Traffic World articles from February 2004

Traffic World archives from February 2004

Veto power.(Editorial)
February 23, 2004... Shippers and carriers be surprised to learn that their concerns don't really fit into the White House list of issues that are most pressing for the United States today. What's important, White House spokesman Scott McClellan's recently...

Shipper responses to HOS changes.(Commentary)(hours-of-service laws)
February 23, 2004... Growing up we all learned to expect consequences from our actions. The same lesson applies as we examine the new hours-of-service changes and the response of shippers to stop-off price increases by carriers. The much anticipated rate...

Tucker company.(Paid Advertisement)(Advertisement)
February 23, 2004... Founded in 1961 after purchasing one of seven remaining truck broker licenses in America, Tucker Company focused on heavy haul freight and project management. Today, Tucker is a full-service third-party freight management firm specializing in...

Hazardous proposals; threat of terrorism spurs regulations that critics say could decrease safety and cripple the supply chain.(Cover Story)
February 23, 2004... One hundred per second. That's how fast people could die if a terrorist were to blow up a tank car full of chlorine. If that attack took place in Washington, D.C., it could create a cloud of gas covering a 14-mile radius encompassing the...

OAS promotes hazmat security.(Organization of American States)(hazardous materials regulations)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Air cargo security has a new proponent--the Organization of American States, the international organization representing 35 nations in North, Central and South America. With the Federal Aviation Administration, OAS co-sponsored a...

Bush builds road block; veto threat has sides scrambling for funds, votes in highway bill face-off.(Washington)
February 23, 2004... President Bush made transportation's massive highway bill the "first test" of wills over his 2005 budget, threatening to veto a $318 billion spending plan that already has been approved by the Senate. The U.S. Senate voted 76-21 for a...

Teamsters vote Kerry.(Washington)(John F. Kerry)(International Brotherhood of Teamsters)(Alliance for Economic Justice)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Democratic presidential aspirant Sen. John F. Kerry, D.-Mass., had more than a primary victory to celebrate in Wisconsin last week. He won the backing of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and 18 other unions in the Alliance for...

Cargo stowaways II; new calls for tighter cargo security after three men wrapped up on freighter.(Washington)((Markey, Ed))(DHL Airways Inc.)
February 23, 2004... Backers of tougher air cargo security screening seized on the industry's second stowaway incident to press Congress for more stringent oversight of goods moving by air. "What if they were three terrorists?" said Coalition of Airline...

Saving by postponing: manufacturers and retailers that live by forecasts find a lean supply chain can live on postponement.(Logistics)
February 23, 2004... What has mixing paint got to do with cutting inventory and improving customer service? Retailers customize paint in the store by blending different colors according to each buyer's needs. In other words, they push customization to the end of...

Expensive labeling ahead; a major cost item in the food industry supply chain is in the offing under Congress-mandated USDA rules.(Logistics)
February 23, 2004... Do you know where your salad has been? Do you care? The Department of Agriculture does. USDA is in the process of implementing a new law designed to givFe consumers better information about where food comes from. It has proposed a...

Optimizing by acquiring: supply-chain software buys into growth as major vendors consolidate.(Technology)
February 23, 2004... The world of supply-chain software providers is getting smaller as the players get bigger. RedPrairie's acquisition of Europe's LIS was the third acquisition of a warehouse management system provider in the past two months and financial...

$220 and counting: RFID payoff comes from improved shipment tracking, lower inventory costs, reduced theft: Bearing Point.(Technology)(BearingPoint Inc)
February 23, 2004... If you've been wondering what RFID technology might mean to your bottom line, one company has an answer--$220 in savings per container, and perhaps more. The benefits of radio frequency identification can exceed that amount as use of the...

Global eXchange Services.(acquires HAHT Commerce)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Global eXchange Services, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based electronic data interchange provider, completed its acquisition of HAHT Commerce, a demand-chain management software provider. GXS, is a subsidiary of GXS Corp. and GXS Holdings.

UPS CampusShip.(available in an additional 22 countries and territories and 16 languages created by UPS Logistics Group)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... UPS CampusShip now is available in an additional 22 countries and territories and 16 languages. The Web-based software allows shippers to ship and track packages from any computer with Web access. Users also can track shipping histories and...

ALK Technologies.(released its ALK/Fleet-Suite Tolls module for toll calculation, collection and reconciliation)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... ALK Technologies released its ALK/Fleet-Suite Tolls module for toll calculation, collection and reconciliation. The software will help carriers determine whether it is more cost-effective to take a toll route or not. The Princeton, N.J.-based...

Continental Express.(Maptuit's Fleet-Nav Directions, a route optimization tool, and FleetNav Alert, a fleet reporting tool, to manage its fleet of 500 vehicles)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Continental Express is using Maptuit's Fleet-Nav Directions, a route optimization tool, and FleetNav Alert, a fleet reporting tool, to manage its fleet of 500 vehicles. The Little Rock, Ark.-based truckload and logistics company integrated...

The U.S. Air Force.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The U.S. Air Force is using an artificial intelligence-based scheduling tool from ARINC Engineering Services for depot maintenance and logistics. The tool, based on Opti-Time, a package scheduling software solution from Delia Systems of...

Lawson Software.(added Lawson Budgeting and Planning to its retail software line)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Lawson Software, St. Paul, Minn., added Lawson Budgeting and Planning to its retail software line. The software provides retail specific planning calendars; the ability to adjust expenses when there are short-term sales turndowns;...

Third-party logistics provider Kuehne & Nagel acquired an equity stake in Global Freight Exchange, an air cargo reservations system, at the end of 2003.(extends contract with GF-X)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Third-party logistics provider Kuehne & Nagel acquired an equity stake in Global Freight Exchange, an air cargo reservations system, at the end of 2003. The company also extended its contract with GF-X for an additional four years and will...

Cargo Transporters.(extends contract with Qualcomm)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Cargo Transporters, a truckload dry van freight carrier, extended its contract with mobile communications provider QUALCOMM. Cargo Transporters, an OmniTRACS customer since 1993, will continue to use the system for its fleet and will beta...

AIM.(The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility.)(Automatic Identification Manufacturers Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... AIM, the global trade association for the automatic identification industry, expanded its charter to emphasize mobile computing and radio frequency identification. The organization also had a proposed name change to reflect its expanded...

Intermec Technologies.(a vehicle-mounted computer integrating radio frequency identification and Bluetooth technology with a wireless base station has introduced)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Intermec Technologies introduced a vehicle-mounted computer integrating radio frequency identification and Bluetooth technology with a wireless base station. Called CV60, the system "eliminates the need for an external base station to...

Neopost.(a new mail feeder system called VersaFeeder released )(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Neopost, document handling and mail management system provider, introduced a new mail feeder system, the VersaFeeder. VersaFeeder works with the SI92 tabletop folder inserter system and enables easy inserting of a wide variety of mail pieces...

The Neiman Marcus Group.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The Neiman Marcus Group will use ShipNow software for parcel shipping. The Web-based software "will enable Neiman Marcus to centralize its outbound parcel shipping operations while adding new tracking features," said a ShipNow spokesperson.

NOR-AM Cold Storage.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... NOR-AM Cold Storage is using fulfillment software from Delfour at its refrigerated warehouse facility in LeMars, Iowa. The SmartEnterprise suite includes the SmartEnterprise Foundation, a platform, and the following modules: WarehouseLogic, a...

Distribution software.(Aperum released FACTS 7.4)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Distribution software provider Aperum released FACTS 7.4, its latest version. The new software includes new activity-based costing tools, improved contract pricing administration and tools for better managing inter-branch transfers, said a...

Avoiding the dragon's bite; companies sourcing in China must carefully balance logistics, production costs.(Logistics report: sourcing)
February 23, 2004... Congratulations, shipper. By shifting manufacturing to China you've cut production costs 35 percent. Too bad your logistics costs shot up 150 percent. Those figures are hypothetical but trade experts warn that it is increasingly...

Dollars & sense: currency trends can affect sourcing decisions, but supply chain managers must balance short-term benefits, long-term costs.(Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.)(Volvo Logistics Corp.)
February 23, 2004... The declining value of the U.S. dollar in world markets may be pulling some manufacturing once sent overseas back to the United States. Although manufacturers say they don't change sourcing strategies on a dime, they say exchange rates can...

Bonded and broken? Owner-operators ask DOT to raise broker bond from $10,000 to up to $500,000; TIA disagrees.(Trucking)(Robert A. Voltmann)
February 23, 2004... The Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association is asking the Department of Transportation to raise the bond required of transportation brokers from $10,000 to $300,000 to $500,000. The current limit has been unchanged since 1977. "The...

SCS buys Clark in Midwest.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... SCS Transportation, Kansas City, Mo., the nation's eighth-largest LTL concern, bought Clark Bros. Transfer, Norfolk, Neb., a Midwestern LTL carrier operating in 10 states, for $31.5 million, including a $6 million debt assumption. SCS...

Vitran gets "intense": Vitran expands search for acquisition for Southwest regional LTL partner.
February 23, 2004... Psst. Got a $50 million to $100 million nonunion LTL regional carrier for sale? The Southwest region is preferred but the Southeast might be okay too. If so, contact Vitran, the Toronto-based transportation and logistics firm that is looking...

Penalties for pallets? NASSTRAC says NCC's "mixed" classification proposal penalizes shippers, would increase shipping costs.(Trucking)(The national small shipments traffic conference)
February 23, 2004... What weighs more, a ton of bowling balls or a ton of Ping-Pong balls? The answer may have troubling dimensions for shippers of mixed freight. The National Small Shipments Traffic Conference and the Health and Personal Care Logistics...

CN's strike schedule? Labor issues could throw wrench in CN intermodal operations if CAW strikes.(Rail & Intermodal)
February 23, 2004... Canadian National Railway's finely tuned rail operations were in danger of being thrown off schedule last week by a threatened strike of its Canadian Auto Workers employees. Chances of a strike being called were termed "very good." ...

Shippers fear car shortages.(Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... A strike by the Canadian Auto Workers union against Canadian National Railway could be particularly harmful to forest products shippers that use both CN's general merchandise and intermodal equipment, a shipper warned. In addition to...

Langdon dies at 99: pioneered use of market research in ratemaking, headed B&O, Rock Island, Penn Central railroads.(Rail & Intermodal)(Obituary)
February 23, 2004... Jervis Langdon Jr., whose innovative use of market research revolutionized the way railroads set rates during his five decades in the transportation industry, died at his home in Elmira, N.Y., on Feb. 16. He was 99. Langdon was one of...

Forwarding's new alliance: World Freight Alliance led by Pilot Air Freight is a global alliance for independent forwarders.(Air & Express)
February 23, 2004... The forwarder alliance circle just got bigger. The new player is the World Freight Alliance led by Pilot Air Freight. The Lima, Pa.-based company formed the alliance for independent forwarder that want to stay independent. The idea is...

Ready, aim, fly.(Air & Express)((Crystal, Billy))(Air Line Pilots Association)
February 23, 2004... Starting this month, cargo pilots may apply for training to Carry handguns aboard planes but it's unclear how many choose to fly armed. Airline Pilots Association Legislative Director Jim Shilling, himself a cargo pilot, said that will...

Franchises are vital; Vital Express follows franchise route, plans nationwide same-day delivery service.(Air & Express)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Vital Express founder Dan Boaz hopes what's good for the fast food industry is good for fast freight. He plans to expand his small same-day delivery business from its West Coast base using the franchise model pioneered by companies such as...

S&P says ok: FedEx buy of giant Kinko's get S&P all clear, express delivery company taken off watch list.(Air & Express)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Like the reluctant father of a bride, Standards & Poor's has reconsidered its initial negative reaction to FedEx Corp.'s $2.4 billion acquisition of Kinko's and given its blessing. Many analysts balked at FedEx's rosy predictions of...

US Airways slips back; cargo business is slipping as US Airways tries to downsize, restructure way back to financial stability.(Air & Express)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... US Airways reported a $98 million loss in the fourth quarter, an improvement over the $794 million lost at end of 2002 as it struggled through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but still enough to have analysts questioning the airline's...

Dragonair added a fourth freighter to its cargo fleet.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Dragonair added a fourth freighter to its cargo fleet. The 747-200F will begin service for the Hong Kong-based airline in the middle of 2004. Dragonair officials cited increasing demand as the reason for expanding the fleet. From 2002 to...

Varig Log, the freight arm of Varig Brazilian Airways, joined the Global Freight Exchange cargo booking portal.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Varig Log, the freight arm of Varig Brazilian Airways, joined the Global Freight Exchange cargo booking portal. The carrier noted some of its forwarders already belong to GF-X, which allows them to make electronic cargo bookings. Varig Log...

Manna Freight Systems joined the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.(Manna Freight Systems)(The Mendota Heights)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Manna Freight Systems joined the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. The Mendota Heights, Minn.-based forwarder completed the required self-assessment of corporate security procedures necessary to participate in the program....

Cargolux Airlines International.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Cargolux Airlines International increased its service from Luxembourg to Istanbul. The new flight flies on Tuesdays, giving Cargolux a third flight to Turkey in addition to its existing ones on Thursdays and Saturdays. From Istanbul the...

United Airlines added service on three international routes.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... United Airlines added service on three international routes. It now has direct, daily flights between Chicago and Osaka; Washington, D.C.'s Dulles International Airport and Buenos Aires; and Chicago and Zurich. The Osaka and Buenos Aires...

Pilot Air Freight opened a facility in Honolulu.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Pilot Air Freight opened a facility in Honolulu. The office is Lima, Pa.-based Pilot's first in Hawaii. Pilot plans to serve the U.S. military, trade show and home delivery industries in the state.

Seko Worldwide opened an office in Manchester, England, the second office it has opened in the United Kingdom since November.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Seko Worldwide opened an office in Manchester, England, the second office it has opened in the United Kingdom since November. Itasca, Ill.-based Seko said the Manchester office will help it access the electronics and pharmaceutical industries.

DHL and Lufthansa Cargo will fly five new, shared international routes beginning in March.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... DHL and Lufthansa Cargo will fly five new, shared international routes beginning in March. The companies expect shippers to benefit from quicker transit times between markets in the United States, Asia and Europe. Lufthansa officials said the...

Lufthansa Cargo began transforming its Frankfurt Airport freight hub into the new "Security Hub Frankfurt.".(Lufthansa Cargo AG)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Lufthansa Cargo began transforming its Frankfurt Airport freight hub into the new "Security Hub Frankfurt." Lufthansa is reworking its two-square-kilometer site to install a new surveillance system and to add new physical barriers such as...

Boeing and Nippon Cargo Airlines signed an agreement for the purchase of three 747-400 freighters.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Boeing and Nippon Cargo Airlines signed an agreement for the purchase of three 747400 freighters. The order is worth approximately $600 million, according to Boeing. Boeing plans to deliver the planes in 2005 and 2006. Nippon Cargo plans to...

KLM Cargo took delivery of the last of three 747-400 freighters from Boeing.
February 23, 2004... KLM Cargo took delivery of the last of three 747-400 freighters from Boeing. Dubbed "Oranje," the plane will fly routes between Amsterdam and eastern Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong and Osaka, Japan. KLM named each of its three new...

Seefried Properties and EGL Eagle Global Logistics signed a 15-year lease at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Seefried Properties and EGL Eagle Global Logistics signed a 15-year lease at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Atlanta-based Seefried will build the facility, its second cargo facility at O'Hare in the past six months. The...

Portland, Ore.-based Conducive Technology introduced software to help the air cargo industry manage flight schedules.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Portland, Ore.-based Conducive Technology introduced software to help the air cargo industry manage flight schedules. Called Pathfinder-CD, the software links flight schedule software with the internet. It allows users to update flight...

Pooling chassis: VIT to manage chassis for shipping lines; chassis pool concept could be model for other ports nationwide.(Maritime)
February 23, 2004... Mention intermodal chassis and container shipping executives groan. For years they've tried to free themselves of the cost, liability and hassle of supplying chassis to carry containers to and from U.S. ports. A new program in Virginia could...

Buying by Vector.(Vector Menlo Shipper's Association)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Menlo Worldwide is pooling maritime expertise across its three companies--and their combined buying power--into a single unit, the Vector Menlo Shipper's Association. Shippers won't be members of the VMSA, which will be a management unit...

A shipping consortium plans to expand service between Europe and South America this summer, offering fixed-day service between major ports three times a week.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... A shipping consortium plans to expand service between Europe and South America this summer, offering fixed-day service between major ports three times a week. Hamburg Sud, Alianca, CMA-CGM, HapagLloyd and NYK and P&O Nedlloyd said they would...

SeaWolf Security Group.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... SeaWolf Security Group, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will conduct a pilot port security program for the Port of Key West, Fla. SeaWolf will patrol the port's harbor and waterways with security boats and specially trained security operators. "SeaWolf...

Maritime security consulting firm SeaSecure will perform port vulnerability assessments and develop security plans for the Trinidad and Tobago's port facilities.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Maritime security consulting firm SeaSecure will perform port vulnerability assessments and develop security plans for the Trinidad and Tobago's port facilities. The assessments and security plans, required by the International Maritime...

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.(People Watch)(Kishor Pendse appointed)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems named Kishor Pendse vice president and general manager of wheel end and business process. Pendse most recently was vice president and general manager of Bendix's charging business team.

Industrial Transport.(appointment of senior official)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Industrial Transport, an on-site freight trailer switching and yard management logistics provider, appointed Mattie Harris executive vice president and chief operating officer. Harris, a 12-year transportation veteran, most recently was vice...

Air Transportation Stabilization Board.(People Watch)(executive director named)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The Air Transportation Stabilization Board named Michael Kestenbaum executive director. Kestenbaum was the first financial analyst hired by the ATSB after its creation. Prior to joining the AFTSB, he was an analyst in the investment research...

John B. Hayhurst, president of Boeing Air Traffic Management and senior vice president of The Boeing Co., will retire April 1 after 33 years with the company.(People Watch)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... John B. Hayhurst, president of Boeing Air Traffic Management and senior vice president of The Boeing Co., will retire April 1 after 33 years with the company. Hayhurst, 56, joined Boeing in 1969 and has led the business unit ATM since it was...

Pittsburgh Logistics Systems.(People Watch)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Pittsburgh Logistics Systems promoted CFO Bob Dunn to executive vice president and COO. Vice President of Operations Jack Goisse was promoted to senior vice president of logistics.

OIA Global Logistics.(People Watch)(Oregon International Airfreight Co.)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... OIA Global Logistics, an international freight forwarder and logistics provider, named Leo Provencher vice president of strategic accounts. Provencher will be based in Asia and will be responsible for interfacing with current OIA...

Total Logistics Control.(People Watch)(appointment)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Total Logistics Control named Matt Luckas vice president of supply-chain services operations. Luckas, a 25-year industry veteran, most recently held sales and operations management positions with Ryder Transportation Services.

British Airways Regional Cargo.(People Watch)(general manager appointed)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... British Airways Regional Cargo, the extended joint venture between British Airways World Cargo and Dunwoody Airlines Services, appointed Marlin Ratcliffe general manager for regional operations. Ratcliffe, who has more than 34 years of air...

UniSpot.(People Watch)(brand manager appointed)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... UniSpot, a manufacturer of industrial spot cooling systems, appointed Earl Strauther brand manager. Strauther, a 20-year veteran of sales and marketing, has been with Unico, UniSpot's parent company, since 2000. He will continue to serve...

Airbus North America.(People Watch)(Robin Wohnsigl appointed)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Airbus North America announced that Robin Wohnsigl will be president and CO0 of its customer service division starting this spring when current President and COO Clyde Kizer will retire. Wohnsigl comes to Airbus from Virgin USA where he was a...

CombineNet.(People Watch)(Mike Trist appointed)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... CombineNet, a Pittsburgh-based company specializing in technology aimed at helping large companies with strategic sourcing, hired Mike Trist, former supply-chain director for Visteon, as vice president of business development. Trist is an...

Bob Grawien, vice president of application development at Schneider National, was named one of the business world's "Premier 100 IT Leaders" by IDG Computerworld.(People Watch)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Bob Grawien, vice president of application development at Schneider National, was named one of the business world's "Premier 100 IT Leaders" by IDG Computerworld. Grawien, who joined Schnieder in 1999, has more than 20 years of strategy,...

Watkins Motor Lines.(People Watch)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Watkins Motor Lines announced several new hires and management changes, led by the hiring of Jim Turner as an account executive at the Columbus, Ohio, terminal. Jim O'Connor was promoted to terminal manager at the Orange County, Calif.,...

Flight Safety International.(People Watch)(appoints Glenn Moses)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... FlightSafety International named Glenn Moses director of government relations. Moses is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel.

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 23, 2004... FEBRUARY 22-24. Supply Chain Forecasting Conference (Institute of Business Forecasting), Phoenix. (516) 504-7576 or www.ibf.org. 23-24. 2004 ARTBA Legislative Conference (American Road & Transportation Builders Association),...

Logistics seminars and courses.(Calendar)
February 23, 2004... FEBRUARY 23-27. Preparing Hazardous Materials for Transportation by Multiple Modes, Initial Training (Dangerous Goods Advisory Council), Orlando, Fla. (800) 634-1598 or www.dgac.org. MARCH 2-June 1. CSULB, Global Logistics...

Doe diesel price index.(Update)(Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Doe Diesel Price Index (cents per gallon) Regional Prices for Monday, February 16 REGION 5* 178.9 REGION 4 155.4 REGION 3 152.4 REGION 2 154.4 REGION 1 160.2

Freight volume index.(Update)(Cass Freight Index)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The Cass Freight Index is an indicator of industrial shipments based on more than $8 billion in annual freight payables processed by Cass Information Systems. More than 1,500 shippers with volumes ranging from $50,000 to $500 million...

Mileage rates.(Q & A)(Interview)
February 23, 2004... Q: We recently engaged a third-party logistics firm to help us handle the millions of dollars of freight that we ship annually. My concern is to make sure this firm represents us effectively and professionally and in that context a problem...

Spilled.(The Back Page)(chicken blood spill)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The toughest spill of the month came in North Forsyth, Ga., where a tanker truck carrying, oh, let's just say it, chicken blood spilled its load onto a road. Authorities say the presence of Salmonella is so strong that it all but entirely...

Porky.(The Back Page)(financial grant to University of Akron)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... You can talk about the $90,000 federal grant to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and the $50 million to build an indoor rain forest in Iowa, but our favorite "special project" in the last round of spending Congress passed in January was $500,000 for...

Revolutionary.(The Back Page)('Colonial Time')(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The United States and Great Britain certainly enjoy what many call a special relationship despite recent tensions on the foreign policy front. But it's not helping matters that some Brits are now calling across the Atlantic and referring to...

Highways.(The Back Page)(South Carolina's senator blocked Truck Rental and Leasing Association's provision)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... The Truck Rental and Leasing Association may have the nicest acronym in town--who can argue with TRALA?--but that didn't help them when Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., blocked a TRALA-backed provision on vicarious liability from getting into...

Grounded.(The Back Page)(Pennsylvanian representative's opinion on FedEx official)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Pep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., gave a big welcome to FedEx founder Fred Smith at a recent House committee hearing but then took it all back. He told Smith that FedEx Ground President CEO Daniel Sullivan is "the real reason you're so successful."...

Securely screened.(Editorial)(Cargo screening)
February 15, 2004... It appears that the process for screening criticism of cargo security needs some work. After launching a politically charged broadside over the processes and plans for ensuring the safety of supply chains, House Democratic Leader Nancy...

Truckers' hour of anger: mailed threat highlights driver ire at regulations, groups fear backlash against trucking.(Cover Story)
February 15, 2004... Who is "Fallen Angel" and why is he or she mailing ricin to the White House and perhaps the Senate? No one really knows but in two threatening letters containing ricin sent last year, "Fallen Angel" claimed to be the owner of a tank truck...