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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

Business, Logistics

Contrans’ Third-Quarter Income Rises

Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund’s third-quarter was C$11.4 million, or 40 cents per unit, up from C$9.1 million, or 32 cents, a year ago.

November 10, 2008
Fuel, Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Clean Energy Acquires Las Vegas CNG Stations

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has agreed to transfer ownership of five Las Vegas public compressed natural gas fueling stations to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Clean Energy said Friday.

November 7, 2008
Business, Government, Logistics

Navistar Plans Production Cuts at Ontario Plant

Navistar International Corp. will scale back production and could lay off as many as 500 workers at its Ontario, Canada, truck plant, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.

November 6, 2008
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Mullen’s Third-Quarter Income Slips

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday its third-quarter profit slipped to C$36.2 million, from C$38 million a year ago, while earnings per unit held at 45 cents.

November 6, 2008
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Expeditors’ 3Q Income Improves

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its third-quarter net income rose 15% to $85.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.3 million, or 34 cents, a year ago.

November 4, 2008
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Falls Another 20¢ to $3.088

Diesel fuel’s national average pump price continued its almost four-month decline, dropping 20 cents to $3.088 a gallon, the Energy Department said Monday.

November 4, 2008
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

TransForce Reports Lower 3Q Income

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its third-quarter net income slipped to C$26.5 million, or 31 cents per unit, from C$28.5 million, or 33 cents, a year ago.

November 3, 2008
Business, Logistics

Truck Tonnage Growth Slows

Growth in U.S. truck tonnage slowed significantly in September as the national economy contracted during the third quarter, and a major freight-matching service said last week the spot market for truckload service fell well below year-ago levels as the fourth quarter got under way.

November 3, 2008
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

NTSB Adds EOBRs to ‘Most Wanted’ List

The National Transportation Safety Board has added mandatory use of electronic onboard recorders to its annual list of “most wanted” safety reforms.

October 31, 2008
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Maritime Commission to Challenge SoCal Ports’ Trucks Program

The Federal Maritime Commission voted to seek a court order to stop parts of the southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach’s clean trucks program, the Associated Press reported.

October 30, 2008