Truckload carrier Landstar System said Thursday its first-quarter net income fell to $21.6 million or 38 cents a share, from $24.4 million or 41 cents a year ago.
April 19, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
TMW Acquires Software Firm
Trucking software firm TMW Systems said Thursday it acquired TMT Software, which makes fleet maintenance applications, for an undisclosed sum.
May 31, 2007BusinessTechnologyGovernmentLogistics
CP Workers Begin Strike
About 3,200 track workers for Canadian Pacific Railway went on strike Wednesday, slowing down trucks picking up containers stored at rail terminals, Canada鈥檚 Globe and Mail reported.
May 17, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
TMW Cites First-Quarter Upturns
Trucking software provider TMW Systems said it was 鈥減leased鈥 with its first-quarter financial performance and production output.
May 14, 2007GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Midwest Sees Extensive Flooding
Heavy rains from an already deadly storm system caused extensive floods in Missouri as Midwest waterways rose to levels not seen in 14 years, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
May 8, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder鈥檚 First-Quarter Profit Rises
Ryder System said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 8% to $51.3 million or 84 cents a share, from $47.6 million or 77 cents a year ago.
April 25, 2007BusinessTechnologySafetyEquipmentLogisticsAutonomous
Companies Use Tracking Technology for Electronic Cargo Security
Many manufacturers provide trucking companies with products that use Global Positioning System satellites to help manage their logistics more seamlessly, but have now found an additional use for the technology.
March 28, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous
Perseverance, Timing Key to Mediation of Accident Claims
NEW ORLEANS 鈥 While great trials may provide drama and public fascination, mediation of accident claims 鈥 a process that avoids that drama 鈥 is daily life for trucking companies and other transportation providers. Those involved with the system said mediation takes special skills and techniques.
March 28, 2007