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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, Government

Chicago Manufacturing Index Gains

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region improved this month, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Friday.

December 28, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics, Equipment

Letters to the Editor: CARB Reefer Rules, Old Trucks, Tires & Environment

Regarding your op-ed, “Dealing with California’s Reefer Rules," American Trucking Associations commends the efforts of the California Air Resources Board to conduct national outreach for the first time on its state regulation that will affect the nation’s refrigerated carriers.

December 26, 2007
Business, Government, Logistics

YRC Buying Chinese LTL Firm

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide said late Thursday its logistics unit will pay as much as $75 million to buy a Chinese LTL firm.

December 20, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Fuel

Bush Backs EPA on California Waiver Denial

President Bush defended the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject California’s plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, saying that a national strategy toward climate change is more effective than a state-by-state approach, the Los Angeles Times reported.

December 20, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

NMFTA’s Pugh Resigns as Executive Director

Bill Pugh, executive director and general counsel of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, resigned the post he has held for the past six years, NMFTA said.

December 19, 2007
Fuel, Business, Logistics

UP Lowers Fourth-Quarter Earnings Forecast

Union Pacific Corp. cut its earnings forecast for the fourth quarter, citing higher diesel fuel costs and a delay in recovering its fuel surcharges.

December 19, 2007
Business, Logistics, Safety

Ontario Issuing High-Tech Licenses

The Canadian province of Ontario has issued 15,000 new high-tech driver licenses to help combat identity theft, the Associated Press reported.

December 17, 2007
Business, Government, Logistics

Canadian Trucking Revenue Shows Gain

Statistics Canada said an estimated 3,579 for-hire trucking companies in that country had annual revenues of at least C$1 million in the first quarter of 2007.

December 17, 2007
Business, Logistics

YRC, Teamsters Reach Accord

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters union said late Thursday they have agreed on a new five-year National Master Freight Agreement to replace the current pact that expires March 31.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
December 14, 2007
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

ATA, Con-way Set Holiday Safety Message

American Trucking Associations and Con-way Freight have teamed up to launch a national public service announcement safe-driving campaign for the holiday season.

December 12, 2007