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As the Economy Recovers, So Do
Transportation Rates
Industry Week – July
22, 2010
...It's also possible that national LTL
carrier YRC's worst days are behind it.
"Some shippers appear to be shifting some
volume back to YRC, ...
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Air cargo rates rising, freight companies
urge carriers to increase capacity
Channel News Asia –
June 4, 2010
...Air cargo freight rates have increased
between 30 and 50 per cent so far this year
and they ...more |
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Teamsters ask federal officials for
permission to start strike countdown at UPS
CanadianBusiness.com –
June 1, 2010
...The Teamsters union has asked federal
officials to begin a 30-day countdown to a
potential strike by aircraft mechanics
against United Parcel Service. ...
more |
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Teamsters at ABF reject wage deal
DC Velocity – May 26,
2010
...Defeat of proposed wage cut agreement
leaves ABF at significant cost disadvantage
to rival YRC Worldwide. By Mark B. Solomon
Teamsters Union members at ...
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Teamsters planning YRC return to pension
fund
Fleet Owner – March
25, 2010
...The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters union is forming two joint labor-
management committees to address YRC
Worldwide's re-entry into Teamster pension ...more |
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Analyst says truckload industry improving
faster than expected, with higher
CanadianBusiness.com –
May 25, 2010
...Truckload carriers generally dedicate an
entire trailer to one customer and move the
freight directly from the shipper to the
receiver. Less-than-truckload ...
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Teamsters leaders, ABF agree on relief plan
The Trucker – April
20, 2010
...Another local leader compared the
situation to that of YRC Worldwide, the
giant LTL carrier that flirted with
bankruptcy last year, despite numerous union ...
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No major impact on UK retail from
air-traffic delays
MarketWatch – April
19, 2010
... In the UK, air freight accounts for less
than one percent of international goods
transported by weight, but it makes up a
quarter of the overall value, .
..more |
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Air freight demand continues up
Purchasing.com –April
1, 2010
...There are continuing signals that air
freight demand is growing as the global
economy continues to emerge from its 2009
slumber, ...
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Asia Air Freight Jumps 29.8 Percent
The Journal of
Commerce Online – March 25, 2010
...Freight traffic for Asia-Pacific airlines
jumped 29.8 percent in February over the
same month a year ago amid signs the rapid
upturn in air cargo demand was |
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Import Price Index fell 0.3% in February;
export prices dropped 0.5%
Reliable Plant
Magazine – March 16, 2010
... The price index for import air freight
also decreased in February, falling 0.3
percent. The decline was led by a 0.7
percent decrease in Asian air freight...
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Teamsters Considering ABF Freight Concession
Talks
Journal of Commerce –
March 15, 2010
...The union until now refused to discuss
concessions with ABF similar to those it
granted YRC Worldwide, but it publicly
responded Monday to the company's call for
dialogue, saying steep losses at the carrier
change the situation....more |
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LTL Industry Shrinks 24.4 Percent
Journal of Commerce
Online – March 4,2010
... The study reported YRC Worldwide's
national and regional operations separately.
LTL revenue at YRC National, the former
Yellow and Roadway operations that...
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Truckers get a freight boost in January
Bizjournals.com –
February 25, 2009
... based YRC Worldwide Inc., which has a
major terminal in Oak Creek. The company (Nasdaq:
YRCW) came close to a potential bankruptcy
filing before bondholders ...
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The air freight industry faces immense
long-term challenges, despite recent ...
istockAnalyst.com
(press release) – February 1, 2010
...(Source: Datamonitor)The air freight
industry experienced its worst year since
records began in 2009, with a 10.1% decline
overall ...
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Transportation news: DOT reports Freight
Transportation Service Index is up
Logistics Management –
January 13, 2010
... provided by the for-hire transportation
industries, and it includes data from
for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways,
pipelines, and air freight.
..more |
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Old Dominion, ABF to hike tariff rates
DC Velocity
...By Mark B. Solomon Old Dominion Freight
Line, one of the nation's largest
less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, said
today it will raise tariff, ...
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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. Announces
General Rate Increase
Truck.Net (press
release)
...Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is a
multi-regional and inter-regional
less-than-truck load (LTL) carrier offering
a national scope and with ....
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YRC Gains Bondholder Approval
Transport Topics
Online – January 4, 2010
... YRC Worldwide's bondholders agreed to
swap their debt for equity late last week,
enabling the company to continue operating
and avoid a possible bankruptcy ...
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Railroad shipping: STB Reauthorization
legislation is formally introduced
Logistics Management –
December 17, 2009
...The bill-entitled the Surface
Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of
2009-was kept under wraps for months as
members of Congress have been working ... ...more |
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Banks Extend YRC Worldwide's Credit Line
Journal Of Commerce – December 17, 2009
...YRC
Worldwide's banking group came to the
troubled carrier's rescue today, extending
its credit agreement until Jan. 12 and
effectively giving YRC another month to
complete a debt-for-equity swap with
bondholders key to its plans to ....more |
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Chicago Teamsters Reject YRC Concessions
Journal of Commerce
Online – December 9, 2009
... YRC Worldwide Teamsters in Chicago again
rejected wage and benefit cuts approved by
the most of the unionized employees at the
troubled less-than-truckload...
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Heavy-lift Air Transport Faces Capacity
Loss, Competition
breakbulk.com –
December 9, 2009
...Project cargo forwarders that rely on air
freight movements will have to juggle
shrinking capacity and increasing
competition from the maritime sector, ...
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Handling & Distributing Wholesalers, freight
officials prepare for stricter
The Packer – December
9, 2009
...A lot of freight forwarders in the area
have volunteered.” Kerry Galegher, director
of the IAH International Air cargocentre II
in Houston, ...
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Parcel shipping: FedEx rolls out 2010 rate
hikes
Logistics Management –
December 4, 2009
... FedEx said yesterday it plans to raise
standard list rates for its FedEx Ground and
FedEx Home Delivery by an average of 4.9
percent, effective January 4, 2010.
..more |
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Freight forecast amounts to mixed bag
Fleet Owner – November
20, 2009
...That being said, Perry's numbers indicate
there's still a huge amount of “active”
surplus heavy truck capacity in the market –
roughly 300000 units, ...
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UPS Sets 4.9. Percent Rate Increase for Next
Year
New York Times –
November 20, 2009
...By BLOOMBERG NEWS United Parcel Service
will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010
by 4.9 percent, less than this year, as
volume drops....
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Trucker ABF, Teamsters in Concession Talks
Journal of Commerce
Online, Newark, NJ November 17, 2009
... The agreement between the Teamsters and
YRC negotiated a couple of months ... Kemp
would not specifically say whether he
expects YRC, which holds more than ...more |
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US Import Price Index up 0.7%; export prices
0.3% higher
Reliable Plant
Magazine – November 13, 2009
...Import air freight prices also increased
in October, rising 1.5 percent after
advancing 0.7 percent the previous month.
Non-agricultural Industrial Supplies ...more |
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FedEx profit tumbles, says plans to raise rates
Reuters – September 17, 2009
... FedEx's main US rival, United Parcel Service, has not disclosed plans to raise 2010 rates, though the two companies tend to track one another closely ...
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Air-freight shippers scramble for space
DC Velocity – November
16, 2009
... For attendees who ship air freight, it
might have been the only one. A year of
market turmoil has left them facing a severe
shortage of space. ...
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Freight price hikes 'before Xmas'
Aircargo - Asia Pacific – November 16, 2009
...Businesses
across the board are likely to be hit with
airfreight price rises before Christmas.
FedEx, UPS and DHL all have warned they
intend to increase ...more |
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DOT Freight Transportation Index Falls 9.9%
Transport Topics Online – November 13, 2009
... The
Department of Transportation's freight
transportation services index fell in
September from the previous year, DOT said
Thursday.....more |
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Parcel shipping: USPS rolls out 2010
shipping rates
Logistics Management –
November 5, 2009
... And the reason for the penalty is that
the USPS flies most Priority Mail under a
contract with Federal Express, as USPS has
contracted for cubic feet on the ...
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Undercutting YRC hurting freight prices
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong – October 29,
2009
...Debt-laden
YRC faces a deadline tomorrow to meet some
covenants of its ... over the past year as
its lenders have hesitated to push it into
bankruptcy...more |
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FedEx, UPS clash over bill on FedEx labor
rules
Reuters – October 27, 2009
... and
United Parcel Service (UPS.N) faced off for
the first time over a bill pending in
Congress that would change FedEx workers'
labor laws,....more |
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FMCSA to reconsider hours rules
eTrucker – October 27,
2009
... The agreement with Public Citizen,
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the
Truck Safety Coalition, and the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
places ...
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Freight Transportation Climbed in August
The Journal of Commerce Online –
October 15, 2009
...of the for-hire freight transportation
industry and consists of data from for-hire
trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines
and air freight.
...
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Teamsters consider extra 5 percent YRC
Worldwide pay cut
By johnliang – October
15, 2009
...If union-represented YRC workers vote for
the it will boost the union's potential
ownership in the Overland Kan.-based
trucking company YRCW) to as much as 35
percent. The plan also would require all YRC
employees to take similar cuts ...
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British Airways unions say strike looks
inevitable
Times Online – October
16, 2009
... The airline is also looking to eliminate
another 1400 to 1700 jobs among ground staff
and has reached an agreement with its pilots
to reduce their pay ...more |
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Import Price Index rises 0.1%; export index
drops 0.3%
Reliable Plant
Magazine–October 14, 2009
...In contrast, air freight prices rose 0.7
percent. Non-agricultural Industrial
Supplies and Materials: Non-agricultural
industrial supplies and materials ...
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Air freight decline slows, fuelling recovery
hopes
Reuters – October 9,
2009
...Air freight is picking up slowly but the
upturn remains fragile, the agency said last
month. [ID:nl3315312] Lufthansa Cargo,
according to IATA ...
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YRC Worldwide lenders agree to extend
provisions under credit facilities until
Washington Examiner –
October 13, 2009
... Trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. said
Monday its lenders have agreed to extend
certain provisions under certain credit
facilities until Oct. 30 ...more |
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Air Freight Traffic Volumes Improve, But
Rising Costs Means
Supply & Demand Chain
Executive–October 1, 2009
...By Editorial Staff Geneva — September 30,
2009 — Air freight demand in August fell by
9.6 percent against the year-ago figures,
but that figure represented ...
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FedEx profit tumbles, says plans to raise rates
Reuters – September 17, 2009
... FedEx's main US rival, United Parcel Service, has not disclosed plans to raise 2010 rates, though the two companies tend to track one another closely ...
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Freight demand shows more signs of pickup
Purchasing.com – September 12, 2009
... Thomas Hund, CFO for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. forecasted rate hikes of 3-4% in 2010 and 2011. CSX Corp. is even more bullish, predicting price ...
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the end of air freight (as we've known it)
DC Velocity – September 4, 2009
...Battered by recession and facing new rivals for the global shipping dollar, air freight contemplates a clouded future. By Mark B. Solomon No sector of ...more |
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YRC Worldwide wins re-vote on union concessions
Kansas City Business Journal – September 9, 2009
... YRC Worldwide Inc. appears to have won over an unhappy segment of workers in a re-vote overshadowed by a reported shutdown threat....more |
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Rail shippers grow more tired of carrier pricing
Purchasing.com – September 1, 2009
... As reported on Purchasing.com, more railroads are being targeted under the Surface Transportation Board's rate complaint procedures, where shippers can get...
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NAFTA Surface Trade Fell 31.5 Percent
The Journal of Commerce Online – August 31, 2009
...Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico plummeted 31.5 percent in June compared with June a year ago, but the month-to-month increase of 6 percent runs counter
...
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Lenders ease YRC Worldwide's liquidity requirement
Bizjournals.com – August 31, 2009
...YRC Worldwide Inc. and its lenders have finalized another credit agreement amendment, signaling continued support of the trucking giant through financial ...
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Good signs for air freight says IATA
Aircargo - Asia Pacific – August 29, 2009
... IATA says there were mixed results for air traffic in June, with air freight volumes in Asia-Pacific showing some bright signs ...more |
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YRC union workers vote to accept concessions
Gerson Lehrman– August 29, 2009 ... ABF, the nation's sixth-largest LTL company with $1.83 billion revenue last year, operates in the same troubled, unionized, long-haul LTL segment that YRC...
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YRC Worldwide shutdown would raise freight prices survey says
Kansas City Business Journal – August 19, 2009
...About 63 percent of LTL shippers surveyed said that pricing would be flat or down within a month if YRC exited the market about 24 percent said that pricing ...
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Parcel shipping: USPS preps to rolls out discount program
Logistics Management – August 19, 2009
... In an effort to shore up its bottom line, the United States Postal Service recently announced a new initiative to provide certain shippers with ...more |
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YRC Worldwide's threatened job cuts prompt union revote on concessions
Bizjournals.com – August 17, 2009 ...With YRC Worldwide Inc. threatening job cuts at New Penn after its union workers voted down a recent concessions package, the workers asked for and are.. more |
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DOT freight index flat in June, still at12-year low.
The Trucker – August 12, 2009
...output of the for-hire freight transportation industry and consists of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines and air freight ...more |
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Mexico Logistics - Best Performers Will Be Rail And Air
OfficialWire (press release) – August 12, 2009
... The newly released Mexico Freight Transport Report notes that ahead of assessing the real impact of swine flu, Mexico's overall freight traffic projections .... more |
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Study: Air Cargo Security Seriously Lacking
CSO – August 12, 2009
... The report claims a lack of standardized regulations in air and freight security are driving many of the problems, and 56 percent of companies surveyed said ... more |
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DHL to pay $9.4 million fine
Dayton Daily News – August 8, 2009
...By John Nolan, Staff Writer 12:57 PM Thursday, August 6, 2009 Express shipper DHL has agreed to pay the federal government $9.4 million to settle... more |
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Senate Confirms STB, DOT Choices
The Journal of Commerce Online – August 7, 2009
...FedEx is concerned that a strike at any single local could paralyze the entire company operation. With Teamster drivers, it's assumed that work rules will .... more |
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YRC union workers vote to accept concessions
Bizjournals.com – August 7, 2009 ... The Senate approved Daniel R. Elliott to lead the Surface Transportation Board, Susan L. Kurland to be assistant transportation secretary for Aviation and ... more |
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UPS Employees Say They Were Forced to Lobby Against FedEx
Washington Post – August 6, 2009
...The focus of the UPS-FedEx conflict is House legislation passed earlier this year that would make it easier to unionize FedEx's lucrative express-air ...
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Railroad shipping: Antitrust legislation moves forward
Logistics Management – August 6, 2009
...International air freight fell 21.7 percent in April as the pace of decline in expedited shipping accelerated around the world ...more |
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Air cargo demand continues its descent
Purchasing.com – August 5, 2009 ...They explained that railroads are “instead regulated by the Surface Transportation Board, which has historically allowed the railroad industry to exploit... more |
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LTL News: YRCW, Teamsters reach tentative agreement for employees ...
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – July 9, 2009
...Teamsters Freight Division Director Tyson Johnson said in a statement that while ... to $65 million in estimated costs for the Yellow-Roadway integration, ...... more |
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Asia Air Freight Traffic Falls 18.6 Percent
The Journal of Commerce Online – Newark, NJ – June 29, 2009
... Freight traffic for Asian airlines fell 18.6 percent in May from the same month last year, but the business showed signs of life with a slight improvement .... more |
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Trucker says it won't apply for bailout after all
Forbes – NY USA – June 11, 2009
... Media reports stirred in May that troubled trucker YRC Worldwide ( YRCW - news - people ) Inc. would ask for $1 billion in aid from the federal bailout fund ... more |
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Cargo Market “Soft” To 2011 Says IATA
aircargoworld - Washington, DC USA – June 9, 2009
...In its latest cargo market analysis, IATA says ocean shipping is gaining market share at the expense of air freight despite the parking of 99 freighters... more |
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FedEx to begin campaign against UPS, legislative measure
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Memphis, TN – June 9, 2009
...FedEx is concerned that a strike at any single local could paralyze the entire company operation. With Teamster drivers, it's assumed that work rules will .... more |
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DOT is looking into Virgin America ownership
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX USA – June 9, 2009 ..The US Department of Transportation is reviewing Virgin America's ownership to make sure it hasn't gone over the limits for foreign ownership and control.... more |
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NITL Backs Bill to Strip Rail Exemption
The Journal of Commerce Online - Newark, NJ USA – June 1, 2009
...Last week, leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee and its surface transportation panel – led by committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, DW ...
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Global Air Freight Falls 21.7 Percent
The Journal of Commerce Online - Newark, NJ USA – May 29, 2009
...International air freight fell 21.7 percent in April as the pace of decline in expedited shipping accelerated around the world ...more |
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Dueling Freight Rail Bills
The Journal of Commerce Online - Newark, NJ – May 30, 2009 ...But the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has been trying to craft its own bill to revamp the STB's regulatory stance and try to fold in some ...
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Air freight slump near bottom
CNNMoney.com USA May 27, 2009...
ZURICH (Reuters) -- The slump in demand for air freight may have hit bottom, data from an airline industry body showed on Wednesday, but it warned there ... more |
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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell Another 2.2 Percent in April
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY May 22, 2009
... "While most key economic indicators are decreasing at a slower rate, the year-over-year contractions in truck tonnage accelerated because businesses are ...more |
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YRC Gets Reprieve
The Journal of Commerce Online – Newark, NJ– May 18, 2009
... YRC Worldwide's lenders waived a $45 million second quarter earnings requirement in a move one Wall Street analyst says is evidence banks aren't interested ... more |
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ATA calls for improved hazmat rules
eTrucker –– May 15, 2009 ...based less-than-truckload carrier told the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials hazardous... more |
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As trucking goes, so goes the economy
The Associated Press – May 14, 2009
...sales are dropping at an even steeper rate, which is wiping out any benefit for the trucking industry. Trucking companies usually see shipments increase.... |
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Parcel shipping: USPS loses nearly $2 billion in fiscal second quarter
Logistics Management - Newton, MA – May 7, 2009 ..WASHINGTON—Economic uncertainty continues to take a toll on the financial condition of the United States Postal Service (USPS), with today's announcement.... more |
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IATA Cargo Traffic Finds Floor
aircargoworld - Washington, DC – May 7, 2009
...By contrast, freight traffic in the Middle East eased 7.6 percent from the same period last year. The severity of the airfreight slump is driven in part by..
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STB adopts updated fee schedule for '09
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee, WI– May 7, 2009
...The Surface Transportation Board (STB) recently adopted its 2009 user fee update schedule, which established fees for each type of proceedings filed with ...more |
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Freight market showing signs of bottoming out...
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee, WI-May 5, 2009 ...The less-than-truckload segment also has lost capacity, with Larkin estimating an 8 percent short-term reduction and a 6 percent long-term reduction — due...
more |
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US Airlines' Cargo Falls 21.1 Percent
The Journal of Commerce Online - Newark, NJ – May 5, 2009
... United Airlines reported its freight traffic declined 28.6 percent in April and was about flat with the demand in March. ... more |
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FedEx Sues UPS Over ‘Most Reliable' Claim
Memphis Daily News - TN – May 5, 2009
... “Moreover, the survey was conducted prior to DHL's departure from the US domestic market, a factor which would likely have a significant impact on the ...more |
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Air Freight Falls 21.4 Percent
The Journal of Commerce- Newark, NJ April 28, 2009 ...International air freight traffic fell 21.4 percent in March, a slight improvement from previous months but still the fourth month in a row the industry has... more |
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Small parcel market splits up in the first quarter
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA – April 28, 2009
... Both UPS and FedEx have claimed to be satisfied with the amount of DHL business they gained in the first quarter. According to some reports, ... more |
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Air cargo/global logistics: "Autopilot" not an option for freight ...
Logistics Management - Newton, MA
...“Without that,” he said, “freight may only be accepted on a ‘loose' basis, requiring airlines to inspect each load on a piece level. ....more |
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Europe’s Air Cargo Dives 21 Percent
The Journal of Commerce -Newark, NJ April 8, 2009 ..Freight traffic for Europe’s airlines plunged a record 21.1 percent in the first two months of 2009 as the business “has all but collapsed,” the Association .... more |
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Parcel shipping/LTL: USPS market test could add a new player for ...
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – April 3, 2009
...WASHINGTON—In a filing submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the United States Postal Service (USPS) said it will kick off a market test on May 6...
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LTL news: Mid-States Express ceases operations, state reports
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – March 31, 2009
...Mid-States Express, an Illinois-based provider of less-than-truckload (LTL) and direct volume service, has shuttered operations due to...more |
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IATA expects smaller declines in cargo traffic for remainder of 2009
Flightglobal – UK – March 31, 2009 ..."There may be some light at the end of the tunnel with air freight," Pearce told reporters today during a briefing at IATA's Washington office. ...
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Parcel shipping: USPS facing major financial woes despite growth ...
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – March 26. 2009
... At a time when the United States Postal Service (USPS) has ostensibly gained some momentum in the parcel express delivery market—due in part to ... more |
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FedEx and UPS gear up for more tough times
The Associated Press – March 19, 2009
... Despite gaining new customers from the shrinking US presence of DHL and lower fuel prices, the world's two largest package delivery ...more |
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Air freight prices continue to plunge
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA – March 18, 2009 ...A recent report from logistics analysts at Robert W. Baird says that heavyweight air freight rates ... more |
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Logistics and the Law: Same Game, Higher Stakes
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – February 12, 2009
...This is especially true if a shipper has multiple locations or uses an outside freight payment service. The second way to avoid a loss of discount for any ...
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FedEx Lays Off 900 Employees At FedEx Freight Unit
CNNMoney.com - USA
...The latest job losses at FedEx Freight, the company's less-than-truckload freight unit, affects a range of employees, including field office and dock...more |
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Transportation and logistics rates will largely depend on capacity ..
Logistics Management - Newton, MA– February 2, 2009 ...As a result of this, truckload and less-than-truckload rates may drop 3-to-4 percent by year end and possibly lower this spring and summer, said Haughey... more |
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Railroad shipping: Canadian National Railway completes EJ&E ...
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – February 2, 2009
...in September 2007, with the original expectation that it would close by mid-2008, pending regulatory approval by the Surface Transportation Board (STB)...
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Postal Service seeks to weather economic storm
USA Today – USA – February 3, 2009
...Pony Express operated on the frontier for only 18 months in 1860-61 but forever captured a place in the American imagination. The telegraph put the Pony ...more |
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LTL/transportation news: YRCW Teamster employees sign
Logistics Management - Newton, MA-January 8, 2009 ... Teamsters employees at freight transportation services provider YRCW Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) voted to modify the current labor agreements for the company’s.... more |
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Railroad shipping:STB-commissioned study looks at rates ..
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA – January 7, 2009
... Wisconsin-based Christensen Associates, who was contracted by the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board in September (STB) 2007...
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Ag groups urge end to railroad antitrust exemptions
Delta Farm Press, NE – January 6, 2009
..For much of 2008, corn, soybean and wheat farmers were on the receiving end of a continuous barrage of bad publicity from a campaign that appeared to be ...more |
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Air Cargo Plunges 17.2 Percent
Traffic World -Washington, DC – January 6, 2009 ...Cargo business for US airlines went into free-fall in November, according to new figures from the Air Transport Association that showed freight traffic.... more |
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Global Air Cargo down 7.9 percent in October
Shipping Digest - Newark, New Jersey USA – December 12, 2008
...International air cargo traffic tumbled 7.9 percent in October from the same month last year. That was the biggest monthly decline since 2001, ...
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Transportation costs plunge in December
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - December 11, 2008
...And in the less-than-truckload market, demand declines due to slumping housing, automotive and other manufacturing industries, have driven LTL rates down...more |
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USPS Price Increase
Corporate Logo-Phoenix,AZ -December 4, 2008 ...Changes will affect express mail, priority mail, parcel select, parcel return service and some international shipping and average of 5 percent.... more |
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Teamsters may take 10% pay cut
By 1Teamster(1Teamster) - December 4, 2008
...YRC has union workers at four subsidiaries covered by the agreement: Yellow Transportation, Roadway, USF Holland and New Penn. Several hundred YRC employees in the area work at terminals operated by Yellow, Roadway and Holland...
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Fuel prices fall but fuel surcharges remain
Crain's New York Business - New York, NY USA - December 2, 2008
...Fuel surcharges can help produce “a benefit once the fuel prices have leveled off or even decline,” Mr. Schoonmaker said, “so FedEx, UPS and DHL will all ...more |
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TEAMSTERS, YRC WORLDWIDE REACH AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC RELIEF
By 1Teamster (1Teamster) - November 30, 2008 ... local unions that represent members from the YRCW companies—Yellow Transportation, Roadway, USF Holland and New Penn. If the local leaders approve the plan, Teamster freight members will be asked to ratify the agreement next month.... more |
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IATA Alarmed With September's Steep Decline In Global Air Traffic
AHN - USA - November 21, 2008
...Asia-Pacific, the largest player in the air freight market, posted a 10.6 percent decline while Europe and North America fell 6.8 percent and 6.0 percent,...
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Obama transportation transition team in place
AOPA Pilot - USA - November 21, 2008
...President-elect Barack Obama’s Department of Transportation transition team will be developing policy documents and information on ...more |
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DHL cuts 9500 US jobs
CNNMoney.com - November 10, 2008
...By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Global delivery company DHL announced Monday that it was cutting 9500 jobs as it ...more |
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Air freight gets tighter screening
USA Today - USA - November 7, 2008
...Airlines began checking air freight on single-aisle airplanes such as 737s and 757s as of Oct. 1, the TSA said. Air freight is often comprised of products....
more |
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Con-way Freight overhauls network, closes 40 service centers
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA - November 4, 2008 ... Last week, LTL giant YRC, parent to Yellow and Roadway, said it would lay off up to 3750 workers. Earlier in the week Credit Suisse analyst Christopher J ... more |
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Air freight doing better than sea amid economic turmoil
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong - November 3, 2008
...By CNA Staff Air freight, particularly its international segment, is surprisingly resilient in the face of mayhem in financial markets and a general...more |
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Global airfreight off 7.7%
The Journal of Commerce Online - Newark, NJ USA - October 28, 2008
...Declines in airfreight have slowed year-to-date growth to 0.1 percent, with all regions except the Middle East and Africa reporting negative results....
more |
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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.9 Percent in September
MarketWatch - USA - October 28, 2008
...For the third quarter, the seasonally adjusted index contracted 1.2 percent compared with the second quarter, equating to a 4.8 percent annualized rate...more |
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3750 YRC jobs on the line with merger
Kansas City Star - MO, USA - October 28, 2008 ...“While we recognize that the Bush administration’s economic policies have had a dramatic effect on freight and the entire transportation sector with high ... more |
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Air cargo, passenger traffic down sharply in crisis
Reuters - USA - October 24, 2008
... Cross-border air freight -- a leading indicator for the health of world trade -- was 7.7 percent lower last month than in September 2007, in the biggest ...more |
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Deutsche Post steps up US restructuring
guardian.co.uk - UK - October 24, 2008
...Fallout from the global financial crisis was complicating cooperation talks on domestic US air freight with rival UPS, but Deutsche Post was confident it...more |
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Truckers cut back capacity after 3Q demand dive
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - October 17, 2008
...Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises said capacity in the third quarter was more in balance than the previous quarter due to carrier failures ...
more |
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DOT seeks details on airline antitrust immunity
Forbes - NY USA - October 11, 2008
...The Department of Transportation said in a notice dated Wednesday that it wanted updated documents, clarification about when Continental would join the Star...
more |
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Truckers shun big law firms for Indiana and Nebraska boutiques
By editor.dealwatchblog.com...(Daily Report) - October 10, 2008
...“If you had the legal authority to haul freight between Kansas City and Chicago, but your customer wanted you to start hauling freight to Memphis, you had to get approval from the government,” Mark Scudder said...more |
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Air Cargo Dives 6.6 Percent
Traffic World - Washington, DC USA - October 10, 2008
...The International Air Transportation said freight traffic declined 2.7 percent in August and the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines reported a 6 percent ...
more |
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Fuel surcharges are the top concern for many shippers
Shipping Digest - Newark, New Jersey USA - September 15, 2008
... For example, container lines assess an inland fuel surcharge on land bridge services to cover rising rail and truck fuel costs, while shipments through the...more |
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US scans incoming air cargo
USA Today - USA -
September 11, 2008
...Brandon Fried of the Air forwarders
Association, which represents companies that
move freight between airports and
manufacturing plants, said he's concerned ...more |
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Freight Transportation Services Grew in July
Traffic World -
Washington, DC USA - September 11, 2008
...Freight transportation services increased
from June to July, according to a report on
Sept. 10 from the US Department of
Transportation's Bureau of ...
more |
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Panel Comments on Transportation Policy
Traffic World -
Washington, DC USA - September 11, 2008
... 10 responded to the US Department of
Transportation's 2008 reform plan for
reauthorization with a call for national
consensus on needs and goals for the...more |
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Panel mostly endorses FAA's oversight of
airlines
Dallas Morning News -
Dallas, TX USA - September 11, 2008
...Appointed by the US Department of
Transportation, the panel’s recommendations
mostly endorse the Federal Aviation
Administration’s oversight of US carriers....
more |
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Congress looking into proposed DHL-UPS deal
Dayton Daily News -
Dayton, OH USA - September 9, 2008
...WASHINGTON — The US House Judiciary
Committee is looking into whether DHL's
proposal to hire United Parcel Service to
handle DHL's US cargo sorting and ...
more |
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YRC Worldwide accelerates integration
strategy; expects solid
RTT News -
Williamsville, NY USA - September 8, 2008
...The company noted that since acquiring
Roadway, the company has reduced duplicate
back-office functions, shared technology
applications, formed common ...more |
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Airlines' fuel surcharges not rational
Cargonews Asia - Hong
Kong - September 2, 2008
...Convinced that fuel surcharges by the
airlines have become so irrational that they
are sapping the strength and vitality of air
freight, a cargo executive
...
more |
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Diesel Price Drop Boosts Trucking
Barron's - USA -
August 27, 2008
...YRC Worldwide (ticker: YRCW) completed
its $44.7 million acquisition of Shanghai
Jiayu Logistics last Wednesday, one of the
largest less-than-truckload ...
more |
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Diesel prices: industry experts comment on
impact of high oil
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - August 23, 2008
... These numbers only include fleets with
at least five trucks, although that vast
majority of carriers have less than five
trucks, which leads Costello to ...more |
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UPS freight, dockloaders OK contract
Forbes - NY USA -
August 19, 2008
...AP 08.18.08, 4:53 PM ET International
Brotherhood of Teamsters officials said
Monday that a new contract covering more
than 1700 United Parcel Service Inc...
more |
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UPS reportedly plans 10 bln euros bid for
TNT
RTT News -
Williamsville, NY USA - August 10, 2008
...Sunday, Package delivery company United
Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS: News, Chart,
Quote ) recently held early-stage talks to
acquire....
more |
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Lufthansa Halts 360 Flights as Regional
Pilots Strike Over Pay
Bloomberg - USA -
August 7, 2008
...Pilots at CityLine, along with colleagues
at Lufthansa's Eurowings affiliate, also
staged a 36-hour walkout that ended on July
23. That strike caused...more |
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2 Lawmakers Seek Federal Review Of UPS-DHL
Proposal
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH
USA - August 5, 2008
...UPS spokesman Norman Black said on Monday
that the arrangement the company is working
out with DHL is similar to one it's had for
several years with the US
...
more |
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Air cargo suffers first fall in 3 yrs in
June-IATA
guardian.co.uk - UK -
August 4, 2008
..International air freight traffic volume
fell for the first time in more than three
years in June, hit by the global economic ...
more |
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Area UPS workers brace for strike over pay,
benefits
Chicago Sun-Times -
United States - July 25, 2008
... A strike by United Parcel Service
workers could hit the Chicago metropolitan
area next week. ...more |
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2008 Annual Report - Air Freight: Carriers
Alter Course
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - July 22, 2008
...Nevertheless, Lufthansa Cargo is
experiencing high demand for airfreight, but
is becoming more selective about the routes
it serves
...
more |
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Air cargo: Freight forwarders find fault
with aviation cargo security
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - July 19, 2008
... “It is unrealistic to assume that a
typical ‘independent air carrier’ can afford
this equipment for use in his own company,
just as we understand it may be ...
more |
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UPS Warns Of E-Mail Virus
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN
USA - July 15, 2008
... United Parcel Service is warning of a
computer virus circulating under the guise
of an e-mail from UPS. According to a
release from UPS ...more |
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FedEx (FDX) eyeing TNT NV?
BloggingStocks - USA -
July 14, 2008
...But if TNT is in play, there are likely
to be other bidders the come to the table,
such as United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS).
In other words, we could have
...
more |
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Freight shipper ends operations after 67
years
News Sentinel - Fort
Wayne, IN USA - July 1, 2008
...Alvan Motor Freight, a family-owned
Midwestern regional LTL - less than
truckload - shipping operation based in
Kalamazoo, Mich., announced Saturday it will ...
more |
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Fuel surcharge lawsuits, antitrust fines
growing
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - June 27, 2008
... Now, instead of being collected as a
percentage of the freight bill—the way
truckers and air freight carriers
do—railroads assess their fuel surcharges
on...more |
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Four airlines fined for cargo price-fixing
Financial Times -
London, England UK - June 27, 2008
...Investigators from around the world,
including the US, the European Union and
Australia, have uncovered a global
conspiracy in the air freight industry in
...
more |
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Customs Not Likely to Meet Deadline for
Screening All U.S.-Bound Containers
Transport Topics -
June 26, 2008
... The federal agency charged with
preventing weapons of mass destruction from
entering the United States likely cannot
meet a 2012 deadline imposed by Congress and
requiring that all U.S.-bound cargo
containers be scanned by imaging and
radiation equipment before leaving foreign
ports..
more |
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Logistics News: DHL Responds to Questions
about Service, Outsourcing
Supply Chain Digest -
Dayton, OH USA - June 24, 2008
...Assertion: DHL will close down 30 of its
local operations, and outsource additional
local deliveries to the United States Postal
Service.
..more |
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Freight buyers renegotiate as truckers see
demand slump continuing
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - June 12, 2008
... Covenant says freight demand and
trucking capacity will become more balanced
later this year because "new truck orders
have remained below the long-term ...
more |
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Air cargo: Shippers say carrier mergers may
mean higher rates
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - June 10, 2008
...Tom Mathers, a spokesman for the National
Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders
Association (NCBFAA) in Washington, DC, told
LM that freight middlemen are ...
more |
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Oil crisis fuels freight turmoil
Cargonews Asia - Hong
Kong - June 10, 2008
...This is consequently forcing air cargo
shippers to move freight to cheaper land and
sea transport. The International Air
Transport Association (IATA) ...more |
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Global Air Freight Market to Revive
air cargo world -
Washington, DC USA - June 10, 2008
...The current slowdown in the US economy
and the global air freight industry could
last another three years before a return to
growth above 5 percent,
...
more |
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DHL faces anti-trust probe as Ohio
representatives question UPS
Forbes - NY USA
- June 10, 2008
...plans to tie up its US air express DHL
operations with UPS, Die Welt reported. The
representatives are trying to prevent DHL
from cutting up to 8200 jobs...
more |
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Logistics News: What’s the Real Story Behind
DHL’s Revamped US Plans?
Supply Chain Digest -
Dayton, OH USA - June 2, 2008
...In a move that perhaps tried to find a
middle ground, DHL announced last week it
was remaining in the US parcel delivery
market – but in a scaled-down
..more |
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Trucking news: ATA says April tonnage down
1.1 percent
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - May 29, 2008
...And in another sign of difficult market
conditions, Jevic Transportation Inc., a New
Jersey-based less-than-truckload carrier,
recently ceased operations
...
more |
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DPWN rolls out plans for DHL Express US
restructuring
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - May 28, 2008
...After months of speculation regarding the
future of DHL Express’ US operations, parent
company Deutsche Post World Net said today
that it plans to ...
more |
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GAO: Port Security Program Faces
Deficiencies
Foxnews.com –
Washington, DC – May 27, 2008
... A Customs and Border Protection program
aimed at tightening port security through
private self-monitoring is not producing the
security it should, a Senate-requested audit
shows ...more |
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Jevic Transportation closes doors May 19,
2008
Jevic.com
- May 19, 2008
...
Jevic Transportation Inc. will be
discontinuing operations. The current high
fuel costs, economic downturn, increasing
insurance costs, and tightening credit
markets have made this decision necessary.
Jevic will stop providing pickup service
effective Monday 5/19/08....
more |
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Change is Afoot At IATA Cargo
Air Cargo News.com -
Queens, NY USA - May 14, 2008
... “We have proven the veracity of our
Cargo 2000 and e-freight initiatives. Now we
will bring forward the belief that all
world-class air cargo companies ...
more |
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DHL Express employees ratify Teamsters
contract
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - May 5, 2008
...WASHINGTON—The Teamsters Union said last
week that more than 7000 of its members at
DHL Express ratified their first national
contract...more |
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Fuel Frenzy
aircargoworld -
Washington, DC USA - May 1, 2008
...All drivers and other key personnel, who
have access to air freight being transported
aboard passenger and cargo aircraft have
been trained and tested
...
more |
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Global Supply Chain: For Want of a Box, the
Export Order was Lost
Supply Chain Digest -
Dayton, OH USA - April 17, 2008
...In some cases, companies are forced to
pay for more expensive air freight because
they can’t line up containers and ocean
shipping in time...
more |
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Japan Airlines to pay $110 million US fine
Toronto Star -
Ontario, Canada - April 17, 2008
...Japan Airlines acknowledged conspiring to
fix freight prices between 2000 and 2006.
British Airways and Korean Air Lines pleaded
guilty last year and...more |
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Air Cargo: Freight forwarders and customs
brokers laud “Open Skies”
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - April 7, 2008
...Air cargo analysts, meanwhile, have noted
that more consolidation may take place in
the coming months, no matter what happens.
If this results in a sudden
...
more |
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ATA Airlines Files for Bankruptcy, Ceases
Operations
Bloomberg - USA -
April 3. 2008
...That business depended on a 2006 contract
with Federal Express Team Arrangement.
Federal Express told ATA it would not longer
put any US military personnel ...
more |
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IATA slashes air industry profit forecast
again
Reuters - USA - April
1, 2008
...By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The
International Air Transport Association
(IATA) on Tuesday cut its profit forecast
for the airline industry for...more |
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TSA Gets Tough on Belly Cargo
aircargoworld -
Washington, DC USA - March 31, 2008
...Attendees of the Airports Council
International North America Air Cargo
Conference held in Los Angeles recently
listened intently as Doug Britten, air cargo
...
more |
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Truckers ask Bush to tap oil reserves
BusinessWeek - USA -
March 24, 2008
...The ATA, whose members include United
Parcel Service Inc. and Knight
Transportation Inc., last week said the
nation's 3.5 million truck drivers are on
pace ...
more |
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Truckers Slowing Down to Save Fuel
The
Associated Press - March 22, 2008
...Truckload carriers usually dedicate a
shipment to a single customer, and move
freight directly from the shipper to the
receiver. Less-than-truckload ...
more |
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Airline CEOs strike ominous chord as fuel
costs force changes
USA Today - USA -
March 19, 2008
...Ominous statements are coming from US
airline CEOs as record-high jet-fuel prices
begin to make a noticeable impact on
operations at the nation's carriers...more |
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EPA passes strict new diesel rules
Houston Chronicle -
United States - March 15, 2008
...cleaner air at the bustling Port of
Houston, officials said. The Environmental
Protection Agency's directive will require
changes in freight and ...
more |
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Lawsuit Alleges US Railroads Inflated Fuel
Surcharges
CNNMoney.com - USA -
March 6, 2008
...The AAR described the claim as "absurd"
and pointed to a review by the Surface
Transportation Board, or STB. The
association said the main industry ...
more |
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Strike three for cargo cartel
Air Cargo News.net - Ashford, England ,UK -
March 5, 2008
...
QANTAS Airways became the third airline this
year to admit to airfreight price-fixing and
agree to pay a multi-million-dollar fine to
the US...more |
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Judge delays sentencing in cargo case
Buffalo News
- NY, United States - March 5, 2008
...By Michael Beebe and Dan Herbeck A
federal judge has delayed sentencing for
National Air Cargo — which was scheduled to
pay $28 million Thursday in an ...
more |
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IATA: Improve Air Cargo Competitiveness
The FINANCIAL -
Tbilisi, Georgia - March 4, 2008
...Our risk management capabilities are
excellent but our stakeholders still want to
treat air freight like baggage. It is not.
Effective security must involve ...
more |
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Teamsters Reach Tentative DHL National
Agreement
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY
USA - February 27, 2008
...Agreement Would Cover Thousands of
Current DHL Workers Nationwide WASHINGTON,
Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-US Newswire/ -- The
Teamsters national negotiating ...more |
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Sector Glance: LTL Carriers Sink
Forbes - NY USA -
February 27, 2008
... AP 02.27.08, 4:24 PM ET Investors
steered away from less-than-truckload
carriers Wednesday, as the trucking
industry's trade association suggested that ...
more |
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Trendset, Inc. Announces General Motors
Corporation Has Awarded
Logistics Online
(press release) - Erie, PA USA
... Trendset provides pre-audit and freight
payment services to over 400 companies and
affiliated business units worldwide. Located
in Greenville, SC employing ...
more |
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January traffic could signal start of
slowdown: IATA
domain-B - Khandala,
Maharashtra, India - February 26, 2008
...Steady year-on-year air freight growth of
4.5 per cent was recorded in January. This
runs contrary to downward trends in many
leading indicators including ...
more |
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STB schedules hearing on railroads' common
carrier obligation
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee, WI USA
- February 25, 2008
...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will
hold a public hearing on April 24 at 9 am in
Washington, DC, to review railroads' common
carrier obligation ...more |
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Decision costs UPS $2.9M in overpaid GST
Financial Post -
Toronto ,Ontario Canada - February 19, 2008
...United Parcel Service Ltd. has received a
costly lesson from one of the country's
highest courts: good intentions and tax law
don't mix....
more |
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UPS boosts ground delivery times
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC USA -
February 18, 2008
...United Parcel Service Inc. is aiming to
deliver quicker ground shipments in eight
states, including Minnesota. The
Atlanta-based package shipper (NYSE: UPS) ...
more |
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Import Prices Jump 1.7% in January
123Jump.com - Miami
Beach, FL USA - February 16, 2008
... Export air passenger fares increased in
January, rising 7.9 percent. The index
advanced 18.6 percent over the past year.
Prices for import air freight edged ..
more |
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BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services
Index (TSI)
All American Patriots (press release) -
Taeby, NA Sweden - February 16, 2008
...
the largest monthly decline since November
2006, the US Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) reported today...more |
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Deutsche Post chief under investigation for
tax evasion
International Herald Tribune - France -
February 14, 2008
... But it immediately ran into a thicket of
operational difficulties, as well as
tenacious competition from United Parcel
Service and FedEx ...more |
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Teamsters Ratify New Five-Year Contract with
YRC Worldwide Carriers
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York, NY USA - February 11,
2008
... drivers and certain other union
employees of Yellow Transportation, Roadway,
USF Holland and New Penn. The new National
Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) ...
more |
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Air Freight Alliances Look Likely to Disband
AMTOnline.com - Beltsville, MD USA -
February 8, 2008
... A source from the rival air freight
alliance, SkyTeam Cargo, which counts eight
members including Air France-KLM Cargo of
the Franco-Dutch group Air France ...more |
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YRC to cut 1100 jobs, close 27 terminals in
regional trucking
Kansas City Star - MO,
USA - February 8, 2008
..“Yellow and Roadway don’t have the same
regional footprint, the same next-day
service that the region can provide,” said
Satish Jindel, president of SJ ......
more |
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Trucking industry divided over new training
requirement
Seattle
Post Intelligencer - USA - February 5, 2008
... The US Department of Transportation rule
estimates it will cost $167.8 million a year
to train 40000 new drivers. The measure
replaces a 2004 rule that a ...
more |
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DPWN may consider selling DHL Express US
operations
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA -
January 31, 2008
...DHL Director of Corporate Communications
Jonathan Baker told LM that any withdrawal
of DHL Express in the US market can be
completely ruled out. ...more |
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World airline industry faces tough 2008,
says IATA
AFP - January 31, 2008
...International freight traffic grew 4.3
percent in 2007, down from 4.6 percent the
previous year. The air freight demand
environment will remain "challenging ...
more |
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Old Dominion increases LTL rates
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA
... By Dave Hannon -- Purchasing, 1/30/2008
9:30:00 AM Less-than-truckload carrier Old
Dominion Freight Line announced it will
increase its base rates 5.4% on ...
more |
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Carriers knuckle down for ‘08
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - January 29, 2008
...“Trucking capacity in our industry
continued to outstrip freight demand during
the fourth quarter [in 2007] and overall
truck tonnage declined,” noted David ...
more |
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DHL denies sale to FedEx
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte, NC USA - January 25, 2008
...At the time, United Parcel Service Inc.
and FedEx asked for congressional
intervention to stop the deal. The Memphis
Business Journal is an affiliated...more |
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Air cargo price-fixing probe moves towards
charges
Flight International -
USA - January 23, 2008
...Also lurking in the wings are the civil
class actions brought mostly by freight
forwarders. One is pending in Australia, and
at least 20 in the USA ...
more |
|
|
Old Dominion Freight Line Announces Base
Rate Increase
dBusiness News Triad
(press release) - NC USA - January 22, 2008
... Domestically, OD provides inter-regional
and regional less-than-truckload shipping of
general commodities, consumer goods and
capital goods to a diversified...
more |
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|
Shipping's impact on the air
CNN - USA - January 20, 2008
...
As a result, while the aviation industry
transports around 40 million tons of freight
a year, the shipping industry carries 6
billion tons of it ...more |
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UPS to increase freight rates by 5.4 pct
CNNMoney.com
- USA - January 12, 2008
...The hike applies to minimum charge,
less-than-truckload and truckload rates.
Less-than-truckload, or LTL carriers,
usually fill their trucks with freight ...
more |
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Cross-border trucking continues despite
protests
Brownsville Herald -
TX United States - January 13, 2008
...In Brownsville, exports to Mexico totaled
more than $485 million and imports more than
$217 million, according to Department of
Transportation. ...
more |
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|
Con-way announces CFI is now officially
Con-way
Logistics Management - Newton, MA USA -
January 11, 2008
...Con-way said this addition to its service
line—coupled with Con-way Freight, the
company’s less-than-truckload unit, and its
global third-party logistics ...more |
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DHL to offer shipping services from
Walgreens
Reuters - USA -
January 9, 2008
... DHL has a far smaller US presence than
United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) -- the world's largest
package delivery company -- and...
more |
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|
Air shipping: IATA says November air freight
demand up 3.5 percent
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - January 9, 2008
... GENEVA—The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) recently reported that
international air freight demand came in at
3.5 percent in November and was ...
more |
|
|
Trucking alliance will offer continent-wide
services
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,
PA USA - January 8, 2008
...
Starting March 1, the six carriers will
offer less-than-truckload, truckload and
supply-chain freight services throughout the
US, Canada and Mexico.....more |
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UPS to Expand Air Freight Offerings
Houston Chronicle -
United States - January 7, 2008
...AP ATLANTA — Package delivery company
United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it
will launch an expanded and simplified air
freight shipping system this..
more |
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Teamsters to vote on master freight pact
Workday Minnesota -
St. Paul, MN USA - January 1, 2008
... Inc., the primary multi-employer
bargaining arm of the unionized freight
trucking industry. Unionized TMI member
firms include Yellow Transportation...
more |
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FedEx vs. The IRS
Fleet Owner (subscription) - USA - December
27, 2007
...
which is engaged in a long-term campaign to
unionize FedEx drivers like what’s been done
at FedEx’s biggest rival, United Parcel
Service ...more |
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Fedex
Bumps Freight Rate
The
Associated Press - December 26, 2007
...United Parcel Service, meanwhile,
announced in November that it was
implementing an average rate increase of 4.9
percent for ground and air-express
services...
more |
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UPS: Contract with Teamsters ratified
Forbes - NY, USA -
November 19, 2007
...SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The
International Brotherhood of Teamsters on
Wednesday notified United Parcel Service
that a new contract covering ...
more |
|
|
ATA Testifies in Support of Hours of Service
Rule
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco, CA USA - December 19, 2007
... For example: The projected
truck-involved fatal crash rate for 2006 is
1.94 fatal crashes per 100 million vehicle
miles of travel...more |
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|
Teamsters and TMI/YRC Worldwide reach
tentative agreement..
The Trucker - USA -
December 18, 2007
... The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters and Trucking Management Inc./YRC
Worldwide have reached a tentative agreement
on a new National Master Freight ...
more |
|
|
Transportation Services Index inches up in
October, USDOT says
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee, WI
USA - December 13, 2007
... However, the index of month-to-month
changes in the output of services provided
by for-hire rail, truck, inland waterway,
pipeline and air freight firms...more |
|
|
Fitch: US Freight Transportation to be
Pressured by Weaker Demand
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco, CA USA - December
14, 2007
..In the less-than-truckload sector, high
fixed costs have made the negative margin
effect of reduced unit pricing and/or
lowered volumes particularly ...
more |
|
|
China growth questioned by major freight
forwarder
Air cargo - Asia
Pacific - Perth, WA Australia - December 12,
2007
... As China goes, so goes air freight in
2008. That's the prediction of Julian
Keeling, chief executive at US based
Consolidators International. ...
more |
|
|
Oil prices leading to higher shipping costs
Newsday - Long Island, NY USA - November 29,
2007
... And DHL will hike its surcharge Sunday
to 19.5 percent for air and international
shipments and 5.3 percent for ground
shipping, from 18.5 percent and 5 ...more |
|
|
NAFTA Freight Trade Rose in September
Forbes - NY USA -
November 29, 2007
...Trade between the US and Canada and
Mexico reached $66.77 billion in September,
according to the Department of
Transportation's Bureau of Transportation ...
more |
|
|
Airfreight losing out on transpacific trade
lane
Air Cargo News.net -
Ashford, England, UK - November 29, 2007
... Airfreight statistics from US research
house, RW Baird, showed stable growth in
Asia and Europe alongside continuing
weakness in North America. ...
more |
|
|
Goods trucked in US fell in October
Forbes - NY USA - November 28, 2007
...based trucking group's members include
United Parcel Service Inc. (nyse: UPS - news
- people ) and Knight Transportation (nyse:
KNX - news - people ) Inc....more |
|
|
IATA launches six pilot projects for
paper-free era
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong - November 27,
2007
..."The paper-free era for air freight has
begun," said Giovanni Bisignani, director
general and chief executive officer of IATA.
"This first wave of pilot...more |
|
|
Qantas plead guilty to price-fixing
ABC Online - Australia - November 27, 2007
...in most industries where time is of
essence in terms of moving their products or
services by air freight rather than sea
freight...more |
|
|
Lufthansa predicts overcapacity in air cargo
market
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - November 27, 2007
...By Dave Hannon -- Purchasing, 11/27/2007
6:43:00 AM Global capacity for the air cargo
industry will increase in the next five
years, giving air freight ...
more |
|
|
DHL announces rates for 2008
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco, CA USA - November 27, 2007
... DHL Express (USA), Inc., today announced
new list rates for 2008. Rates will include
a 4.9 percent increase in the net average
shipping ...more |
|
|
United Parcel teamsters ratify new five-year
contract
Bloomberg - USA -
November 24, 2007
... united parcel service inc. workers
represented by the teamsters approved a new
five-year contract that will provide a mean
annual increase ...
more |
|
|
Air cargo dispute settled
Cincinnati
Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH USA - November 17,
2007
... COM WILMINGTON - Shares of cargo
carrier ABX Inc. rose more than 5 percent
after its main customer DHL paid $8.8
million in disputed expense reimbursements...more |
|
|
Demand, rates to remain low for LTL,
truckload well into 2008
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - November
16, 2007
...By David Hannon -- Purchasing, 11/15/2007
Demand for both truckload and
less-than-truckload shipping will remain
weak heading into 2008 and pricing for both ...more |
|
|
NITL air cargo shippers report results from
national meeting
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - November 15, 2007
... (NITL), has been gaining more traction
at its national conference in recent years,
says NITL Air Cargo Committee Chairman and
IBM Corporation Strategic ...
more |
|
|
Estes and Lakeville Agree to Dissolve
Alliance, Allowing Estes to
Business
Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA USA
- November 13, 2007
...During the past 76 years,
Estes has grown from a small, local carrier
into one of the most respected
multiregional, less-than-truckload and
truckload ...more |
|
|
US railroads remain on slow traffic pace in
Oct., AAR say
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee, WI USA
- November 12, 2007
...In addition, weak demand for truckload
and less-than-truckload services led to a
continuation of excess capacity in those
sectors. ...more |
|
|
Air cargo shippers keep wary eye on
forwarder's fate
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - November 12, 2007
... LOS ANGELES, Ca.,-- Air cargo shippers
here and elsewhere in the nation are
tracking a US Department of Justice
investigation of international freight ...
more |
|
|
ABX and DHL duke it out in court
By
Airfreight (Airfreight) - November 11, 2007
... ABX Air Inc. has told shareholders it
considers its largest customer, DHL, in
default under terms of two agreements
between the companies. In a filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on
Friday, the Wilmington-based air ...more |
|
|
UPS to hike delivery charges by 4.9 percent
Reuters' - UK - November 9, 2007
... BOSTON (Reuters) - Package delivery
company United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N:
Quote, Profile , Research) said on Friday it
was raising its prices for 2008 ...more |
|
|
UPS Freight Launches Reliability Guarantee
Business Wire(press
release)-San Francisco, CA-November 5, 2007
... 2 to less-than-truckload (LTL) customers
who ship using the current UPS Freight 560
tariff in the continental United States.
This new guarantee promises ...
more |
|
|
IATA Launches Paper-free Air Freight Project
Bernama -
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - November 5, 2007
... Sea shipping is expected to grow by
six percent annually over the next five
years compared with 4.8 percent for air
cargo," he said. E-freight is one of ...more |
|
|
China Boosts Fuel Prices to Curb Demand
The Associated Press - November 2, 2007
...Sometimes it just gets you to the next
station," said a truck driver who would give
only his surname, Liu. He said he had been
waiting in line for two hours ...more |
|
|
CN files application with US Surface
Transportation Board seeking
CNN Money.com - USA -
October 30, 2007
... CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) today filed
with the United States Surface
Transportation Board (STB) its application
seeking regulatory authorization to acquire ...
more |
|
|
Trucking news: NMFTA rolls out new
classification procedures
Logistics
Management - Newton, MA USA - October 30,
2007
... The organization said this vote is in
response to a ruling made last May by the
Surface Transportation Board which
officially terminated approval of the ...more |
|
|
FedEx Express 2008 rates to rise by most
since 2001
Reuters - USA - October 26, 2007
... Main rival United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N:
Quote, Profile, Research) usually raises
rates for its ground delivery service in
November. ...more |
|
|
Cargo firm admits overbilling for military
shipments
Newsday - Long Island
NY USA - October 26, 2007
... "National Air Cargo's highest priority
continues to be providing superior freight
movement services to our customers,
including mission critical supplies ...
more |
|
|
Trucking demand, rates will remain low into
2008
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - October
10, 2007
... Demand for both truckload and
less-than-truckload shipping will remain
weak heading into 2008 and pricing for both
modes is expected to continue down. ...more |
|
|
EU raids freight firms in suspected cartel
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington, New Zealand -
October 10, 2007
... Spokesmen for FedEx and United Parcel
Service had no immediate comment. Freight
forwarding companies deal with
transportation of goods and related ...more |
|
|
Korea endorses Montreal Convention '99
Air cargo - Asia
Pacific - Perth, Australia - October 2, 2007
... The endorsement of MC 99, which governs
international air carrier liability, is a
basic requirement for e-freight as it
includes a provision that allows...
more |
|
|
Airlines reel as ships lure cargo
Cargo news
Asia - Hong Kong - October 2, 2007
...At Panalpina, ocean cargo grew 17.4
percent last year, while air freight
revenues went up 10.5 percent. A few years
ago, air cargo accounted for close to 55 ...more |
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UPS to launch paperless foreign shipping
MarketWatch - USA-
October 2, 2007
... (FDX: , , ) and Deutsche Post AG's
(DE:555200: news, chart, profile) DHL
Worldwide for a slice of international
shipments, which have been growing quickly ...more |
|
|
Teamsters And UPS Reach Deal On Pensions
New York Times -
United States - October 1, 2007
... The Teamsters' contract with United
Parcel Service is due to expire next July
31, but in an unusual move, the two sides
rushed to negotiate a deal by Oct. 1 ..
more |
|
|
STB Ruling Makes Way for Deregulation--and
Changing LTL Terrain
Supply Chain
Digest - Dayton, OH, USA - September 27,
2007
... What impact will this have on
Less-than-Truckload (LTL) shippers? To get a
complete picture, we need to take a brief
detour to 1948 ...more |
|
|
Truckers welcome feds' request for delaying
HOS rules
Logistics Management - Newton, MA, USA -
September 26, 2007
... It would also affect both truckload and
less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers in the
way they position drivers in their networks.
"We're really concerned about ...more |
|
|
Shippers face high trucking expenses in US
Cargonews Asia - Hong
Kong - September 21, 2007
... and containers will have to be moved,"
he said. "The truck rate increase will still
be a small percentage of the value of the
goods inside the box." ...
more |
|
|
DHL and Lufthansa Cargo reveal 'Newco'
details
Air Cargo
News.net - Ashford, Middlesex, UK -
September 21, 2007
... Lufthansa fought off competition from
Emirates and Cargolux to land the deal as
DHL's exclusive partner in the
joint-venture. Based in Leipzig, the company ...more |
|
|
Freight railroads continue to take heat on
pricing issues
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - September
20, 2007
...In January, the Department of
Transportation's Surface Transportation
Board issued a final rule defining how
railroads should--and should not--calculate
fuel ...more |
|
|
Union urging contract with UPS
Akron Beacon Journal -
Akron, OH USA - September 13, 2007
... By David Mildenberg Bloomberg News
Service United Parcel Service Inc., the
largest employer of Teamsters members, needs
to finish contract talks by Oct. 1 ...
more |
|
|
Teamsters continue battle against truck
initiative
San Diego
Union Tribune - United States - September 7,
2007
... "We have a beef with the American
government lying to the American people
these people are under the (Department of
Transportation) rules and regulations," ...more |
|
|
Report blasts TSA air cargo security
USA Today - USA - September 6, 2007
...Airlines typically lease a portion of
their cargo holds to freight companies, and
last year earned $4.4 billion from cargo
operations, according to the Air ...more |
|
|
STB issues final decision on small and
medium sized freight rail
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - September 6, 2007
... WASHINGTON--Earlier this week, the
Surface Transportation Board issued a final
decision to create new procedures so that
"small- and medium-sized freight ...
more |
|
|
Lufthansa Cancels 23 European Flights as
Pilots Strike
Bloomberg -
USA - September 4, 2007
... The Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union
called the strike today to press for changes
in conditions such as working hours and
six-day shifts...more |
|
|
Lufthansa and Deutsche Post project new
joint
Avionews - Roma, Lazio, Italy - September 3,
2007
...(WAPA)
- Lufthansa's air transportation division
and express delivery company DHL, acquired
by German mail delivery enterprise Deutsche
Post in 2001,...more |
|
|
Asia leads freight pick-up
Flight International -
USA - September 2, 2007
... Air Freight Asia 2007 is opening at a
hugely positive time for the region as it
leads the world's growth in freight demand,
according to the latest figures ...
more |
|
|
YRCW set to begin contract negotiations with
Teamsters by September
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - September 1, 2007
... According to an YRCW statement, the
Teamsters National Freight Industry
Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) will
represent the Teamsters Union, and YRCW's
TMI ...
more |
|
|
LTL truckers sued for price-fixing
Purchasing.com - Newton,, MA USA - August
31, 2007
...Farm
Water Technological Services of Brawley,
Calif., has named 11 of the biggest
less-than-truckload carriers and is seeking
class-action status for a ...more |
|
|
Mexico Prepares to Allow US Trucks to Cross
Border
Bloomberg - USA - August 30, 2007
...Last
February, US and Mexican transportation
officials reached an agreement to allow US
Department of Transportation inspectors to
certify the trucks of as ...more |
|
|
Pilot strike threat 'to cost Aer Lingus
millions'
Evening Echo
- Cork, Ireland - August 30, 2007
... The threat of strike action by Air
Lingus pilots is expected to cost the
airline in the region of EURO 3.5m.
Defending Ryanair's takeover bid cost Aer
Lingus a...more |
|
|
Trucking Shipments Drop in July
Forbes - NY, USA - August 27, 2007
...
based trucking group's members include US
Xpress Enterprises Inc. (nasdaq: XPRSA -
news - people ), United Parcel Service Inc.
(nyse: UPS - news - people ...more |
|
|
Con-way's acquisition of CFI is now official
Logistics Management -
Newton, MA USA - August 27, 2007
... The addition of CFI to Con-way's
existing $90 million TL division creates a
business unit with more than $500 million in
annual truckload freight revenue in ...
more |
|
|
Trucking firms face lawsuit over fuel
surcharges
By
1Teamster(1Teamster) - August 24, 2007
... The other trucking companies named in
the suit are Averitt Express, Jevic
Transportation Inc. and its owner, Sun
Capital Partners IV, New England Motor
Freight Inc., Old Dominion Freight Line
Inc., R+L Carriers Inc. and Saia Inc....
more |
|
|
Logistics providers increase focus on Mexico
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - August 22,
2007
...In
July DHL introduced a new cross-border
service based out of Harlingen, Texas,
capable of handling triple the volume of its
previous offering as well as ...more |
|
|
STB issues final ruling about fuel surcharge
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls, MT USA -
August 17, 2007
... By
JO DEE BLACK A final ruling on rail fuel
surcharge reporting issued by the Surface
Transportation Board this week will not shed
light on the way carriers ...more |
|
|
Truckers' doctored records recurrent in the
industry
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) -
Milwaukee, WI USA - August 12, 2007
Truckload drivers are almost universally
paid by the mile or the load rather than by
the hour. That system, say experts -
including safety administration...more |
|
|
FedEx lawsuit could cost $630 million
Indianapolis Business
Journal - Indianapolis, IN USA - August 8,
2007
... FedEx has been nipping at the heels of
larger United Parcel Service, grabbing
nearly 20 percent of the ground-delivery
market, while UPS has shrunk to 70 ...
more |
|
|
UPS, Teamsters close to withdrawal deal
Pensions & Investments
- Chicago, IL USA - August 8, 2007
... United Parcel Service of America Inc.,
Atlanta, and Teamsters Central States,
Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund,
Rosemont, Ill., reached an agreement ...
more |
|
|
Air freight demand grows a mere 2.6% in
first half
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong - August 3, 2007
...CNNMoney.com
- USA - July 23, 2007
Air freight demand for the first six months
of 2007 grew by 2.7 percent, well below the
4.6 percent growth recorded for the full
year in 2006, according to ...more |
|
|
Airlines pay price for collusion on fuel
surcharge
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -
August 3, 2007
... with
six other airlines, was served with a $200
million class action in Australia's Federal
Court in January for allegedly inflating
air-freight prices. ...more |
|
|
Trucking news: ATA asks DOT for a stay on
recent HOS ruling
Logistics Management
(subscription), MA - Aug 2, 2007
... Remaining unchanged is a requirement
that limits drivers to 14 hours of on-duty
time in a 24-hour-period, including a
maximum of 11 hours of driving time, ...
more |
|
|
Truckers Want to Track Drivers' Drug Use
Forbes - NY, USA - August 1, 2007
... ATA
members include YRC Worldwide Inc. and
United Parcel Service Inc. (nyse: UPS - news
- people ) A study released last year by the
Federal Motor Carrier...more |
|
|
Two FedEx units cut fuel surcharges
eTrucker - USA - July
31, 2007
... Two FedEx less-than-truckload
subsidiaries -- FedEx Freight and the new
long-haul FedEx National LTL -- have reduced
their fuel surcharges by ...
more |
|
|
UPS debuts new service for urgent shipments
Milwaukee Business
Journal - Milwaukee, WI USA - July 24, 2007
... United Parcel Service Inc. has begun a
new service that provides a single point of
contact for all same-day and urgent
packages, regardless of the size of ...
more |
|
|
FedEx Freight To Cut Fuel Surcharge By 25%
CNNMoney.com - USA - July 23, 2007
...CNNMoney.com
- USA - July 23, 2007
He said FedEx Freight has been looking at
cutting the fuel surcharge "for some time."
FedEx Freight and FedEx National update fuel
surcharges weekly based ...more |
|
|
Trucking company faces 15 safety violations
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA - July 21, 2007
...
Michigan-based KW Express has until
mid-September to appeal or bring its
operations into full compliance, said Duane
J. DeBruyne, spokesman for the Federal ...more |
|
|
TrackPackages.com Releases Google Gadget for
Tracking Packages
PR Web (press release)
- Ferndale, WA USA - July 16, 2007
... The Google Gadget supports UPS tracking,
FedEx tracking, DHL tracking, and United
States Postal Service USPS tracking from a
single search box, ...
more |
|
|
Con-way Acquires Contract Freighters, Inc.
to Accelerate Growth
CNNMoney.com - USA -
July 16, 2007
...The acquisition elevates Con-way into a
unique position in the freight
transportation industry, creating a leading
less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload (TL)
...
more |
|
|
UPS and other overnight carriers go even
higher-tech
International Herald
Tribune - France - July 6, 2007
...By Claudia H. Deutsch LOUISVILLE,
Kentucky: Worldport, the United Parcel
Service hub at the airport here, gives the
phrase "hub of activity" a new dimension ...
more |
|
|
Asian demand fuels air freight growth
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - July 5, 2007
... Increasing demand for air freight in
Asia continues to balance off more sluggish
growth in North America. The International
Air Transport Association said ...
more |
|
|
Astar pursues purchase of fellow DHL sub
service carrier ABX Air
ATWOnline - Silver
Spring, MD USA - July 2, 2007
... The proposed deal would combine two
cargo airlines that operate out of DHL's
primary US hub in Wilmington, Ohio. Both
generate the vast majority of their ...
more |
|
|
FedEx dealt blow on unionizing
commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN USA -
June 30, 2007
...
"The fact is, on this issue, Federal Express
is right," he told committee members,
reminding them that the purpose of the RLA
is to protect the nation from ...more |
|
|
Freight rail bill offers potential for
future infrastructure
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA - June 23,
2007
... This much was made clear at a Surface
Transportation Board (STB) hearing held in
April for Ex Parte No. 671 Rail Capacity and
Infrastructure Requirements, ...
more |
|
|
Pensions dominate Teamsters' talks with UPS,
freight carriers
Logistics Management (subscription) -
Newton, MA USA - June 22, 2007
...WASHINGTON--The
good news for shippers following two
separate current Teamsters union
negotiations with UPS and a handful of
less-than-truckload (LTL) ...more |
|
|
Transportation Index Unchanged
Houston Chronicle -
United States - June 14, 2007
...said its combined freight and passenger
transportation services index, which
measures changes in the output of services
by the railroad, air freight, ...
more |
|
|
Import and Export Prices Rise in May
123Jump.com - Miami
Beach, FL USA - June 14, 2007
... Prices for import air freight rose 1.1
percent in May, driven by a 3.3 percent
advance in European air freight prices.
Import air freight prices increased ...
more |
|
|
DHL acquires 49% of US cargo carrier
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong - June 12, 2007
...
Global express delivery and logistics
company, DHL, has acquired a 49 percent
equity stake and a 24.9 percent voting
interest in ASTAR Air Cargo of Miami ...more |
|
|
Canada Post claims NAFTA victory
Toronto Star -
Ontario, Canada - June 12, 2007
... JOHN'S, NL - Canada Post said Tuesday it
has defeated a NAFTA challenge from United
Parcel Service of America Inc. that alleged
the Crown corporation. ...
more |
|
|
&Air freight "a huge gap" in aviation
security, &Air India inquiry told
Canada.com - Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada - June 7, 2007
... Kathleen Sweet, a lawyer, author and
retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel,
said air freight, and the workers who load
it, are "a huge gap" in aviation ...
more |
|
|
Shippers may benefit from STB ruling
DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA USA - June
5, 2007
...
based bureau publishes Czarlite, the de
facto standard for the base tariffs used by
many less-than-truckload carriers in their
rate negotiations....more |
|
|
Rate woes?
DC Velocity - North
Attleboro, MA USA - June 5, 2007
...Demand for truckload and
less-than-truckload (LTL) service is soft
right now, and shippers are taking full
advantage of the situation to pressure
carriers...
more |
|
|
IATA says international air freight traffic
up 2.6 percent through
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton ,MA USA - June 4,
2007
... VANCOUVER--The International Air
Transport Association (IATA) reported
yesterday that international freight traffic
rose only 2.6 percent over the first four
...
more |
|
|
Teamsters president notes progress on UPS
freight talks
MarketWatch - USA - May 31, 2007
...
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said the
union is making "tremendous progress" in its
contract negotiations with United Parcel
Service Inc.'s (UPS : ...more |
|
|
Bill could postpone Mexican truck plan
San Diego Union
Tribune - San Diego, CA USA - May 26, 2007
...The emergency war funding bill approved
by Congress on Thursday night includes
requirements that the Department of
Transportation get approval from its.
more |
|
|
Freight Management: National Motor Freight
Traffic Association
Supply Chain Market
(press release) - Erie, PA USA - May 22,
2007
... NMFTA is a nonprofit membership
association, headquartered in Alexandria,
Virginia, representing 1100
less-than-truckload carriers throughout
North America...
more |
|
|
Shipper Suit Alleges Price Fixing by
Railroads
Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH USA - May
17, 2007
... Further complicating things, the Surface
Transportation Board ruled in January that
some rail fuel-surcharge practices were
improper, and announced new...more |
|
|
STB issues ruling on collective ratemaking
processes
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA - May 10,
2007
...Earlier this week, Surface Transportation
Board (STB) chairman Charles Nottingham told
attendees at the annual National Shippers
Strategic Transportation...
more |
|
|
UPS hit with suit over its measuring system
San Antonio Business
Journal - San Antonio, TX USA - May 3, 2007
... A suit seeking class action has been
filed in US District Court in San Francisco
against United Parcel Service Inc., claiming
the Atlanta-based package ...
more |
|
|
Bipartisan Senate Bill Tackles Nation's
Transportation Needs
PR Newswire (press release) - New
York,NY,USA - April 17, 2007
... Further, in a recent statement before
the Surface Transportation Board, the group
noted that, "Public participation in rail
investment would produce an...more |
|
|
Truckers left without pay as Trucker’s
Express brokerage shuts down
Land Line Magazine -
Grain Valley, MO USA - April 6, 2007
...OOIDA has petitioned the Federal Motor
Carriers Safety Administration to raise the
required bond above $10000, though the
agency hasn’t issued a new ...
more |
|
|
CVG is now screening cargo
Cincinnati Post - OH,
USA - April 2, 2007
... Known Shipper program, which sets up
regulations and vetting for shipping
companies such as DHL and Federal Express
and requires them to inspect cargo...
more |
|
|
Trucking shipments drop by 1.7 percent
BusinessWeek - USA - March 27, 2007
... "Freight levels remain challenging,
despite some anecdotal reports of better
volumes in late March," Bob Costello, the
group's chief economist, ...more |
|
|
UPS Launches Package Intercept Service
FOX News - March 26,
2007
...CHICAGO — Package delivery company United
Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said on Monday it
has launched a new service allowing
customers to intercept or reroute ...
more |
|
|
Logistics: a fast-growth industry in China
China Economic Net -
Beijing, China - March 20, 2007
... Ltd., United Parcel Service of America,
Inc. (UPS) paid a price of US$100 million to
reach an agreement with Sinotrans on their
splitting, and TNT ...
more |
|
|
Track your packages with Google Maps
By funvill - March 17, 2007
... Google maps trackingIsnoop.net has
created a package tracking tool that will
map your UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL/Airborne
package’s progress with Google Maps. Just
enter your tracking number (the tracker
automatically detects which ...more |
|
|
FedEx Freight announces rate increase
BusinessWeek - USA -
March 16, 2007
...FedEx National is a long-haul,
less-than-truckload service of the
Memphis-based shipping corporation's freight
unit. Rates for FedEx Corp ...
more |
|
|
Federal Judge to Consider Certifying FedEx
Class Action Lawsuits
Inside Indiana
Business (press release) - Indianapolis, IN
March 13, 2007
... also known as FedEx Ground/Home
Delivery, a unit of Federal Express (NYSE:
FDX), the current CEO, David Rebholz, the
current Executive Vice Present, ...
more |
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Kohl bill targets railroad antitrust law
The Capital Times - Madison, WI USA - March
7, 2007
... Railroad mergers and acquisitions are
exempt from antitrust law and are reviewed
solely by the Surface Transportation Board.
Railroads that engage in ...more |
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Port costs on the rise
Long Beach
Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA USA - March
5, 2007
...This LNG-fueled vehicle was on display at
the Faster Freight Cleaner Air 2007
convention where a variety of clean-air
vehicles were shown at the Long Beach ...
more |
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Mexican truckers to get full US access
Washington Times, DC -
Feb 23, 2007
... Mexican truckers soon will have full
access to US highways under a new agreement
between the United States and Mexico.
Mexican registered trucks currently ...
more |
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LTL demand dip impacts rates as carriers
focus on operations
Purchasing.com - Newton, MA USA - February
14, 2007
... “The slowdown we first experienced at
Con-way Freight in the third quarter
continued through the fourth quarter as the
industry’s traditional peak season ...more |
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FedEx officially launches nationwide LTL
service
eTrucker - USA -
February 13, 2007
...FedEx Corp. has announced the official
launch of its new long-haul
less-than-truckload service, FedEx National
LTL. The company also has launched direct
LTL ...
more |
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Transport experts call for new generation of
ocean cargo services
Manufacturer.com
UK February 10, 2007
... Their research project was sponsored by
supply chain services provider APL Logistics
and Con-way Freight, (NYSE:CNW), the
less-than-truckload freight
...
more |
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Vetco Companies Plead Guilty to Bribery,
Express Courier Service ...
Corporate
Crime Reporter - Washington, DC USA -
February 7, 2007
... From 2002 to 2005, federal officials
alleged that each of the defendants engaged
the services of an unnamed major
international freight forwarding and ...more |
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Shippers Oppose Changes In Rail Rate Rules
Chemical & Engineering
News - USA - February 6, 2007
...In 1995, Congress passed legislation that
directed the newly created Surface
Transportation Board (STB), the successor to
the former Interstate Commerce ...
more |
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Rail Customers Make Case Against Proposed
New Rate Rules
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York, NY USA - February 3,
2007
... A diverse group of rail customers told
the Surface Transportation Board (STB) today
that proposed changes to the rail rate
...
more |
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RR fuel surcharges regulated
Columbus
Telegram - Columbus, NE USA - January 28,
2007
... In its decision Friday, the Surface
Transportation Board said the railroads must
link the surcharges directly with the actual
fuel costs for specific rail. ...more |
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UPS expects delays from train derailment
Atlanta Business
Chronicle - Atlanta, GA USA
- January 16, 2007
... United Parcel Service Inc. is expecting
a train derailment in Bullitt County, Ky.,
to cause some delays at its package sorting
hub at Louisville ...
more |
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YRC streamlines units to cut costs, boost
business
Washington Post -
Washington, DC USA - January 15, 2007
...YRC is the largest US less-than-truckload
operator. Less-than-truckload companies
consolidate smaller loads into a single
truck.
...
more |
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UPS promotes Abney to chief operating
officer
Atlanta
Journal Constitution - Atlanta, GA USA -
January 11, 2007
... UPS, also known as United Parcel
Service, said Alan Gershenhorn would replace
Abney as president of UPS International. ...more |
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World air freight growth 3.1% in Nov -IATA
San Diego Union
Tribune - San Diego, CA USA - January 5,
2007
... International air freight, a key
indicator of world trade health, grew by 3.1
percent in November after its poorest
performance in a year in October...
more |
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UPS Seeks to Redeem Self After Rumors of
West Bank 'Package'
FOX News - USA -
December 19, 2006
...WASHINGTON — Officials at United Parcel
Service are vehemently fighting back rumors
that their company practices "package
apartheid" by refusing to deliver
...
more |
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FedEx raises ground, home delivery rates
BusinessWeek
- USA - December 4, 2006
... United Parcel Service Inc., a major
FedEx competitor, has also announced rate
increases next year. UPS will raise list
rates by ...more |
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Fitch: US Surface Transportation Freight
Demand to Moderate in..
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco, CA USA - November
30, 2006
... Volume growth for the truckers, in
particular the less-than-truckload (LTL)
carriers, will likely be modest, although
demand for regional LTL services is ...
more |
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Economy Puts Pinch on Transport Pricing
Houston Chronicle -
United States - November 21, 2006
...The sentiment is much the same on the
less-than-truckload side, the survey shows.
A majority of shippers expect pricing for
less
...
more |
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Saia Buys Partner for $17.5 Million
Houston
Chronicle - United States - November 21,
2006
... said Monday it paid $17.5 million
for Connection Co., a less-than-truckload
transportation company that expands Saia's
reach into major Midwestern markets. ...
more |
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Shippers moving cargo from air to ocean
transport
Cargonews Asia - Hong
Kong - November 20, 2006
... Shippers and consignees are cutting back
on the use of air freight and other premium
services in favour of less costly
transportation options. ...
more |
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United Parcel Service increases rates for
2007
Atlanta Business
Chronicle - Atlanta, GA USA - November 17,
2006
...United Parcel Service Inc. has raised its
rates for 2007 by an average 4.9 percent for
ground shipments and 4.9 percent on all air
...
more |
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UPS expands daily international deliveries
Louisville
Business First - Louisville, KY USA -
November 8, 2006
... Starting in January 2007, United
Parcel Service Inc. will start offering
three, up from two, daily international
deliveries. The ...
more |
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Rail pricing remains solid, trucking demand
soft -survey
MarketWatch - USA -
November 7, 2006
... As for the trucking industry, ample
capacity and soft demand are showing up in
lackluster pricing, particularly for
less-than-truckload carriers, or trucking ...
more |
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FedEx Express to raise rates 5.5%, reduce
fuel fee
Chicago Tribune -
United States - November 3, 2006
...5.5 percent, the same as the increase for
this ... into the permanent FedEx Express
base rate, he said ... FedEx Ground, which
delivers shipments by truck, will adjust ...
more |
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Trucking Firms' Peak Season Slow to Come
Houston
Chronicle - United States - November 3, 2006
... Truckload and less-than-truckload
companies are normally in the midst of
hauling products from ports and other sites
to distribution centers in preparation for ...
more |
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Carriers respond to surcharge proposal
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - November 2, 2006
... Rail carriers have voiced their concern
over the Surface Transportation Board's
proposed ruling on railroad's “double
dipping” in fuel surcharges....
more |
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Rail shippers steamed at fuel surcharge
MSNBC - USA - October
29, 2006
...The Surface Transportation Board, the US
government regulator charged with resolving
rate disputes between the railroads and
their customers, held hearings in
...
more |
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ATA petitions for 68 mph mandate
eTrucker -
USA - October 23,
2006
... The association also asked the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
to enforce the ... Mac McCormick, CEO of
Best Way Express and ATA’s first vice
chairman ...
more |
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Trucking Industry Seeks to Limit Speeds
Houston Chronicle -
United States - October 18, 2006
... Under contracts signed in 2003 with
companies such as USF Bestway, a unit of
Yellow Roadway Corp., and ABF Freight
System, a unit of Arkansas Best Corp., "we ...
more |
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US ports tighten trucker regulations
United Press
International - USA - October 18, 2006
...The new legislation instructs the
Department of Transportation to issue
regulations that will require all CDL
holders to demonstrate citizenship or legal
...
more |
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Pilot program considered for Mexican trucks
in US
San Diego
Union Tribune - United States - October 15,
2006
... Now the federal Department of
Transportation is considering options to get
its plans moving – including a possible
pilot program that would allow as many as ...
more |
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Getting the Fuel Surcharge Genie Back in the
Bottle
Supply Chain Digest -
Dayton, OH USA - October 6, 2006
... Certainly the charge that carriers
profit from fuel surcharges is widespread,
and is a factor in the proposed Surface
Transportation Board’s regulations on ...
more |
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Teamsters Look To Add FedEx, More UPS
Workers To Ranks
Easy Bourse
(Communiqués de presse) - Paris, France -
October 6, 2006
... Federal Express (FDX) and United Parcel
Service Inc. (UPS) are already union
members, but the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters wants to add more workers to
those ranks. ...
more |
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Shippers say they're getting railroaded
Chicago
Tribune - United States - September 26, 2006
... The Surface Transportation Board
formally resolves its disputes in the Linda
Morgan Room, a sleek space of blond-wood
walls with television ...
more |
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STB fuel surcharge comments pushed back to
October 2
Logistics Management
(subscription)-Newton, MA USA-Sept. 20, 2006
... WASHINGTON—The Surface Transportation
Board recently announced that public
comments for Ex Parte No. 661, regarding
rail fuel ...more |
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UPS, Teamsters Begin Contract Talks
MSN Money - USA -
September 19, 2006
... UPS, also known as United Parcel
Service, recently reached a new contract
deal with its pilots, who are represented by
a different union. ...
more |
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Air freight in the US has a split
personality
Cargonews
Asia - Hong Kong - September 18, 2006
... Gloria Whittington, a 20-year
veteran of the air freight business and
currently managing director at Dependable
AirCargo Express (DAX), based in Rancho ...
more |
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Air forwarders Association Statement on Air
Cargo Security Reports ...
Business Wire(press
release)-San Francisco, CA USA- September 9,
2006
... Brandon Fried, the Executive Director of
the Air forwarders Association, the industry
voice of air freight forwarders, today
released the Association's ...more |
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LTL market continues to support high rates
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - September 7, 2006
.... Yellow-Roadway (YRC) reported its
highest-ever quarterly earnings, saying its
LTL revenue ... Total yield for Con-way's
LTL division, Con-way Freight, was up 6.1 ...
more |
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Teamsters seek UPS Freight contract
Charleston
Gazette (subscription) - WV USA - September
7, 2006
... United Parcel Service, a longtime
union trucking company, acquired the
Overnite Transportation Co. last year.
Overnite, which operated ...
more |
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National Motor Freight Traffic Association
and National
Logistics Management
(subscription)-Newton, MA USA-September 6,
2006
... NMFTA is a nonprofit membership
association representing more than 1,100
less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers
throughout North America ...more |
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UPS pilots ratify new labor agreement
MSN Money - USA -
August 31, 2006
.... CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Parcel
Service Inc.'s pilots' union said on
Thursday its members ratified a new labor
contract that took nearly four years to ...
more |
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FedEx, Pilots Union Have Tentative Contract
Agreement
Bloomberg - USA -
August 28, 2006
... The FedEx agreement comes as the
2,700 pilots at rival United Parcel Service
Inc. are voting on a tentative agreement.
The pending ...
more |
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FedEx, UPS Hike Package Fuel Fee
AirCargo
World Online - August 28, 2006
... The two biggest players in the U.S.
express package market, FedEx Express and
UPS, both said they will push their fuel
surcharges ...
more |
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Decision Ties Rail Fuel Surcharges Closer to
Actual Changes in ...
Farm Futures - Carol
Stream, IL USA - August 15, 2006
.... The Surface Transportation Board
released a decision recently to bring more
control to the methods that railroads use to
recover fuel costs. ...
more |
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Transportation Department Laptop Stolen
Washington Post -
United States - August 9, 2006
... A laptop computer belonging to
the federal Department of Transportation
inspector general's office was stolen last
month, putting the sensitive personal ...
more |
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Shortage has truck drivers fuming
Denver Post - Denver,
CO USA - August 5, 2006
... per truck - far less than the 100 to 300
gallons needed to fill the tank, said Colin
Heupel, safety manager for HVH
Transportation Inc. truckload division in ...
more |
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Transport board proposes changes to fuel
fees
Virginian Pilot -
Norfolk, VA USA - August 4, 2006
.... The US Surface Transportation Board on
Thursday stepped into a simmering dispute
over fuel pricing between the nation's big
freight railroads, including ...
more |
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UPS pilots to begin voting on labor contract
Reuters - USA - August
1, 2006
... NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The
union representing air pilots for package
carrier United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS.N:
Quote, Profile ...
more |
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UPS Freight president to step down
Louisville Business
First - Louisville KY USA - July 31, 2006
... Gordon Mackenzie, who currently serves
as senior vice president and chief operating
officer of the United Parcel Service Inc.
division, will replace Suggs. ...
more |
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Teamsters launch UPS Freight drive
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - July 31, 2006
... Gordon Mackenzie, who currently serves
as senior vice president and chief operating
officer of the United Parcel Service Inc.
division, will replace Suggs...
more |
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Freight index increased in May
eTrucker - USA - July
31, 2006
... transportation industries. The
freight TSI measures for-hire trucking,
railroad freight, inland waterways,
pipelines and air freight. ...
more |
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Senate committee okays transportation bill
Logistics
Management (subscription) - Newton, MA USA -
July 25, 2006
... Also included in the bill was the
Department of Transportation (DOT) supported
amendment restoring the previous DOT
authority over registration of brokers and ...
more |
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UPS, FedEx Receive Federal Subpoenas in
Cargo Antitrust inquiry
Bloomberg - USA - July
15, 2006
... July 14 (Bloomberg) -- United Parcel
Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. received
federal subpoenas for documents as part of a
US Justice ...
more |
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Import and Export Prices Rise in June
123Jump.com - Miami
Beach,FL,USA - July 14, 2006
... June import air freight prices
rose 3.2%, the third consecutive monthly
increase for the index. Prices for import
air freight advanced ...
more |
|
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Battle for additional flights to China about
to take off
Chicago Tribune -
United States - July 11, 2006
... The US Department of Transportation
invited carriers to submit applications for
additional access. At least one carrier will
be ...
more |
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China gives top priority to cargo traffic
growth
Cargonews
Asia - Hong Kong - July 11, 2006
... take a phase-by-phase approach to
opening its aviation market further in the
next few years, with top priority being
given to air freight, government officials...
more |
|
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Transportation industry feels the pinch of
escalating fuel prices
MSNBC - USA - July 10,
2006
... on hauls because more than half
of the rate goes to ... For example, each of
a typical truck's two fuel tanks hold ... To
offset the increase, he says the company has
....
more |
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FedEx pilots like that deal over at UPS
commercialappeal.com
(subscription) - Memphis, TN USA - July 9,
2006
... Their history is also contentious,
including a near-strike in the late 1990s.
... From what he knows of the UPS offer,
FedEx pilot Webb says UPS pilots got...more |
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Cargo industry fatally flawed, mostly
ignored
Bradenton Herald - FL,
United States - July 9, 2006
... 04. Every month, another cargo pilot
was killed. Cargo planes have a strike
against them even before they take to the
air. Many ...
more |
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UPS pilots urged to approve contract
Louisville
Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY USA - July
7, 2006
... The union's executive board and its pilot
negotiating committee unanimously approved
the ... The threat of a potentially
crippling strike by pilots loomed during ...more |
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Rates up, service down, railroad customers
say
Green Bay Press
Gazette - Green Bay, WI USA - July 7, 2006
... Inc., said the Green Bay plant, which
was built for loading and unloading rail
cars, experienced a 200 percent rate
increase. "Now it's all truck," she said...
more |
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Kohl Introduces Railroad Anti-Trust Bill in
Senate
Farm Futures - Carol
Stream, IL USA - July 4, 2006
... industry. Rail mergers and
acquisitions are also exempt from antitrust
law and are reviewed solely by the Surface
Transportation Board. ...
more |
|
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Are Global Supply Chains Too Risky? A
Practitioner's Perspective
TMCnet
(press release) - USA - July 3, 2006
... Another concern are hazardous
materials moving by truck. ... An
appropriate response would be to increase
buffer stocks ... likely have a planned
freight rate in place ...
more |
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Trimming Your Transportation Costs
Multichannel Merchant
- Stamford, CT USA - July 1, 2006
... According to Steve Holmes, spokesperson
for Atlanta-based United Parcel Service,
fuel costs for the parcel carrier were 48%
higher in the first quarter of 2006
...more |
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SCS to sell Jevic, move headquarters to
Georgia
Kansas City Star - MO
USA June 30, 2006
... Bert Trucksess, chairman and chief
executive of SCS, said the sale allows the
company to focus on Saia Motor Freight Line
Inc ... (then called Yellow Corp.) spun ...
more |
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UPS, Pilots Union Reach New Contract Deal
Forbes - USA - June
30, 2006
... Under the Railway Labor Act, the pilots
couldn't strike while under the direction
... The company and its pilot union had been
grappling over pay, pensions, work ...more |
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Hoffa goes for third term at Teamsters
Oakland Press -
Pontiac, MI USA - June 30, 2006
... announced that the union has won a
card-check agreement at UPS Freight, which
will boost the Teamsters' organizing efforts
at the former Overnite Transportation ...
more |
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Teamsters Win Major Agreement at UPS Freight
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA - June 29, 2006
... Meanwhile, UPS has agreed to the
Teamsters' demand to early negotiations for
the 2008 National Master United Parcel
Service Agreement. ...
more |
|
|
UPS, Teamsters agree to get early start on
new contract
Louisville
Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY USA - June
29, 2006
... UPS also has agreed to a card-check
agreement at UPS Freight, providing a major
boost to the Teamsters' organizing efforts
at the former Overnite Transportation
...
more |
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Teamsters say UPS Freight lets union try to
organise
Reuters - USA - June
28, 2006
... have been trying to negotiate an organising agreement with UPS Freight since
last August, when UPS bought the unit,
previously called Overnite Transportation.
...more |
|
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What's 'really new' in supply chains?
Bangkok Post -
Thailand - June 28, 2006
... There is the physical equivalent in
various organizations'' supply-chain setups,
particularly those such as DHL, FedEx and
UPS, which rank among the world's ...
more |
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UPS in deal to carry mail for US Postal
Service
Reuters - USA - June
28, 2006
... NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - United
Parcel Service Inc. (UPS.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) and the US Postal Service have
agreed ....more |
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|
MEXICAN TRUCKS TO ENTER US FREELY?
Free Market News
Network, FL - June 27, 2006
... A US government agency has begun a new
audit to determine if the Bush
administration has resolved inspection
issues that would allow Mexican trucks to
enter ...
more |
|
|
Large-truckload turnover rate drops
eTrucker - USA - June
27, 2006
... The turnover rate for
less-than-truckload line-haul drivers
decreased in the first quarter, to 13
percent from 17 percent in the previous
three-month period. ...
more |
|
|
Research indicates trucking capacity issues
persist
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA - June 26,
2006
... to remain economically sustainable and
increase capacity, Starks ... seen-there
will be more truck drivers available ...
still feel be faced with rate increases and
...
more |
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McPhee's 'Carriers' is transporting
Boston Globe - United States - June 26, 2006
... He reports from the floor of the
sprawling United Parcel Service Worldport, a
4-million-square-foot distribution facility
at the Louisville, Ky., International ... more |
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Senators rip transportation board
Helena Independent
Record - Helena, MT USA - June 25, 2006
... WASHINGTON — Senators blasted the
chairman of the Surface Transportation Board
Wednesday, saying more needs to be done to
strengthen railroad competition and ... more |
|
|
Mineta to Quit As Transportation Secretary
Forbes - June 23, 2006
... By JENNIFER LOVEN , 06.23.2006, 11:36
AM. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta,
the only Democrat in President Bush's
Cabinet, will step down next month. ...
more |
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Fuel Surcharges Help FedEx, Rivals
MSN Money - USA - June
23, 2006
... Companies such as FedEx and United
Parcel Services Inc. have had better luck.
On Wednesday, FedEx trounced Wall Street
projections ...more |
|
|
Central Freight Lines To Complete Merger
With Moyes-Owned Company ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles, CA USA - June
20, 2006
... (RTTNews) - On Tuesday, Central Freight
Lines Inc. (CENF | charts | news |
PowerRating), a less-than-truckload carrier,
announced that it would be completing ... more |
|
|
US air exports, domestic ground parcels set
records in 2005
Bulletin Panama - El
Dorado, Panama - June 20, 2006
... Domestic airfreight and
less-than-truckload traffic, while posting
year-over-year gains, have still not
returned to their all-time highs set in
2000, according ...
more |
|
|
Taking constitutionality of NAFTA to a
higher court
Canada NewsWire (press
release) - Canada - June 19, 2006
... "This threat is illustrated by United
Parcel Service's $160 million USD ($175
million CAD) lawsuit which alleges that
Canada's publicly funded network of post ...
more |
|
|
New Fuel Optimization Service Helps
Truckload Carriers and ...
DirectionsMag.com - Glencoe,IL,USA - June
18, 2006
... help fleet owners offset that increase
by saving ... improve profitability with
advanced freight rate market analysis ...
Truck drivers across the country depend on
the ... more |
|
|
FTR: High freight rates through ‘07
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - June 16, 2006
... Starks predicts trucking rates will
increase an additional 4 ... will continue
to push rate increases in ... Additional
details about truck capacity utilization,
the ...
more |
|
|
Air Exports, Ground Parcels Set Records
DM News - New
York,NY,USA - June 14, 2006
...However, domestic airfreight and
less-than-truckload traffic, while posting
year-over-year gains, have not returned to
their highs set in 2000. ... more |
|
|
US Transportation Rules Changed To
Facilitate Global Commerce
Washington
File - Washington, DC. USA - June 12, 2006
... and use of cylinders that hold dangerous
goods will match international standards
under a final adopted by the Department of
Transportation (DOT) June 12. ...more |
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Know what you're signing, lawyer advises
eTrucker - USA - June
6, 2006
... “For most truckload carriers, these ...
Seaton highlighted a number of circumstances
in which a less than thorough carrier could
face expensive legal problems. ...
more |
|
|
IATA forecasts losses by airlines to hit
$3bn
Gulf Times - Doha,
Qatar - June 6, 2006
... s drive to do away with paper tickets by
the end of 2007 but said governments
remained an obstacle to taking similar
cost-saving steps in the air freight sector
...
more |
|
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National Motor Freight Traffic Association
(NMFTA) Announces
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA - June 3, 2006
... participating in the NMFC. The NCC's
activities are regulated by the United
States Surface Transportation Board. For 50
years, NMFTA ...
more |
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doubt, yes, but hope, too
DC Velocity - North
Attleboro, MA USA - June 2, 2006
... Federal transportation policy-makers
recognize the problem, and indeed the
Department of Transportation has developed a
respectable outline for what a national ... more |
|
|
UPDATE 1-April international air traffic
rises 10 pct -IATA
Reuters - USA - June
2, 2006
... Cross-border air freight, considered a
prime indicator of the health of world
trade, rose 6.1 percent in April on a
year-on-year basis, it said ...
more |
|
|
Costs force UPS to remove cap on fuel
surcharge
Logistics Management
(subscription), MA - May 31, 2006
... UPS will remove its 12.5 percent cap on
the fuel surcharge June 5, spokesman Norman
Black said Tuesday. The company also will
adjust ...
more |
|
|
Proposed rules apt to add costs for air
shippers
MSNBC - USA - May 29,
2006
... The air cargo industry estimates that
about 55,000 tons of freight are shipped
nationwide each day. That translates to 40.2
billion pounds annually. ... more |
|
|
FedEx agrees to pay $780m for Watkins
MSN Money - USA - May
26, 2006
... Last year, UPS bought Overnite
Corporation, a domestic truck company, for
$1.25bn, to challenge FedEx's leadership of
the regional road freight market ...
more |
|
|
Former NASA engineer eases fuel-price
headache for companies
Houston Chronicle -
United States - May 24, 2006
... Companies like FedEx, UPS and Yellow
Freight use thousands of gallons of fuel
each week and price swings quickly cut into
their bottom lines. ...
more |
|
|
Ship It, Ship It Good
Grist Magazine -
Seattle, WA USA - May 23, 2006
... Of course, ground and air freight have
impacts, too. ... What can you do to reduce
shipping's impact? Four things: Avoid air
freight whenever possible ... more |
|
|
Truck industry set for more consolidation
Reuters - USA - May
23, 2006
... For many companies that consolidate
small loads into a single truck -- known as
less-than-truckload, or LTL -- the good news
may be that companies like Old ...
more |
|
|
Watkins, FedEx Mum on Buyout
The Ledger - Lakeland,
FL USA - May 23, 2006
... Watkins, one of the nation's largest
private, less-than-truckload carriers, has
139 terminals across 42 states and Puerto
Rico, according to recent press ...
more |
|
|
VAT: The Most Problematic Tax
The Moscow Times -
Russia - May 23, 2006
... For a number of years now, the share of
VAT in federal revenues has been ... The
Supreme Arbitration Court seems to have been
intending to express the same idea in
...
more |
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Royal Mail 'in talks' with US parcel firms
InTheNews.co.uk - London UK - May 22, 2006
... Royal Mail is allegedly in advanced
negotiations with US parcel groups, the
United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Fedex
Corporation, over plans to set up a ...
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FedEx Is Poised to Buy Watkins
Lakeland Ledger -
Lakeland, FL USA - May 21, 2006
... The less-than-truckload (LTL) leader is
YRC Worldwide, formerly Yellow Freight
Corp., which controls about 30 percent of
the roughly $35 billion LTL market. ...
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TSA Issues New Regulations to Substantially
Strengthen Air Cargo ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - May 18, 2006
... The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) today continued
comprehensive efforts to strengthen air
cargo security by ... more |
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China to become world's sixth largest
Express market by 2010
domain-B -
India - May 18, 2006
... It is very mature, dominated primarily
by UPS and FedEx, followed by DHL and the
USPS. TNT Express meanwhile only has a small
presence in the US market. ...
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Keep on trucking
Oakland Press -
Pontiac, MI USA - May 14, 2006
... For example, at United Parcel Service,
the world's largest package delivery service
that employs more than 200,000 Teamsters,
Hoffa failed to deliver the kind ...
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Utilities lead charge vs. railroads
The Capital Times -
Madison, WI USA - May 12, 2006
... The state and national CURE groups
contend that the federal Surface
Transportation Board, which is part of the
US Transportation Department, has failed to
...
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Railroad fuel surcharges too high?
Brownfield -
Jefferson City, MO USA - May 12, 2006
... Fuel surcharges the topic of discussion
at a hearing conducted by the federal
Surface Transportation Board (STB) on
Thursday ...
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FedEx hopeful of pilot deal soon: exec
Reuters - USA - May
10, 2006
... is not forthcoming, the union would
likely seek to be excused from the talks
hosted by the National Mediation Board, a
step that could lead to strike action....
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Freight indicator rises slightly
eTrucker
- USA - May 10, 2006
... The Transportation Services Index for
freight rose two-tenths of a percent from
February to March, reported the US
Department of Transportation’s Bureau of ...
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a long hard road
DC
Velocity - North Attleboro, MA USA - May 8,
2006
... looked great on paper. Then came the
culture clash. By RICHARD GIBSON. When
United Parcel Service Inc. announced it was
acquiring the Mail Boxes Etc. ...
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Package Deal
Wall Street Journal -
New York,NY USA - May 5, 2006
... Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW - News) is a
$4.2 billion freight transportation and
logistics company with businesses in
less-than-truckload and full truckload ...
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Railroad customers bristle at fuel
surcharges
Reuters - USA - May 5,
2006
... In response to customers' complaints,
the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the
federal regulator that oversees rail rate
and service disputes, will hold a ...
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Fuel fees becoming widespread
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - May 5, 2006
... However, United Parcel Service and FedEx
recently boosted add-on fees for packages
delivered by ground to 3.75% of the shipping
rate from the previous 3.5%. ...
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CSX CEO sees truck diesel allowing '07 price
rises
Reuters - USA - April
19, 2006
... The US Surface Transportation Board (STB)
has called a hearing on May 11 to examine
rail fuel surcharges. Ward said the main
focus ...
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Deal May Avert Pilot Strike at Delta
New
York Times - United States - April 18, 2006
... nearly 6,000 pilots said today they had
reached a tentative agreement a day ahead of
a an arbitration panel ruling that could
have sent the pilots on strike. ...
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CNF Shareholders Approve Name Change to
Con-way
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA - April 18, 2006
... Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW - News) is a
$4.2 billion freight transportation and
logistics company with businesses in
less-than-truckload and full truckload ...
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ATA will defend HOS
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA - April 14,
2006
... The next step is for the interveners--
including NASSTRAC Inc., The Health and
Personal Care Conference, Inc., and United
Parcel Service to file a joint brief ...more |
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Import Prices Drop 0.4%
123Jump.com - Miami
Beach, FL USA - April 13, 2006
... The price index for import air freight
declined 0.4 percent in March following a
2.3 percent increase in February. The
decrease ...
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Rates for overseas shipments to rise next
month: DHL
Business Times -
Malaysia - Malaysia - April 9, 2006
... DHL said rates for sending parcels
overseas through its express delivery
services in Malaysia will increase from May
1. This follows ...
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LTL buyers face an uphill battle
Purchasing.com -
Newton MA USA - April 7, 2006
... Logistics buyers, in general, are not
happy lately and less-than-truckload (LTL)
buyers may be the grumpiest in the bunch.
Some ...more |
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Con-Way goes forward with regional LTL rate
increase
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton MA USA - April 7,
2006
... ARBOR, Mich.—Citing increased operating
costs of operations, Con-Way Transportation
Services raised its rates for regional
less-than-truckload (LTL) network ...
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FedEx Freight Announces General Rate
Increase
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco, CA USA - April 7,
2006
... MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April
7, 2006--FedEx Freight, the
less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX ...
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Trucking scales back 1Q expectations
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - March 31, 2006
... There are indications that first-quarter
earnings of truckload and
less-than-truckload carriers will represent
relatively modest gains compared with the
strong ...
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New study makes the case for changing rail
fuel surcharges
Forbes - USA - March
16, 2006
...The air freight business requires complex
support networks and the business acumen to
match. Being an airfreight carrier means
more ...
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Airfreight Grows Globally
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA -
March 15, 2006
... The "until now" that Roman refers to do
pertains to the Surface Transportation
Board's (STB) announcement yesterday that it
plans to hold a hearing on May 11 ...
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APX Logistics to File for Chapter 11
Multichannel Merchant
- Stamford, CT, USA - March 15, 2006
... Unlike parcel carriers such as FedEx and
United Parcel Service, APX Logistics doesn’t
offer an end-to-end ground service but
instead provides zone-skipping ...more |
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Railroads back on track for freight, profit
Seattle Times - United
States - March 11, 2006
... Atlanta-based shipping giant United
Parcel Service said it has paid out $1.5
billion to "every railroad of consequence in
North America" since the start of ...
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Burns criticizes rail monopoly
Billings Gazette - MT,
USA - March 11, 2006
... "The only sheriff in town -- the Surface
Transportation Board -- charges folks
$102,000 just to file a case and then it is
almost certain that the STB will ...
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IATA reports air freight improvements
Logistics Management
(subscription) - Newton, MA USA - March 8,
2006
... the first time in a year the industry
has seen two consecutive months of growth
above 5%. Middle Eastern carriers showed the
strongest freight growth for ...
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Holes in national security go beyond ports
San Jose Mercury News
- CA, USA - March 8, 2006
... "It is failure across the board ... ...
Surface transportation security got a
C-minus, security of critical infrastructure
a D-minus. ...
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DFW International Airport Named Best Cargo
Airport in the ...
Houston Chronicle -
United States - March 8, 2006
... sq. ft. air cargo, logistics and freight
forwarding center, DFW continues to lead the
industry in new cargo facilities. Trammell
...
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The Tower of RFID Babble
RFID Journal - USA -
March 5, 2006
... Let's say the world's postal service
providers decide to adopt one standard for
the reusable transport containers they use,
and Federal Express, DHL and other ...
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Sky's the limit for carriers
Sun-Sentinel.com -
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA - March 2, 2006
... Air freight within the Americas also
faces special challenges, as manufacturing
soars in Asia and Latin America loses ground
in the global economy. ...
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Airline cargo prices under international
investigation
SupplyManagement.com -
London, UK - March 2, 2006
... UK cargo buyers have welcomed an
international investigation into claims of
an air freight price-fixing cartel. The
Freight Transport ...
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Bad news for buyers: rates to remain high,
capacity low
Purchasing.com -
Newton, MA USA - March 2, 2006
... and retention market remains more
challenging than ever. ... to pay increases
is helping recruit new truckload drivers ...
drop, shippers will see even less capacity
in ...
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Domestic Ground Parcel Shipments on Pace for
Record
DM News - New York, NY
USA - March 2, 2006
... The report also found that domestic
regional less-than-truckload carriers
continued to gain share of the LTL market,
holding 82 percent of shipments as of...
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Overnite to become UPS Freight
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - February 28, 2006
... United Parcel Service is changing the
name of subsidiary Overnite Corp. -- the
holding company for Richmond, VA-based LTL
carrier ...
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Market balanced, but buyers wary of
surcharges and consolidation
Purchasing.com -
Newton MA USA - February 16, 2006
... Capacity for less-than-truckload (LTL)
service is expected to remain balanced going
forward but there is increasing concern from
buyers and shippers that base ...
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Ruling: Some FedEx contractors are employees
eTrucker - USA -
February 8, 2006
... a Teamsters statement. United Parcel
Service, a leading FedEx competitor, is the
single largest employer in the Teamsters
Union ...
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At DHL, no change in plans
Atlanta Journal
Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA -
February 6, 2006
... DHL, long the dominant small-package
carrier outside the United States, was
determined to break into the domestic
duopoly of UPS and FedEx which, together ...
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Trucking businesses struggle to stay in gear
NorthJersey.com -
Hackensack,NJ,USA - February 6, 2006
... move full loads over long-haul routes,
were up 11.1 percent in the 12-month period
ending September 2005, and revenues for
less-than-truckload (LTL) operators ...
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More Freight Moves on US Transportation
System than Previously
Auto Spectator - USA -
January 25, 2006
... Air freight and express delivery are
growing the most rapidly, although air cargo
remains a small and specialized part of
freight activity in terms of tonnage....
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Airport adds weight to freight
MSNBC - USA - January
24, 2006
... duo is headed soon to two international
air cargo conferences to court air shippers:
the March Air Cargo Americas in Miami and
the February Air Freight Asia in ..
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Transportation & Logistics Council to hold
its 32nd Annual Conference
Transportation &
Logistics Council - January 16, 2006
... The 32nd Annual Conference, a joint
conference with the Transportation Loss
Prevention & Security Association, will be
held on April 2nd - April 5th in San
Antonio, TX at the Crown Plaza Hotel....
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Chamber sees for demand, more consolidation
Fleet Owner
(subscription) - USA - January 6, 2006
... GA-based UPS and Overland Park, KS-based
YRC Worldwide (formerly named Yellow
Roadway) all ... competition but at the same
time there will be more freight that can ...
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Panalpina identifies accounting fraud, takes
action against former employee
Logistics Management -
January 5, 2006
... The Panalpina Group, a Switzerland-based
forwarding and logistics provider, said
today its CEO, Bruno Sidler, resigned as a
result of accounting fraud committed by a
Panalpina manager under his watch ...
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Air freight growth seen slowing sharply in
2005
Metro Toronto -
Toronto Ontario Canada - December 29, 2005
... A Federal Express employee moves cargo
containers on the tarmac at Los Angeles
International Airport with two parked FedEx
jets in background in a 2001 file ...
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Mediator declines pilot request to end talks
- UPS
Reuters - USA -
December 28, 2005
...CHICAGO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Package
shipper United Parcel Service (UPS N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that
the federal mediator in charge of ...
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Mediator calls for recess in UPS pilot talks
Louisville Business
First - Louisville KY. USA - December 23,
2005
... The federal mediator in charge of
contract negotiations between United Parcel
Service Inc. and the Independent Pilots
Association ...
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DHL drivers authorize a strike
Tallahassee.com -
Tallahassee FL. USA - December 22, 2005
...Tallahassee DHL contract drivers
represented by the Teamsters union have
authorized a strike against the cargo
transit company in the latest round of a
battle ...
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DHL Announces 2006 Rate Hikes
Multichannel Merchant
- Stamford CT. USA - December 22, 2005
... Following its rival carriers United
Parcel Service, the US Postal Service, and
Federal Express, DHL earlier this week
announced its new rates for 2006. On Jan. ...
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Unlocking the value of TMS in just 15 weeks
MMH.com (subscription)
- Newton MA. USA - December 16, 2005
... The result: LifeWay has spent less on
transportation in 2005 than 2004 despite
contract increases for less than truckload
(LTL) shipments, fuel surcharges and ...
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Shipping contractor Teamsters strike
El Paso Times - El
Paso TX. USA - December 13, 2005
...In the meantime, Mexican trucks are
taking better and better care of their rigs,
data from the US Department of
Transportation showed. ...
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US rules stalling trucks from Mexico
NewsOK.com
(subscription)-Oklahoma City OK,USA-December
13, 2005
... comes at one of the busiest times of the
year for package delivery companies such as
DHL, the nation's third-largest shipper
behind United Parcel Service Inc. ...
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everyone's talking trucks
DC Velocity - North
Attleboro, MA USA - December 2, 2005
... will support critical parts management,
order fulfillment operations, and freight
receiving and ... US Air Force General John
W. Handy, who retired in September...
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Air-Cargo Screening `a Disaster Waiting to
Happen,' Critics Say
Bloomberg - USA -
November 30, 2005
... In the meantime, she said the agency has
begun requiring airline and freight security
workers ... Air-cargo shippers said they
fear the costs will cut into profit. ...
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Distribution Centers Roaring In China
Forbes - USA -
November 30, 2005
..."They are skipping a couple of steps in
the supply chain and doing the same work at
a fraction of the cost," says Bill Zollars,
CEO of Yellow Roadway.
...
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Economy Fuels Up Trucking
Investor's Business
Daily (subscription) - USA - November 18,
2005
... The heavyweight-freight LTL market,
which excludes parcels, generates roughly
$30 billion a year in sales ... Yellow
Roadway alone has 30% of the market, he
says. ...
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UPS details rate increases for next year
Atlanta Business
Chronicle - Atlanta GA USA - November 18,
2005
...United Parcel Service Inc. is raising its
shipping prices in 2006, but it is reducing
its fuel surcharge index. The price hike
includes ...
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UPS pilots threaten to strike, lock-out
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte NC. USA - November 17, 2005
...The Independent Pilots Association has
given United Parcel Service Inc. until Dec.
23 to submit a new contract for union pilots
...
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UPS pilots' union to make 'major
announcement' Thursday
Louisville Business
First - Louisville KY. USA - November 15,
2005
... Independent Pilots Association, the
union that represents United Parcel Service
Inc. pilots, will have a "major announcement
regarding ...
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UPS talks with pilots union to resume Dec.
19
San Diego Union
Tribune - United States - November 9, 2005
... NEW YORK -- United Parcel Service Inc.
will resume contract talks with its pilots
union on Dec. 19, with wage and pension
issues ...
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Reverse Side Of Logistics: The Business Of
Returns
Forbes - USA -
November 4, 2005
... Roadway Reverse Logistics, another 3PL,
handles Hyundai cores--reusable parts for
the remanufacture of transmissions from
Hyundai dealers ...
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Gasoline prices may have eased, but diesel
still has truckers
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