All Entries in the "FREIGHT MANAGEMENT" Category
Dedicated Transport Acquires All Star Transportation
CLEVELAND – / N2N / – Dedicated Transport Holdings, LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, announced yesterday the acquisition of All Star Transportation, Inc., located in Clearwater, Florida and New Castle, Delaware. “The service All Star Transportation provides its customers throughout the country is unique, serving a niche’ market that can be [...]
ATA Joins Suit Challenging California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Arlington, Va. – / N2N / – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) today joined petroleum refiners and other end-users in a legal challenge to California’s recently enacted low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS). The regulation adopted by the California Air Resources Board requires annual reductions in the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel over the next ten [...]
FedEx Names Drew Brees & Chris Johnson Players of the Year
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida – / N2N / – FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and the NFL today announced the winners of the seventh annual FEDEX AIR & GROUND® NFL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR AWARDS at a press conference in South Florida, site of Super Bowl XLIV. Quarterback DREW BREES of the New Orleans Saints was named the [...]
Texas Company Builds Special Containers to Transport Pandas
Dallas, Texas, – / N2N / – Chick Companies, Inc., a leading global provider of packaging and manufacturing logistics solutions, has produced custom-built transport containers for FedEx Express to transport two giant pandas from the United States to China. Working in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and Zoo Atlanta, FedEx Express [...]
2009 Worst Year Ever For Freight Industry
by Thomas Cullen – / N2N / – For more than a year, IATA (International Air Transport Association) has been a source of bad news as the air freight market languished in a savage recession. The latest missive from that body is slightly more upbeat, with CEO Giovanni Bisignani asserting that the “worst is behind [...]
OSI Systems Wins U.S. Government Contract for Cargo Inspection Systems
HAWTHORNE, Calif.- / N2N / – OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronics and services, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded an approximate $25 million contract from the United States Government for the purchase of multiple advanced security screening systems from the Company’s cargo and vehicle inspection [...]
FedEx to Transport Giant Pandas from U.S. to China
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, is donating its logistical services to transport two giant pandas from the United States to China on February 4, 2010. Working in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and Zoo [...]
November 2009 Surface Trade with Canada & Mexico Sinks 2.9 Percent
- / N2N / – Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 2.9 percent lower in November 2009 than in November 2008, dropping to $58.9 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. BTS, [...]
November 2009 Data – U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the November 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports increased by 0.9 percent to [...]
DOT Announces Federal Ban on Texting for Commercial Truck Drivers
– / N2N / – U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of actions taken by the Department to combat distracted driving since the Secretary convened [...]
The Declining State of the 3PL Industry
- / N2N / – Situation: The recession caused many manufacturers to pull their inventories back to the source plant — minimizing the throughput, if not totally eliminating the need for a regional 3PL warehouse or 3PL truck line. The Details: With a decrease in demand, manufacturers are having to do whatever it takes to [...]
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumps 2.1 Percent In December
ARLINGTON, Va., – / N2N / – The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 2.1 percent in December, following a 2.6 percent increase in November. The latest gain boosted the SA index from 106.2 (2000=100) in November to 108.4 in December, its highest level since November 2008. The not [...]
Crowley Cargo Lightering Operation Successful in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- / N2N / – Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), successfully discharged 12 20-foot containers of relief supplies across a beach in Port-au-Prince, Haiti today in an experimental lightering operation. The success of this operation, which involved lifting the containers from a Crowley container ship anchored in [...]
