staff report, proposed to require Class 8 trucks to be outfitted with fuel-efficiency technologies such as cab fairings, skirts, low-rolling-resistance tires and automatic tire-inflation systems by 2010.
October 9, 2007Ryder Lowers Third-Quarter Outlook
Ryder System lowered its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast Monday and said it would cut 300 jobs due to softness in the housing, construction and auto industries, the Associated Press reported.
October 9, 2007