Traffic World articles from December 2004

Traffic World archives from December 2004

By design.(Editorial)(new look of Traffic World)
December 6, 2004... Welcome to Traffic World. The magazine you are holding or reading online is, on its surface, a new design that represents a new commitment to bring our readers the kind of information they have come to expect from us but in a more lively,...

Shipped today, stacked tomorrow.(This Week)(shipping volumes may turn into a winter inventory management concern)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Maybe all those container ships lined up with goods for the peak season were better off waiting offshore. It looks like a significant share of the fall's huge shipping volumes may turn into a winter inventory management concern after retailers...

Halliwell's departure caps a stormy year for CP Ships, forced to redo its books after an accounting error.(This Week)(Frank Halliwell )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... CP Ships CEO Frank Halliwell resigned Dec. 1, citing differences with directors over the future direction of the liner company. Halliwell's exit caps a stormy year for British-based CP Ships, which was forced to erase $41 million in profits...

USPS: a valued partner.(Express)(United States Postal Service)
December 6, 2004... Innovation may not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of the U.S. Postal Service. However, for the home parcel delivery business, the USPS has been at the forefront of innovation as it has coped with new competition and...

When shippers join: logistics efficiency sought in Sears-Kmart merger as consolidation stretches retail supply chains.
December 6, 2004... Was it inefficient supply chains holding back Sears and Kmart all along? The retail world will find out if a new wave of consolidation brings the kind of logistics efficiency that businesses say they need to compete in a world gone increasingly...

What's in a label? Canadian carriers fear a little known U.S. law waiting for approval could park their trucks.(Government & Regulation)(Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard label)
December 6, 2004... A measure aimed at keeping unsafe Mexican trucks off U.S. roads has ensnared Canadian truckers too. An amendment tacked onto a federal spending bill would effectively erect a hurdle to Canadian trucks looking to carry commerce in the...

Tighter TWIC testing: TWIC tester urges TSA to include criminal background checks on workers in pilot tests.(Government & Regulation)(Transportation Worker Identification Credential, Transportation Security Adminisration)
December 6, 2004... It didn't take Dennis Rochford long to apply for his Transportation Worker Identification Credential. He simply had to fill out a form requesting his name, birth date and other information and wait while the Transportation Security...

Sewing up apparel options: phase-out of international textile quotas offers shippers chance to supply chain cut costs.(Logistics & Technology)
December 6, 2004... Apparel shippers may find the made-in-China label on everything from socks to suits when international textile trade quotas are phased out starting next month, triggering a new wave of imports and supply chain changes. The demise of...

New tool for shippers, brokers: model contract developed by NITL, TIA may smooth negotiations between shippers, 3PLs.(Logistics & Technology)(National Industrial Transportation League, Transportation Intermediaries Association)
December 6, 2004... Contract negotiations may be the least-liked part of a shipper's job, but groups representing shippers and third-party service providers have a model contract that may make the process more palatable. The National Industrial Transportation...

DSC signs Turtle Wax.(Logistics & Technology)(DSC logistics Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Turtle Wax hopes BSC Logistics can put a shine on its supply chain. The car care products maker signed a five-year third-party logistics contract with the 3PL. Chicago-based DSC will manage Turtle Wax's U.S. distribution network. The 3PL...

Speedy holiday returns.(Logistics & Technology)(DHL Airways plans to speed returns through its business-to-residential delivery service)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... DHL plans to use Newgistics' SmartLabel reverse logistics product to speed returns through DHL@home, the company's business-to-residential delivery service. SmartLabel allows customers simply to detach a pre-paid, pre-addressed barcoded label...

Intermodal's chemical dependence: export chemical market driving growth for multimodal tank car shipments.(Special report: fuels & chemicals)
December 6, 2004... Shippers of one of the most lucrative bulk commodities in international trade are using intermodal transportation to save money while allowing their carriers to take better advantage of the fast growing chemicals market. Chemical shipments...

Clean air's trucking costs: truckers say EPA engines will rev up costs but ATA isn't going to ask for a delay.(Trucking)(Environmental Protection Agency)
December 6, 2004... Trucking companies fear an impending federal rule requiring cleaner burning engines will cost them a ton of money but their trade association isn't asking for a delay in the scheduled 2007 start date. The motor carriers know the new...

Ouality's back to basics: renewed emphasis on core business helps tanker operator return profit in third quarter.(Trucking)
December 6, 2004... So much for diversifying. Focusing on its core business is proving more profitable at Quality Distribution even as the tanker truck company still faces cleanup of previous problems. After selling a troubled orange juice business and its...

Federal judge stays UPS decision.(Trucking)(United Parcel Service)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... The way is open for UPS to appeal a federal court decision that it must give hearing impaired workers the same opportunity to apply for positions to drive light trucks as other employees. Judge Thelton Henderson of the U.S. District Court for...

Super Transport sells Carolina Business.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Super Transport of Boca Raton, Fla., recently sold its North and South Carolina businesses to Terminal Trucking of Concord, N.C. Super Transport, a regional LTL, said it plans to focus on freight in Florida and Georgia, leaving the...

Billings opens Tennessee terminal.(Trucking)(Billings Transportation Group)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Billings Transportation Group of Lexington, N.C., opened a 10-door, 5,000 square-foot facility on five acres in Johnson City, Tenn. Billings, an LTL carrier, transports apparel textiles and general commodities along the eastern seaboard and...

New Saia terminals.(Trucking)(Saia, a less-than-truck load carrier, recently opened new facilities)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Saia, a Duluth, Ga.-based/TL carrier, recently opened new facilities in Fontana, Calif., and St. Louis. The Fontana terminal has 75 doors and 7,200 square feet of office space. It also includes a six-bay shop and on-site fuel center. The St....

Rail's commodity crunch: carload shippers predict rate increases will outpace service improvements in 2005.(Rail & Intermodal)
December 6, 2004... There's no let up in sight in demand for rail service and carload shippers are prepared to pay more whether that service improves or not. As with intermodal, carload traffic is soaring in 2004. U.S. railroads set weekly records for total...

BNSF: wall street favorite.(Rail & Intermodal)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Mutual fund managers, with their ability to buy large chunks of stocks, can have great influence on investors. And right now Don Hodges, who co-manages the Hodges Fund, says the rail industry is in the driver's seat. "Our favorite...

CN, UP hook up service: rails say streamlined interchange agreement will cut Chicago congestion, shore up capacity.(Rail & Intermodal)(Canadian National Railway; Union Pacific Railroad)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Canadian National Railway and Union Pacific Railroad will streamline their interchange operations through a new routing protocol that the railroads claim will help to reduce congestion in Chicago and improve transit times for their customers....

BNSF takes tech prize.(Rail & Intermodal)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway placed sixth among InfoWorld magazine's top 100 ranking of technology advancements for its voice train reporting system. The communications system uses locomotive cab radios and cell phones as an...

KCS gets Tex-Mex.(Rail & Intermodal)(Kansas City Southern Railway; Texas Mexican Railway)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Kansas City Southern Railway won regulatory approval of its $33 million purchase of a controlling interest in the Texas Mexican Railway, a 157-mile regional railroad that connects the U.S. and Mexican rail systems at Laredo, Texas. The...

Airlines' ramp up China battle: airlines fight for new cargo flights, Northwest, UPS, FedEx trade barbs.(Air & Expedited)
December 6, 2004... U.S.-China Total Trade September 2004: $21.2 billion Jan.-Sept. 2004: $165.4 billion Source: U.S. Census Bureau The fight over new cargo flights into China is intensifying as a decision nears on the air trading world's newest and...

KLM-Air France start cargo swap: European airline giant's consolidation begins, French and Dutch national carriers see more gains.(Air & Expedited)
December 6, 2004... Air France and KLM are beginning to swap cargo capacity as one of the largest mergers ever in the airline business starts to show benefits to the bottom line. The Air France-KLM Group said combined cargo revenue at the carriers grew 6.5...

Continental's cargo confidence.(Air & Expedited)(Continental Airlines new $20 million handling facility)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Continental Airlines is signaling its confidence in the air freight market, opening a $20 million handling facility at its main hub at Houston's Bush International Airport. After a ribbon cutting Dec. 9, the 120,000-square-foot facility will be...

Airlines face hazmat concerns: report seeks better inspections, enforcement, but airlines wary of new regulations.(Air & Expedited)(hazardous materials)
December 6, 2004... The airline industry is concerned that a new report calling for greater oversight of hazardous materials shipments may trigger more aggressive inspections or new regulations. "Shippers need to be more careful than ever" said an industry...

San Diego's cargo lure: port hopes to draw cargo from crowded neighbors, but fights industrial property developers.(Maritime)
December 6, 2004... Freight defeated football not long ago at the Port of San Diego. That put a few points on the board for cargo in the ongoing battle for industrial waterfront property and boosted San Diego's efforts to compete against larger neighbors. ...

Halifax aims at Asia: dredging prepares port for larger container ships sailing from China to Canada via Suez Canal.(Maritime)
December 6, 2004... Nova Scotia's Port of Halifax is digging its way to China. By dredging its two container piers to a depth of 56 feet, the port hopes to attract larger vessels carrying Chinese goods. The key link between eastern Canada and China may be...

IMO targets pirates.(Maritime)(International Maritime Organization )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Facing growing attacks from pirates in one of the maritime world's most critical trading lanes, the International Maritime Organization says it will convene a "high-level" conference next year on safety and security in the Straits of Malacca...

Driving traffic to Portland.(Maritime)(automakers sign new lease agreements)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Toyota Logistics Services gave the Port of Portland some badly needed good news as it started moving into its new 95-acre auto import receiving and processing site at the Oregon port's Terminal 4. Toyota signed a 15-year lease agreement for the...

SEKO.(Mike Iannacchione, SEKO Air Freight Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... SEKO named Mike Iannacchione vice president of strategic clients. Iannacchione, a former national accounts director under SEKO's previous owners, most recently was director of national accounts for Pilot Air Freight. Tom McIntyre was named...

CP Ships.(Jeff Drake appointed)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... CP Ships named Jeff Drake vice president of intermodal and logistics. Drake had been vice president of logistics, a position he moved to earlier this year after serving as vice president of corporate planning. In addition, CP Ships restructured...

Tucker Co.(Edward I. Bongard appointed)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Tucker Co., a freight management brokerage firm, hired Edward I. Bongard as a logistics service group representative. Bongard previously worked for Marshall Associates and Sears in management positions.

The Cargo Airline Association.(Julia Krauss appointment)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... The Cargo Airline Association named Julia Krauss director of government affairs. A former professional staff member for the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, she also has been director of legislative affairs for the...

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association.(Rick Bowden, Dean Aden, Ed Marsh appointments)( )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... The National Motor Freight Traffic Association announced its newly elected board of directors and National Classification Committee: Chairman, Rick Bowden, vice president of Traffic & Pricing at New England Motor Freight; and Chairman of the...

Venable LLP.(Michael G. Roberts, Ashley IN. Craig)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Venable LLP, a Washington-based law firm, announced that Michael G. Roberts, a prominent maritime attorney, and Ashley IN. Craig have joined the firm. Roberts most recently served in the Washington office of St. Louis-based Thompson Coburn LLR...

Old Dominion Freight Line.(Den Acero, Chris Jones, Skipp Feldmann promoted)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Old Dominion Freight Line promoted several employees in its pickup-and-delivery operations. Den Acero, dock supervisor in Rialto, Calif., was promoted to P&D area supervisor; Skipp Feldmann, a 10-year industry veteran who joined Old Dominion a...

Panalpina Ocean Freight.(Raymond Tsang appointed)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Panalpina Ocean Freight, a business division of Panalpina World Transport, named Raymond Tsang head of regional product management FCL for North America. Tsang has worked for Panalpina for nearly 20 years and was most recently head of product...

Ryder System.(Jennifer Thomas appointed)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Ryder System appointed Jennifer Thomas senior vice president of human resources. Thomas, a 20-year veteran of human resources, was a senior vice president at Right Management Consultants where she provided human resources and organizational...

Saia.(Tom Gilmore appointed)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Saia named Tom Gilmore terminal manager of its Minneapolis facility. Gilmore is a 30-year transportation industry veteran.

Pilot Air Freight.(Joe Perez promoted)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Pilot Air Freight promoted Joe Perez to director of ground transportation. Perez joined Pilot in 1996 and during his tenure with the company has served as Canadian operations manager and manager of the ground network. He will oversee Pilot's...

Dayton Freight Lines.(Rich Reif )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Dayton Freight Lines appointed Rich Reif account manager at its Akron, Ohio, service center. Reif most recently was a logistics consultant with Distribution Data.

Watkins Motor Lines.(Greg Taylor, Paul Frankline, Karen Johnson promoted)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Watkins Motor Lines announced the following promotions: Greg Taylor to linehaul manager in Sacramento, Calif.; Paul Frankline to line-haul manager in Los Angeles; Karen Johnson to account executive in Seattle; Jeff Ammerman to breakbulk manager...

TW calendar.(traffic world)(Calendar)
December 6, 2004... DECEMBER 6-7. World Mail & Express Americas Conference & Exhibition (Triangle Management), Miami. +44 149 467 8000 or www.triangle.eu.com. 8. 13th Annual International Supply Chain Conference (Atkins International), Berlin. (800)...

Logistics seminars & courses.(Calendar)
December 6, 2004... DECEMBER 5-7. Operations Research in Railroads: Challenges and Opportunities (workshop) (RASIG/INFORMS, -Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern, and CSX railroads), Fort Worth, Texas. (609) 419-9800 or www.informs.org or...

National & Regional Averages: Nov. 29.(Update)(Illustration)
December 6, 2004... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] National & Regional Averages: Nov. 29 United States $2.116 East Coast $2.141 Midwest $2.086 Gulf Coast $2.053 Rocky Mountain $2.171 West Coast $2.233 Source: U.S....

Discounts to logistics companies.(Q & A)(Column)
December 6, 2004... Q: In light of the investigation by [New York State Attorney General] Eliot Spitzer of insurance brokers who received commissions from insurers without disclosing them to policyholders, I have a question related to the trucking industry. ...

Railed.(The Back Page)(Rep. Ernest Istook's transportation policy)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... RAILED. Rep. Ernest Istook of Oklahoma isn't winning many friends among his fellow Republicans. When 21 House Republicans wrote a letter to the member of the House Appropriations Committee supporting $1.8 billion in funding for Amtrak, Istook...

The horror.(The Back Page)(Transcomp meeting)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... THE HORROR. Sad to see at the Transcomp meeting in San Antonio what has happened to carrier-shipper relations. The meeting of the shipper group's rail committee fell apart when, as seen on videotape, an angry phosphate shipper threw a cup at...

Capacity.(The Back Page)(Transcomp)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... CAPACITY. Speaking of Transcomp, one broker's solution to capacity problems is to have shippers "pre-pay freight." Quipped Jerry Ulm of RHC Logistics, "Santa Claus is on his way."

Bridesmaid revisited.(The Back Page)(Ellen Engleman Conners does as a bridesmaid )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... BRIDESMAID REVISITED. We're anxious to see how Ellen Engleman Conners does as a bridesmaid in the wedding of the stepson of future former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta. As astute readers know, Engleman Connors is head of the National...

Danger.(The Back Page)(air travellers behavior)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... DANGER, Neil Melly of Canada had a tough day at LAX. Not allowed to buy a one-way ticket to Australia at the airport, he tore off his clothes, ran onto the tarmac and jumped into the wheel well of a taxiing Qantas 747. Melly was pulled away and...

What they mean: we've had the pleasure in recent weeks of witnessing meetings in which carriers, logistics providers and shippers have come together to exchange views and seek common ground.(Editorial)
December 13, 2004... Yet, as uplifting as such sessions have been, we can't escape the feeling that the different sides of the transport and logistics industry don't really understand one another. That's why we've created a handy translation sheet to help...

DOT's budget shrinks.(This Week)(Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... If the Department of Transportation's 2005 budget is any indication, highway bill advocates will have to fight for every dollar next year. Congress approved the fiscal year 2005 DOT budget in the $88 billion omnibus spending bill. DOT saw...

That jingle in the air this week isn't sleigh bells--it's the sound of money being spent on Christmas trees.(This Week)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... That jingle in the air this week isn't sleigh bells--it's the sound of money being spent on Christmas trees. Yuletide tree sales will top $800 million this year for the first time since 2001, if projections based on a Wirthlin Worldwide/Harris...

Nationalized railroads?(Commentary)
December 13, 2004... The fighting in Iraq could have a profound effect on U.S. railroads and rail shippers if upcoming rail labor talks fail. Combat overseas and the domestic war on terrorism complicate the current round of bargaining. Most major railroads and...

Con-Way changes drivers: Doug Stotlar takes wheel after Jerry Detter resigns, regional LTL giant eyes new directions, opportunities.(Cover Story)
December 13, 2004... Gerald L. Detter, the former dockworker who rose to lead Con-Way Transportation Services, is departing the trucking industry after 40 years, leaving shippers wondering what direction Con-Way, one of the most profitable trucking operators, will...

Shippers see red on C-TPAT: NIT League objects to proposed changes to Customs program, sees liability, other problems.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)(National Industrial Transportation)
December 13, 2004... Potential changes to one of the country's most popular anti-terror programs may send shippers running from the security effort. The National Industrial Transportation League told the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in a sharply...

Murder suspects arrested.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... The arrests of four people in the murder of an International Brotherhood of Teamsters member in El Salvador--shortly after a congresswoman's visit spearheaded by the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO--has not put to rest the doubts of some labor...

Kerik tapped for DHS: the White House's Homeland Security nominee is largely an 'unknown' to transport industry.(Bernard Kerik)(Department of Homeland Security)
December 13, 2004... The Department of Homeland Security will move into the new year focused heavily on freight transportation and led by a new secretary with little experience with commercial logistics. Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is...

Thompson hits food chain: stark warning comes as FDA launches new requirements on food transport.(Tommy Thompson)(Food and Drug Administration)
December 13, 2004... While regulators of the nation's food supply chain were focused on security in one area, they took a broadside from an unexpected direction. After announcing his resignation Dec. 3, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson told...

Unions seek Mineta intervention: labor groups blast UP's Mexico inspection bid, accuse FRA of being 'too close' to railroads.(Federal Railroad Administration)(Union Pacific Railroad Co.)(Norman Mineta)
December 13, 2004... Unions are asking the transportation secretary to keep the Union Pacific Railroad from using Mexican workers to inspect its trains entering the United States from Mexico. "[G]iven the alarming rise of accidents involving UP and renewed...

Virtually filling facilities: E*Fill America requires warehouse operators to share stakes to share shipper business.(Logistics & Technology)
December 13, 2004... John Oren is taking a page from trucking's playbook to help smaller warehouse operators compete with larger logistics providers for shippers' freight. His warehouse-based logistics company, E*Fill America, seeks to make distributed...

Big Blue's next billion: combining technology, consulting services, IBM signs pacts worth more than $1 billion.(Logistics & Technology)
December 13, 2004... Will technology giant IBM leverage its acquisitions of Maersk Data and DMdata beyond Scandinavia into broader realms of third-party logistics? That question was answered Dec. 1 when IBM announced contracts worth more than $1 billion with...

Freeport using Provia.(Logistics & Technology)(Freeport Logistics)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Phoenix-based Freeport Logistics is implementing order management and warehouse management software from Provia Software at its Phoenix facilities. Provia's FourSite will help Freeport offer such services as Internet-based order fulfillment and...

Yankee Group adds Fontanella: firm hires supply chain authority, RFID veteran to meet shipper need for supply chain services.(Logistics & Technology)
December 13, 2004... The Yankee Group Boston is muscling its way into the market for supply chain management and logistics consulting. The communications and networking consulting firm recruited John Fontanella, former vice president of supply chain services at...

Studying Latin American logistics.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... An alliance between logistics educators seeks to focus corporate energies on real-world challenges of shipping goods and managing supply chains in Latin America. "It is through the industries that we want to offer competitiveness to the...

CLI launches LTL web forum.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Carrier Logistics launched a Web forum where transport professionals can exchange ideas, information and opinions on diesel fuel costs, driver safety, traffic congestion and other LTL industry issues. "We see it as a place where people in...

Manhattan 'momentum' in China.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, last month opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, kicking off the expansion by hosting a "Momentum China" conference for supply chain clients, business partners and local companies. Part of a move...

Domestic partners.(Logistics & Technology)(On Time Express)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Largely domestic New York-based forwarder Associated Global Systems is using a partnership with On Time Express to set up links to China. AGS will use the joint agreement to establish a presence to nine regions in China that links to air...

Reversing inventory management: growth of reverse logistics trade triggers backlash as retailers put technology to work on customers.(Special report: reverse logistics)
December 13, 2004... A customer walks into a store to return a steam iron. He later returns three more because after waiting 20 minutes they failed to heat. On the fourth return a clerk notices that the irons automatically shut-off after five minutes if they are...

Electronic cost barriers: mandating use of electronic onboard recorders would worsen driver shortage, boost costs, truckers say.(Trucking)
December 13, 2004... Tomorrow's trucks may come equipped with electronic onboard recorders and other advanced technologies--but there may be fewer companies that can afford them and fewer truckers willing to drive them. In that case, shippers no doubt will wind up...

Werner wins HOS exemption.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration formally gave Werner Enterprises a two-year exemption from maintaining paper records for its drivers' hours just two days after the agency stopped taking comments on the use of electronic onboard...

Tank truck carriers ask delay: impact of fingerprint-based background checks for hazmat drivers will be too severe, NTTC says.(National Tank Truck Carriers)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... The national trade association representing the tank truck industry is asking the Transportation Security Administration to delay implementing rules that will require fingerprint-based background checks for drivers who want a hazardous...

Tonnage slipped in 'short' October.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... National truck tonnage dipped slightly in October from the previous month, according to the American Trucking Associations. The ATA's advanced seasonally adjusted truck tonnage decreased by 0.4 percent to 157. Compared with October of 2003, the...

Finding trailer space: railroads, leasing companies struggle to market free-running trailers where limited demand exists.(Rail & Intermodal)
December 13, 2004... Finding a way to make use of 50,000 45- and 48-foot intermodal trailers will be one of the biggest challenges of the rail industry in 2005. With 53-foot trailers and containers fast becoming the standard piece of intermodal equipment,...

Fired up rail leasing: CSX's foray into short-term equipment leasing proving to be a winner for chemical shippers.(Rail & Intermodal)
December 13, 2004... CSX's year-long struggle to keep its railroad running above water has not prevented it from making believers out of shippers who thought railroads were too big, too slow, and too expensive to move their freight. Over the last two years,...

Norfolk Southern raises spending: NS capital expenditure, budget for 2005 $128 million over $810 million last year.(Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Norfolk Southern, one of the nation's top performing railroads, plans to spend $938 million on capital improvements in 2005, a 15.8 percent increase over its 2004 budget of $810 million. The total includes $671 million for roadway projects and...

CP gets smart.(Rail & Intermodal)
December 13, 2004... Canadian Pacific Railway installed "smart" technology near track outside Vancouver, B.C., that can predict failure in wheel bearings based on distinct sounds emitted by distressed bearings. CP says the technology, called Trackside Acoustic...

ACI hits stop sign: venerable air cargo trucker halts linehaul, files bankruptcy, eyes possible sale of assets.(Air Cargo Inc.)
December 13, 2004... AirCargo Inc. insists it has plans to revamp its business model under bankruptcy protection but many in the air freight industry say they already are looking beyond the one-time mainstay of the airport-to-airport trucking delivery market. ...

Vitoria's perishable additions.(Air & Expedited)
December 13, 2004... With a special focus on perishables, Spain's Vitoria International Airport is finding more cargo carriers and their forwarder customers willing to look beyond Europe's main gateways. The airport added Air Canada and FedEx to its flight list...

UPS eyes China domestic: Express service agreement gives UPS control of international centers, desire for more.(Air & Expedited)
December 13, 2004... World trade liberalization is moving express competition in China to another level. UPS is eyeing a stake in China's domestic express market after signing an agreement with longtime Chinese partner Sinotrans to take control over much its...

SITA, Cargolux join: delays associated with shipment handoffs are major targets for new joint technology venture.(Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... SITA and Cargolux Airlines International are jointly launching a company aimed at crafting a common information technology platform for the air cargo industry. The new company, forged through the merger of SITA subsidiary SITA Cargo (UK)...