Traffic World articles from April 1997

Traffic World archives from April 1997

An Anti-Trade Idea.
April 7, 1997... The National Civil Aviation Review Commission should dismiss outright any proposal to tax cargo aircraft bound for international points to fund the Federal Aviation Administration. Acting FAA Administrator Barry Valentine floated the...

Back to the Future.
April 7, 1997... Caliber CEO Sullivan predicts profitable Viking unit following downsizing, 'difficult transition time' A sharply downsized Viking Freight unit should be profitable by the fourth quarter following a costly experiment as a multiregional LTL...

More Fatigue comments.
April 7, 1997... Drivers, carriers and safety groups air views at Washington fatigue hearing Vernon Hartzell never has had an accident in his 20-year career as a truck driver and he wants to keep it that way. The driver for Domino's Pizza Distribution in...

Erickson to Head Farm Journal.
April 7, 1997... Publisher of Traffic World, Air Cargo World to be chairman, CEO of agricultural publisher Stanford A. Erickson, head of The Journal of Commerce Inc.'s magazine division and publisher of Traffic World and Air Cargo World, has been named...

LCV Talks Stalemated.
April 7, 1997... Rails say truckers are unwilling to budge from states' rights LCV expansion idea Railroads are rejecting a trucking industry proposal to allow states to decide whether to permit expanded use of longer combination vehicles. Rail...

GAO Questions ITS.
April 7, 1997... Agency cites newness, lack of technical standards, expertise, documentation of cost effectiveness The Department of Transportation's plans to widely deploy Intelligent Technology Systems Face significant but not insurmountable obstacles,...

DOT Salutes USCG.
April 7, 1997... Joint efforts to improve inland waterway safety acknowledged by DOT with 'Hammer Award'. The barge and towing industry and the Coast Guard were honored by the Department of Transportation last week for their efforts to jointly improve...

'A shipper's World' Ends?
April 7, 1997... Trucking rates rising from 'rock bottom'; shippers look to avoid LTL capacity crunch Shippers, enjoying efficiencies of a deregulated marketplace they could only have dreamed about a decade ago, say trucking rates are racheting up to a...

Double-Digit Growth.
April 7, 1997... Landstar Logistics takes high-tech road in linking carrier partners, shippers Landstar Logistics, enjoying double-digit growth with revenue of $136.7 million last year, soon will introduce several technological leaps to try to...

Overnite Transportation Co.(implements Lane Enhancement Act Plan)
April 7, 1997... Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond, Va., the nation's fifth-largest LTL company, has implemented its Lane Enhancement Act Plan, designed to improve service standards on 13,500 lanes. The initial phase was implemented March 15 and was...

The inspector general.(Suburban Parco Corp fined)
April 7, 1997... The inspector general of the Department of Transportation said that Suburban Paraco Corp., a unit of Paraco Gas Corp., Purchase, N.Y., was fined $1 million for falsifying driver logs. The fine is payable in five installments and includes five...

The 1987 North American.(Fleet Directory)
April 7, 1997... The 1987 North American Fleet Directory is available from the American Trucking Associations' Trucking Information Services. It gives information on nearly 40,000 for-hire and private carriers, including Canadian and Mexican carriers. It's...

New England Motor.
April 7, 1997... New England Motor Freight has created a logistics company called the Eastern Group to offer comprehensive nationwide shipping services through a single source. Virtually any kind of transport service ranging from LTL to truckload to container...

Arnold Industries.(stock repurchase)
April 7, 1997... Arnold Industries, Lebanon, Pa., parent of New Penn Motor Express and several truckload companies, said its board has authorized repurchase of up to 1 million shares of common stock out of approximately 26.7 million shares outstanding.

Chevron Products Co.
April 7, 1997... Chevron Products Co.'s global lubricants division, Louisville, Ky., recently presented its transportation excellence award to J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Hunt was the only participating carrier to score in the excellent category last year...

Carbon Express Wharton.(orders Mack trucks)
April 7, 1997... Carbon Express, Wharton, N.J., a liquid bulk transportation company, has added eight 1997 Mack CH models to its tractor fleet. It also is placing an order with Comp-tank, Bothwell, Ontario, to manufacture six fiberglass-reinforced plastic...

The Commercial Vehicle.(Safety Alliance has new training manual avail)
April 7, 1997... The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is selling its "Complete Spanish Field Reference Manual for Public Safety Professionals." The 195-page field manual is accompanied by two audio tapes. It was written by Oregon State Police Senior Trooper...

Roll & Hold Warehousing.
April 7, 1997... Roll & Hold Warehousing and Distribution, a subsidiary of Alternative Distribution System, Homewood, Ill., has opened its newest warehouse and distribution facilities in the Chicago area. It's located in Hammond, Ind., next to Roll & Hold's...

The Los Angeles.
April 7, 1997... The Los Angeles Harbor Transportation Club has named We-R-Drayage of Glendora, Calif., and Phoenix "most active corporation" for last year. David Langrehr, a senior vice president of We-R-Drayage, was named "most active board member" of the...

Georgia Freight Bureau.
April 7, 1997... Georgia Freight Bureau has honored the following carriers for performance -- UPS in air express, Burlington Air Express in heavy cargo, Hub Group as intermodal marketing company, Werner Enterprises in national truckload, Consolidated...

Warehouses Obsolete? No Way!
April 7, 1997... It's not just four walls and a roof anymore as warehouses adapt to changing markets With all the fuss about lower inventories, just-in-time delivery and the "virtual warehouse," it's just a matter of time before the traditional warehouse...

Pack It Right.
April 7, 1997... Zuckerman is a freelance writer based in Amherst, Mass. Randy Bernard helped research this article. Barcoding, sizing, durability key to package preparation in automated warehouses In an automated warehouse environment, a given...

Cost-Effective Trade Zones.
April 7, 1997... USCO contracts with Miami foreign trade zone; sees Miami zone as gateway to Latin America International trade is booming, leaving warehouse operators to figure out how to take advantage of it. One way is through this country's Foreign...

Computers in Fashion.
April 7, 1997... In the warehouse, 'body-worn' computers, barcode scanners may soon be the norm Be sure you like the looks of your next computer. You may have to wear it. Portable computers worn on the arms, wrists, waist or elsewhere are among the...

BNSF's Tough Track.
April 7, 1997... Railroad cites continued struggle to build traffic over UP access rights Around five on a late March afternoon, two Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. locomotives trundle through this town at the eastern approach to Donner Pass...

STB Proposes Arbitration.
April 7, 1997... Recommended by shipper-railroad advisory panel, arbitration could be invoked only if all parties agree Acting on a recommendation of a shipper-railroad advisory panel, the Surface Transportation Board has issued a notice of proposed...

Orris Returns to Intermodal.
April 7, 1997... Former APL, SP executive heads group buying intermodal marketing company ABL-TRANS Longtime American President Lines and Southern Pacific Railroad executive Donald C. Orris, an instrumental figure in the development of the doublestack,...

Union Pacific, Reno at Odds.
April 7, 1997... Reno wants $100 million from UP, far more than the $35 million pledged Union Pacific and the City of Reno have bit a giant snag in plans to build a two-mile long depression to grade separate the former Southern Pacific mainline that runs...

NS, CSX nearing End Of Talks.
April 7, 1997... Final details of division of Conrail expected this week as talks wind down Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. are expected to announce early this week the final details of their partition of Conrail. As negotiations reportedly neared an...

Chilled Pork Windfall.
April 7, 1997... Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan opens market hole for exporters to Japan to fill The sagging export market to Japan should see both an immediate and long-term surge in demand for lucrative refrigerated pork, the result of...

Hyundai Heads to Tacoma.
April 7, 1997... Alternative to Seattle features on-dock rail, dedicated terminal and option for 100 acres Hyundai Merchant Marine signed a 30-year lease last week to move its container operation from Seattle to its first dedicated North American...

Japan Targets Sanctions.
April 7, 1997... High-level talks in Washington seek to delay FMC action until August Japanese officials stepped up their efforts to deflect U.S. sanctions when they met last week with State and Transportation Department officials in Washington and...

Judge OKs Lykes Plan.
April 7, 1997... Continuation of ship subsidies is key to final approval of reorganization Maritime Administration approval to retain federal ship subsidies should be the final hurdle in the sale of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. to Canadian Pacific Ltd....

U.S. Loses $20 Billion in Cargo to Canada.
April 7, 1997... Harbor maintenance tax, lower Canadian rates cited for increase in diverted cargo Nearly $20 billion in U.S. cargo is being diverted through Canadian ports each year, apparently to take advantage of lower taxes and generally lower ocean...

Burlington Picks UP RPS.
April 7, 1997... Hopes to improve utilization by incorporating RPS air traffic into existing operation As anticipated last week, RPS moved its air operation into the hands of yet another new provider, this time Burlington Air Express. The deal seems to...

FedEx Adds 3rd Day.
April 7, 1997... Express Saver product mirrors UPS, makes use of expanding ground fleet FedEx continued to expand the boundries of its express delivery charge with the announcement last week it will add third-day deliveries to its service roster. The...

UPS's International Losses.
April 7, 1997... Losses from international business expected to continued for several years United Parcel Service continues to operate at a loss within its international operations, namely in Europe, and it expects the losses to continue for the next few...

Delta Signs With Boeing.
April 7, 1997... Deal worth $2.6 billion gives Seattle firm a lock on carrier's fleet for 20 years The deal Delta Air Lines inked with The Boeing Go. on March 20 gives the Seattle-based manufacturer a lock on all new aircraft entering the airline's fleet...

MSAS Increases Profit 27%.
April 7, 1997... Stellar performance includes gains in heavy cargo, further expansion MSAS turned a stellar year-end performance posting a 27 percent increase in operating profit to $37.9 million on sales of $1.32 billion. MSAS continues to leverage...

Trans World Airlines.
April 7, 1997... Trans World Airlines Cargo plans to introduce a new service May 1 specializing in urgent medical shipments. The service, coined NFO-Life, will provide specialized handling of such items as human organs destined for transplant surgery and will...

United Parcel Service.
April 7, 1997... United Parcel Service and the independent Pilots Association were scheduled to resume contract talks April 7. PA presented UPS management with a counter-proposal on wages and pension on March 21 which management is reviewing, according to a...

Danzas Canada.
April 7, 1997... Danzas Canada has received ISO 9002 certification for its entire freight forwarding and logistics operation. its U.S. offices are already certified, bringing the total to 40 North American offices with the International Organization for...

BOC Distribution Services.
April 7, 1997... BOC Distribution Services is building a 54,000-square-foot cargo facility, the first phase in a $25.6 million project at Australia's Melbourne Airport. "This initiative will see Melbourne become the air freight capital of Australia. The...

Clarification.
April 7, 1997... Daylight Transport Inc. of Los Angeles, a privately held expedited-delivery LTL carrier, is a separate company in no way connected to DayLight Air, which was formed last April by former executives from American International Freight. DayLight...

Tax Out-of-State Fuel?
April 7, 1997... High cost of diesel fuel in California has truckstops seeking a legislative solution The price of diesel fuel is dropping across the country but that's little consolation for carriers in the state of California. With the federal...

VICS Prepares Retail Standards.
April 7, 1997... Five committees set to offer industry recommendations at annual meeting The five committees of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards organization, a trade association that promotes common standards among industries, are on the...

SonicAir has opened.
April 7, 1997... SonicAir has opened an international warehouse location in Tokyo, as part of its international expansion strategy. The 5,000-squarefoot Tokyo warehouse began operating March 3 with an inventory of 12,000 parts. Sonic plans to expand the...

Fritz Cos. Inc.
April 7, 1997... Fritz Cos. Inc. has won accolades from Xerox Corp. and from ISO certifiers Xerox has awarded Fritz the status of Certified Supplier, the highest level of achievement the manufacturer bestows on a supplier, according to Richard S. Morabito,...

Members of Teamsters.
April 7, 1997... Members of Teamsters Local 890 employed at Dole Foods/Bud Antle voted to ratify a six year extension of their contract to Sept. 15, 2004. The agreement was due to expire Sept. 15, 1998. Voting took place in Yuma, Ariz., and in the Huron,...

Menlo TO Manage H-P warehouse.
April 7, 1997... 800,000-square-foot center will replace 3 existing facilities when opened in June Menlo Logistics Inc. in Redwood City, Calif., will manage Hewlett-Packard Cos largest distribution center, a consolidation of three existing facilities....

CALM to meet in Toronto.
April 7, 1997... 30th anniversary meeting of Canadian logistics group scheduled for May 4-6 Ottawa The Canadian Association of Logistics Management will hold its 30th annual conference in Toronto May 4-6 and for the first time an invitation is going to...

GM Centralizes Steel.
April 7, 1997... Joint venture will build huge Michigan center General Motors Corp. plans to begin building a 575,000-square-foot distribution center for steel products in late May as part of its plan to trim the fat from supplier relations. The new...

Airlines Take Action.
April 7, 1997... Size, complexity of computer systems spur efforts to find 'millennial' solutions Airlines that don't want to have their wings clipped by the Year 2000 problem are working to protect themselves. A few companies already are evaluating the...

Forwarders and brokers.
April 7, 1997... Forwarders and brokers agreed to cooperate with ocean carriers in extending electronic data interchange. The National Customs Broker and Freight Forwarders Association of America agreed to promote the use of EDI guidelines developed by the...

Distribution Sciences.
April 7, 1997... Distribution Sciences, Des Plaines, Ill., and CAPS Logistics, Atlanta, jointly will develop a comprehensive transportation planning software system that runs under Windows NT, the companies announced. DSI provides freight rating, carrier...

Varig Airlines.
April 7, 1997... Varig Airlines purchased $52 million worth of software and services from Unisys designed to help it compete for air cargo with integrators such as Federal Express and improve service to shippers. Under the Virtual Integrator Suite program,...

Teletrac Inc.
April 7, 1997... Teletrac Inc., a regional vehicle tracking system, will expand into nine new markets over the next year, the company said. Its radio-based Fleet Director service will be available in 15 markets. Impetus for the expansion comes from municipal...

Sterling Commerce.
April 7, 1997... Sterling Commerce signed a five-year agreement with Satyam Infoway Private Ltd. of India, which will use Sterling's Commerce Exchange program to set up and sell electronic commerce services throughout India. The company will offer EDI,...

CargoX.
April 7, 1997... http://www.cargox.com Joining the ranks of ActiveX, Generation X and the X-Files is CargoX, a self-described "intelligent shipment marketing" service. Set up by Cargo Exchange, a Roswell, Ga.-based Internet-design firm specializing in...

Worldfreight.
April 7, 1997... http.//www.worldfreight.com Targeting European transportation needs, Worldfreight's seven Lotus Domino databases provide a range of information and services in real-time and for free. The site, run by Worldfreight Technology of Great...

CargoLog.
April 7, 1997... http://www.cargolog.com If you can get past the blinding orange and blue background, you'il find some interesting things in the CargoLog transportation and logistics directory. Operated by CargoLog Internet Services, a designer of...

International Maritime Organization.
April 7, 1997... http://www.imo.org/imo/welcome.htm Like a submarine, the International Maritime Organization's website went under for a long time and could not be found. But it recently resurfaced, much to the relief of everyone who clicked in vain on...

Maps On Us.
April 7, 1997... http://www.MapsOnUs.com This site from Lucent Technologies lets browsers plan their own trip routes on the World Wide Web. The site integrates full-color maps, yellow pages and other information services. You can zoom in and out of an...

Trusted Information Systems.
April 7, 1997... Trusted Information Systems, Glenwood, Md., won approval for its plan to export its RecoverKey-International data encryption technology. The software can encrypt data using 56-bit or 126-bit algorithms. TIS says it is the only company so far...

Air traffic controllers.
April 7, 1997... Air traffic controllers will soon be using an Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch program from Denro Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., that includes flat-panel displays from Planar Systems. The ETVS will allow air traffic controllers to select frequencies...

Amdahl Corp.
April 7, 1997... Amdahl Corp. will supply the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles with client-server software and hardware that will completely upgrade the state DMV's customer service systems. The new computer systems will be installed at 81 sites by the...

Dresser-Rand.
April 7, 1997... Dresser-Rand, Painted Post, N.Y., purchased software from F/Step Software, Tieton, Wash., to manage its inventory. The Finished Goods Series software will help Dresser-Rand control the inventory of service parts and raw materials for its line...

Consolidated Freightways.
April 7, 1997... Consolidated Freightways, Menlo Park, Calif., now offers its routing and service directory through its site on the World Wide Web (http://www.cfwy.com). The customer service guide gives shippers access to the less-than-truckload carriers...

A special report.
April 7, 1997... A special report on the impact of the Year 2000 problem on warehouses is available from the Warehousing Education and Research Council. The report by Dr. Kevin Boberg, associate professor of marketing and transportation, New Mexico State...

Seawav Opens For Year.
April 7, 1997... Binkley is a freelance writer based in Ottawa. Bulkers face lackluster year but self unloaders are sailing The Algocape was the center of attention last week as the first ship to pass through St. Lambert lock at Montreal, kicking off...

Massive slide Blocks Rail.
April 7, 1997... Canadian National mainline to Vancouver closed; CN working to reopen route, site of fatal accident Canadian National Railway was aiming to have its mainline to Vancouver reopened to traffic by April 5, more than a week after a container...

OTAL Calls at Monrovia Again.
April 7, 1997... Carding is a freelance writer based in London. Carrier expects 'modest' traffic at first but new opportunities are emerging OT Africa Line has added a third ship, the Karawa, to its West African containership service, and plans to...

People.
April 7, 1997... Intermodal Margarita Diaz was appointed account executive for Alliance Shippers, managing sales for the territory including El Paso, Texas, and in Mexico for Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua. Diaz was most recently a Southern Pacific account...

Market Report.
April 7, 1997... The national indices fell sharply in reaction to the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike last Wednesday. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted over 200 points but managed to regain some of the lost ground. For the week...

Farewell Thomas.
April 7, 1997... We note with sadness the passing of the Rev. Wilbert Awdry, author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of children's' books. The books, which began as stories told to the parson's children, were based on his own childhood. Awdry attributed...

Hobo Jungle.
April 7, 1997... A movie glorifying the life of rail hoboes has been scrapped after railroads and federal officials threatened the filmmakers with arrest and legal action. According to the Worthy Entertainment production company web site, "Hobo Jungles" was...

Oberstar bashing.
April 7, 1997... Mary Schiavo, the former Department of Transportation inspector general turned author, pulls no punches in her new book. In addition to bashing the Federal Aviation Administration, she zaps Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., an acknowledged aviation...

Airport lockdown.
April 7, 1997... Twenty flights were delayed and nearly 1,000 people evacuated recently from San Jose International Airport after airport security found what appeared to be a handgun in a 6-year-old boy's knapsack. It was a toy pistol, which the cops returned...

Regional, Shortlines Could Be Merged.
April 7, 1997... A proposal to merge the Regional Railroads of America and the American Short Association will Line on the agenda when the ASLA board meets in Washington Earl Durden, ASLA chairman and president of Rail Management & consulting, Panama...