Traffic World articles from February 2004

Traffic World archives from February 2004

Roadable, reliable.(Editorial)
February 2, 2004... "Roadibility" is one of those transportation words delicious in simplicity but charged with division and conflicting interpretations--like "discount" or "delivered." We suspect that the Department of Transportation didn't so much end years...

Consider Kinko's footprint.(Commentary)
February 2, 2004... FedEx's decision to acquire Kinko's for $2.4 billion raised two main questions: First, what is the value of Kinko's stores and copying business to FedEx's core transportation/logistics business? Second, is the purchase price too high? The...

The week.
February 2, 2004... "What is smart for a railroader doesn't get it done in trucking." --Donald Broughton, trucking analyst for A.G. Edwards & Sons, St. Louis, on why the Union Pacific-Overnite combination didn't last. 11 The 1980s was the era of big...

Breaking up, moving up: UP-Overnite split ends cross-mode alignments, Overnite's Suggs "pretty bullish" without railroad ties.
February 2, 2004... The view of an economic recovery from Leo H. Suggs' boardroom is a lot clearer without a railroad in the picture. Not that the chairman and chief executive officer of Overnite Transportation doesn't give full credit to the support the Union...

DOT to start chassis inspections: chassis owners, not truckers, responsible, DOT says, launching inspections of intermodal equipment.(The Department of Transportation will launch a chassis inspection program)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The Department of Transportation will launch a chassis inspection program that puts responsibility for intermodal chassis safety squarely on the shoulders of equipment owners--not truckers. The inspection program was announced Jan. 26--less...

Blurred highway vision: Senate staffer says TEA-21 faces extension, funds are lacking in deficit-laden budget.(Washington)
February 2, 2004... Congress has barely gotten back on the road but the highway bill already is being sent to an off-ramp. A key congressional staffer says the legislators were already looking to tack another extension onto the stalled six-year Transportation...

Now, security's hard part: transportation security reaching turning point, needs "systematic" approach, strong leadership.(Washington)
February 2, 2004... When anthrax-laced letters were traced to a mail-handling facility at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in 2001, John Porcari discovered how difficult preventing terrorism by improving transportation security was going to be. "It...

Retailers in the dark: big retailers seek more control over inbound freight, better information faster, shipper survey finds.(Logistics)
February 2, 2004... After all the effort put into improving supply-chain visibility, learning the status of a shipment is child's play, right? Not in the retail industry. Retailers are being blindsided by inadequate information oil incoming shipments and many...

Clarification.(Correction Notice)
February 2, 2004... In the Jan. 19 Traffic World, the article "Double Check" suggested that authors of a report on a survey of chemical industry officials believe that many executives are not adequately aware of the industry's Responsible Care shipping program....

Logistics commandos: the military's newest 90-day wonder is a team of logistic experts sent to Iraq on a pilot program.(Logistics)
February 2, 2004... Call them the Special Forces of logistics, elite units of logisticians that go battle to support war fighters. Such a unit was dispatched to United States Central Command in mid-January 2004 as part of a pilot program. The U.S. military...

Freight consolidator.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Freight consolidator and 3PL I.T.N. of Miami established a subsidiary in Panama named I.T.N. of Panama and opened a full-service logistics center in the Panama Free Trade Zone. The center has 16,000 square feet of cargo handling and storage...

LeMars, Iowa-based NOR-AM.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... LeMars, Iowa-based NOR-AM Cold Storage installed Delfour's SmartEnterprise third-party logistics and fulfillment software suite at its 225,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in LeMars. NOR-AM provides logistics and value-added services to...

European Union competition.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... European Union competition authorities cleared British recruitment and logistics firm Hays Plc's sale of part of its logistics arm to U.S. buyout firm Platinum Equity. Hays is shedding its noncore businesses to become a pure personnel firm and...

Morton, Ill.-based Caterpillar.(signed a long-term logistics services agreement with Bombardier Aerospace)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Morton, Ill.-based Caterpillar Logistics Services signed a long-term logistics services agreement with aviation product company Bombardier Aerospace. Cat Logistics will provide various warehousing services, information systems and inventory...

Alliance Logistics, the Midland.(opened a new load control center in Midland)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Alliance Logistics, the Midland, Mich.-based provider of managed transportation services to the bulk plastics industry, opened a new load control center in Midland. The company said the facility will house the company's bulk plastics operation...

The year of RFID: China launches own RFID standards effort changing Year of Monkey into Year of Technology.(Technology)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc)(Metro Group (Germany)
February 2, 2004... China is throwing its manufacturing muscle behind radio frequency identification, adding impetus to the development of RFID while stirring uncertainty about its future. As major retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores and Germany's Metro Group...

Technology report: RFID or bust; RFID gains momentum worldwide as big retailers, U.S. military require shippers to adopt technology.
February 2, 2004... What do Wal-Mart, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Chinese government and mad cow disease have in common? The answer is radio frequency identification technology, fast becoming the hottest technology topic for 2004. Wal-Mart and DOD...

'These companies rocked!' Werner, Heartland, Knight kick off earning's season with healthy start; results reveal tight capacity.(Trucking)(Werner Enterprises Inc., Heartland Express Inc. and Knight Transportation Inc.)(related articles: Hello, CRST Malone; Real-time HOS estimates; Big truck fatality rate drops)
February 2, 2004... The earlier trucking companies report their quarterly earnings the better, trucking analyst Donald Broughton figures. After all, he says, nobody ever restated quarterly earnings to add profits. "Earnings releases are not like fine...

Richer Systems Group.(Richer Systems Group)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Richer Systems Group, a Calgary, Alberta-based provider of fleet management software, said Salem NationaLease, Winston Salem, N.C., a NationaLease affiliate, implemented its Enrich Transportation Management System. Salem will use Enrich TMS to...

Vexure, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based.(reported 2003 revenue of $83 million, 22 percent higher than its 2002 revenue of $68 million)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Vexure, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based parent of Stonier Transportation Group and four other businesses, reported 2003 revenue of $83 million, 22 percent higher than its 2002 revenue of $68 million. "In two short years, we've nearly doubled the...

Vanliner Insurance, Fenton, Mo.(provides moving and storage insurance)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Vanliner Insurance, Fenton, Mo., marked its 25th year as a provider of the industry's first specialized moving and storage insurance. The company was founded by United Van Lines in 1978 in response to insurance availability and cost issues that...

Rails adding A+B: shippers are concerned that Internet-speed railroad pricing will come at a higher rate.(Rail & Intermodal)
February 2, 2004... Canadian National Railway and CSX are betting that fast pricing will translate into brisk business. Undaunted that they are turning to the Internet years after other modes created web-based pricing and operations programs, the railroads...

Picking up steam: railroads close out 2003 with strong results, see fuel pricing clouding 2004 outlook.(Rail & Intermodal)
February 2, 2004... An economy picking up steam fed growing profits in the fourth quarter at three of four major railroads reporting financial results. The economic growth fed worries about rising fuel prices in 2004, however. North America's biggest...

Losses "not sustainable": cargo provides little relief for ailing U.S. airlines but Southwest has 10.6 percent cargo revenue increase.(Air & Express)
February 2, 2004... Cargo failed to provide much lift for struggling airlines last year. Most American combination carriers reported heavy losses, with cargo revenue largely flat as the airlines failed to see much of the recovery coursing through the rest of the...

Gibson to leave United: cargo chief announces plans to retire as airline reports 16.1 percent decline in cargo revenue.(Air & Express)(Roger Gibson will retire as vice president for cargo at United Air Lines Inc)
February 2, 2004... The same week United Airlines' cargo division posted a 16.1 percent year-over-year loss in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2003, the division's head announced he would step down. Roger Gibson will retire as vice president for cargo at...

FedEx, UPS v. DHL: express carriers say non-U.S. airlines will flood domestic market if citizenship ruling stands.(Air & Express)
February 2, 2004... Pressing their citizenship case against DHL's subservice airline in the United States, FedEx and UPS formally asked the Department of Transportation to reject a judge's recommendation and bar AStar Air Cargo from flying domestic service. ...

Dangerous seas: piracy rising as murders, attacks mount; incidents raise concern about terrorism.(Maritime)(statistical data included)
February 2, 2004... The officers of the tanker Penrider were among the lucky. The pirates who took them hostage after boarding their ship last summer didn't kill them but released them after getting a ransom. Twenty-one other mariners weren't so lucky and were...

Transpacific container lines.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Transpacific container lines are gearing up for a year of strong Asia-U.S. trade growth in 2004-05, said the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement. The TSA cited a Drewry Shipping Consultants prediction of total world container traffic of 87.1...

Georgia Ports Authority.(started construction of Container Berth Eight at the Port of Savannah)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Georgia Ports Authority started construction of Container Berth Eight at the Port of Savannah. The new facility will offer more than 9,800 feet of berthing space, said the GPA. Construction will take an estimated 24 months to complete. Also,...

The European Commission.(wants to keep shipbuilding subsidies)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The European Commission wants to keep shipbuilding subsidies until March 31, 2005. The EC sent a proposal to the European Parliament that would keep in place subsidies that amount to 6 percent of the contract value for building container ships,...

SeaSecure completed a maritime security risk assessment of Florida's ports as part of what the state calls an effort to create a comprehensive maritime security program for Florida's 14 deep-water ports.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... SeaSecure completed a maritime security risk assessment of Florida's ports as part of what the state calls an effort to create a comprehensive maritime security program for Florida's 14 deep-water ports. The Florida Ports Council says the...

Dutch shipping giant P&O Nedlloyd will refinance 14 vessels in the German KG market within the next few months.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Dutch shipping giant P&O Nedlloyd will refinance 14 vessels in the German KG market within the next few months. The legal title of the vessels will come under the management of Reederei Blue Star in Hamburg but the ships will be operated by P&O...

The Port of Greater Baton Rouge, La.(launched a new weekly short-sea shipping service )(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The Port of Greater Baton Rouge, La., launched a new weekly short-sea shipping service for containers via barge to the Port of New Orleans. This regular service is scheduled weekly to facilitate demand from local industry. Osprey Line operates...

Kitty Hawk.(People Watch)(Toby Skaar promoted to vice president)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Kitty Hawk promoted Toby Skaar to vice president and chief operating officer for Kitty Hawk Cargo and Kim Wiemuth to vice president of Team Resources & Corporate Communications. Skaar has more than 20 years experience in cargo logistics. He...

Transportation Marketing & Communications Association.(People Watch)
February 2, 2004... The Transportation Marketing & Communications Association named new members of its advisory council: Mike Fielden, president of supply-chain service for Pacer Global Logistics; Stan Friend, vice president of corporate sales for Roadway Express;...

Kom International.(People Watch)(appointed Alan Taliaferro president and chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Kom International, a supply-chain consulting firm, appointed Alan Taliaferro president and chief executive officer. Taliaferro has more than 17 years of experience at Kom. in addition to projects in North America and Europe, Taliaferro...

J. Martin Schroder, founder and former president and chief executive officer of Martinair Holland, was named the recipient of the 2004 Hall of Fame award by the International Air Cargo Association.(People Watch)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... J. Martin Schroder, founder and former president and chief executive officer of Martinair Holland, was named the recipient of the 2004 Hall of Fame award by the International Air Cargo Association. The award will be presented during the...

GeoLogistics.(People Watch)(appoints Alex Leivici as a chief executive officer )(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... GeoLogistics, the Calif.-based global forwarder, named Alex Leivici chief executive officer of its Americas division based in Santa Ana, Calif. Leivici, who has more than 25 years of experience in logistics and forwarding, most recently was a...

Omni Logistics.(People Watch)(appoints John W. Jackson as a executive vice president)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Omni Logistics, a 3PL and freight forwarder in Hackettstown, N.J., named John W. Jackson executive vice president. Prior to joining Omni, Jackson held a variety of senior executive positions in logistics, bulk trucking, specialized trucking and...

U.S. Exporter Competitive Maritime Council.(People Watch)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The U.S. Exporter Competitive Maritime Council announced its officers for 2004: Chairman Greg Gowans, Alstom Power; President James Cook, Black & Veatch; Vice President Dan Novakovich, Air Products; Secretary Thomas Griffin, Transoceanic...

Watkins Motor Lines.(People Watch)(Watkins Motor Lines announced several new hires and management changes)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Watkins Motor Lines announced several new hires and management changes, led by the hiring of Thomas Collins as the LTL carrier's first director of marketing. Collins is an eight-year marketing professional. The company promoted Neil Becker to...

Kennedy to replace Moffitt.(People Watch)(Keith Kennedy Jr. replaced Donald Moffitt as chairman of CNF Inc)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Keith Kennedy Jr. replaced Donald Moffitt as chairman of CNF Inc. as Moffitt closed out a career that began at the trucking company nearly 50 years ago. Moffitt, 71, retired last month as chairman of the $5.1 billion transport giant, the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 2, 2004... FEBRUARY 1-4. 2004 Distribution and LTL Carriers Association Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (214) 378-9902. 2-4. Reverse Logistics Conference & Expo (Revenue Logistics Trends). For aftermarket supply-chain service providers. Las...

Update.(diesel price index)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
February 2, 2004... DOE Diesel Price Index (cents per gallon) National Average--159.1 January 26, 2004 REGION 5 * 163.9 REGION 4 155.4 REGION 3 155.8 REGION 2 156.4 REGION 1 163.6 Regional Prices for...

Missed delivery to cruise ship.(Q&A)
February 2, 2004... Q: We are a company that services cruise line ships. Normal deliveries are truckloads; the trucks meet the ships at the piers while they are in port to disembark and embark passengers. Often the window of time to link with the ship is short...

TEA time.(The Back Page)(Halliburton Highway Paving Inc.)
February 2, 2004... One highway lobbyist has come up with a sure way to get the White House to sign off on the full funding for TEA-21, the massive roads and infrastructure bill tied up in Congress. Four words: Halliburton Highway Paving Inc.

Honk.(The Back Page)(airport manager honks to scare away elks when planes are landing)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Gary Cox has some of the odder responsibilities in the airport world as airport manager of Kentucky's Big Sandy Regional Airport. When planes are landing, he rushes his pickup truck along the runway, honking his horn to scare away the many elk...

Close.(The Back Page)(Shuttle America passengers landed few miles away from the airport)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Shuttle America, a regional flier for USAirways, came painfully close to getting passengers from Pittsburgh to the University Park Airport a couple of weeks ago. But they landed at the Mid-State Regional Airport, just a few miles away. A...

Typed.(The Back Page)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The online group Edge.org started the year by asking scholars, writers and other people with time on their hands to dream up some new universal truths. You know, like Murphy's Law. We like the one from John Maddox, the longtime editor of Nature...

Universal.(The Back Page)
February 2, 2004... We'd like to offer out own little universal law of commercial shipping. Every discount is paid for in another way, but never in a way the accounting department cares about.

Named.(The Back Page)(FedEx's new managing director of global communications is named Martin Liptrot)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... FedEx's new managing director of global communications is named Martin Liptrot. Seriously. Their new PR person is named Liptrot.

Solved.(The Back Page)(assaults against rail workers)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... South African Transport and unionized workers at the rail service have come up with a series of solutions to ongoing assaults against rail workers by irate commuters angered by late and canceled trains. None of the solutions, near as we can...

Afghans.(The Back Page)(U.S. military opens up air space through Afghanistan for commercial airlines)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... The U.S. military is opening up air space through Afghanistan for commercial airlines. Quick, a show of hands of everyone who could sleep knowing they're flying over Kandahar.

Rhetoric, reality.(Editorial)
February 9, 2004... There is a heavy load of new transportation spending in the White House's federal budget for the next fiscal year as long as you look outside transportation. You'll find it where you'll find most of the nation's attention these days, on...

Technology could prevent rail collisions.(Letters To TW)(Letter to the Editor)
February 9, 2004... On Nov. 15, 2003, a little-noted collision occurred between two freight trains near Kelso, Wash., in almost the identical location of a far more disastrous head-on collision between Burlington Northern and Union Pacific freight trains a decade...

Roadibility 'Home Run'.(Letters To TW)(Letter to the Editor)
February 9, 2004... Regarding your Feb. 2 editorial, "Roadable, Reliable," your observation that "The transfer of freight should not be accompanied by the off-loading of accountability" is a flat out home run. It sharply and concisely addresses the issue. The...

Digging in on highways: GOP infighting over highway legislation has hardened with the $521 billion deficit.(Republican Party)(Cover Story)
February 9, 2004... The drive to pass an expansive project-packed highway bill ran full speed into a roadblock this month--the $521 billion budget deficit. Alarmed by the magnitude of the deficits projected for 2005 and years to come, budget hawks want to slice...

Index seen aiding transport.((Zamowitz, Victor))(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Transportation has been called the invisible industry but a new economic indicator aims to throw light on transport's role in the economy. The Department of Transportation's Transportation Services Index will "add considerably to what we...

Shifting pension strategies: UPS backs off LTL's 'temporary holidays,' seeks long-term stability in pension funding.
February 9, 2004... UPS is splitting from unionized trucking in the fight to stabilize pension funding and achieve greater control over billions of dollars in pension liability. The world's largest transportation company isn't backing the Pension Stability...

Doing less with less: DOT takes a hit in administration budget, as transport spending shifts toward DHS.(Washington)
February 9, 2004... Just days after Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta told an aviation industry group about plans to triple the U.S. aviation system's capacity in the next 15 to 20 years, the White House released its budget showing a 13.6 percent cut in the...

Out of the big box: smaller retailers are using logistics services to combat the efficiencies of "big box" sellers.(Logistics)(OfficeMax)(Intrix Systems Group Inc)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc)
February 9, 2004... The office products industry offers much more to 3PLs than stationery. Large retailers such as Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples have used supply chain efficiency to carve out a dominant market position for themselves. Now, some smaller...

Technology boom.(Logistics)(Wholesalers and distributors will spend on technology investments )(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Wholesalers and distributors will spend more than $80 billon on technology investments through 2008, according to Philadelphia-based Pembroke Consulting. The consulting firm surveyed more than 1,000 wholesale and distribution executives...

Dynamex delivers.(Logistics)(agreement for same-day delivery services)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Retailer Office Depot extended an agreement with Dallas-based Dynamex for same-day delivery services in the United States. The agreement includes new service to Office Depot and/or Viking Office Products in New York, the Upper Midwest, the...

German company TUI AG (Hanover).(bulk and logistics business unit is ready for sales)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... German company TUI AG (Hanover) is selling its bulk and logistics business unit, VTG-Lehnkering, as part of a re-structuring TUI decided to have approximately a third of the shares of the Hapag-Lloyd AG shipping group, which it owns, officially...

ProLogis provider of distribution facilities and services.(build-to-suit lease agreement with French retailer Darty)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... ProLogis, provider of distribution facilities and services, signed a build-to-suit lease agreement with French retailer Darty. The shipper will lease 467,110 square feet of distribution space at ProLogis Industrial Park Isle d'Abeau in Lyon,...

Handle with care: the right box helps in rough air freight environment, a truism packaging consultants warn not to ignore.(Technology)(FedEx Corp.)(UPS Airlines)(L and E Packaging Inc.)
February 9, 2004... When it comes to air freight, less is more. Better packing materials and boxes developed in recent years help shippers send items ill smaller boxes at a cheaper price, something every shipper wants. But shippers shouldn't stint too much on the...

Strong finish for LTLs: most carriers report significant earnings, revenue increases for 4Q, full year; Roadway "hits a wall".(Trucking)(Yellow Roadway Corp)
February 9, 2004... A resurgent economy fueled significant earnings and revenue gains for LTL truckers in 2003, though slower end-of-the-year growth throttled back some companies' fourth-quarter earnings. "Historically," said investment analyst Ed Wolfe of...

Correction.(Trucking)(Correction Notice)
February 9, 2004... An article in the Jan. 26 Traffic World, "Barriers to Safety," mistakenly characterized the federal statistics on the safety record of the trucking company Petro-Chemical. The statistics should have referred to the company's accident rate. The...

Truck tonnage surges.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... For-hire trucking activity surged in December, according to the American Trucking Associations' preliminary seasonally adjusted Truck Tonnage Index. The index, a bellwether report from ATA's Economic and Statistics Group, jumped 14.6...

CF nets $54 million cash on sale of Canadian unit to TransForce.(Sold!)(Consolidated Freightways Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Consolidated Freightways completed sale of substantially all assets of Canadian Freightways and its subsidiaries to TransForce Income Fund for about $108.2 million, including the assumption of substantially all of CFL's liabilities. The cash...

Trucking's hidden tax: congestion rides with truckers on most routes, carriers play 'shell game' to avoid costly delays.(Trucking report: LTL update)
February 9, 2004... It's everywhere--in central cities, suburbs, around trucking terminals and on links to key intermodal facilities near rail hubs and ocean ports. Congestion is a hidden tax on truck shipments in all but the most rural areas of this country....

Gold medal for gridlock?(Trucking report: LTL update)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... What could possibly make New York City traffic worse? How about the Summer Olympics? Many trucking executives in the Northeast are cringing at the prospect of the 2012 Olympics coming to the Big Apple. New York and San Francisco are the...

The Dublin solution.(Trucking report: LTL update)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... The solution to freight delays in American central cities may be in Dublin, Ireland. Faced with a flood of small trucks and vans in the city's business and shopping district, Dublin is pushing creation of urban distribution centers to...

Debating truck bans.(Trucking report: LTL update)
February 9, 2004... Got congestion? Truck bans often are the first remedy suggested when traffic clogs urban streets--especially bans that give trucks access to streets only at night. But who do you call when your goods aren't there in the morning? Few truck...

Chassis divide narrows: DOT's chassis inspection plan hailed as a start; could shift chassis to third parties.(Rail & Intermodal)(Department of Transportation)
February 9, 2004... Truck drivers who thought they could stop worrying about paying those $100 tickets for pulling damaged container chassis are wrong. Although the Department of Transportation's recent container chassis proposal will require intermodal...

Young advances at UP.(Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Union Pacific named James R. Young president of the company, putting him in line to succeed Chairman and CEO Dick Davidson, who is expected to retire in three years. Young, 51, most recently UP's chief financial officer, replaces Ivor J....

Satellites speed trains: CSX expands use of MCI satellite technology to send signals, receive data from remote sites.(Rail & Intermodal)(CSX Technology)
February 9, 2004... Plagued by problems with landlines caused by winter storms, CSX is turning to satellite communications to ensure its signals aren't interrupted. CSX Technology is expanding its use of MCI's satellite service at railroad remote operating...

Atlas Air landing hard: freighter operator enters bankruptcy protection, says smaller fleet will meet smaller market.(Air & Express)(Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.)
February 9, 2004... It's not exactly pre-packaged the way Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings world have liked but the world's largest operator of 747 freighters promises its move through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will be "seamless" and that customers won't see a...

International lifts UPS: profits rose 19.7 percent in UPS's 'best year' as total revenue hit a record $33.5 billion.(Air & Express)(Sergeant's Benevolent Association )
February 9, 2004... UPS cashed in on its international shipping business in both its fourth quarter of 2003 and the full year. The Atlanta-based express delivery company posted another quarter of strong earnings after a hearty peak holiday season. UPS saw a...

Arrow's 'for sale' sign: bankruptcy filing brings disclosure by president of investors 'working to acquire' the company.(Air & Express)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Arrow Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the long-troubled cargo carrier said it was in talks with prospective buyers. The Miami-based airline pledged to keep up its service and retain its 750 employees as it restructures. ...

View from a truck cab: New Orleans terminal combines technologies to speed flow of truck traffic, pickups, deliveries.(Maritime)
February 9, 2004... It's 6:50 a.m., still 10 minutes before the gates open, and trucker Adam Crawford is sitting in his truck cab waiting for the sunrise to chase away the morning chill. The gates at the new Napoleon Avenue container terminal won't open for...

The Port of Hamburg.(cargo handling grew from 8.9 % to 106.3 million tons)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... The Port of Hamburg reported overall cargo handled grew 8.9 percent last year to 106.3 million tons, the first time Germany's largest port has cleared 100 million tons in its 814-year history. Containers handled hit a record 6.1 million TEUs,...

The Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E.(will use terminal management software of Global Transportation Solutions)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... The Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. will use terminal management software from Morristown, NJ.--based Global Transportation Solutions. GTS also will provide ongoing systems support, project management and training. SCCT will install TOPS...

Phillips-Van Heusen.(the world's largest shirt company, will use software and services from GT Nexus to centrally manage its ocean freight)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Phillips-Van Heusea, the world's largest shirt company, will use software and services from Alameda, Calif.-based GT Nexus to centrally manage its ocean freight. The Internet-based technology will be used for PVH's three operating groups--dress...