Traffic World articles from February 2006

Traffic World archives from February 2006

Rail margins: a couple of weeks before he announced that he would not return as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, Roger Nober told a luncheon meeting of the Traffic World-sponsored Transportation Table that he had presided over a railroad industry that had changed a great deal in recent years.(Editorial)
February 6, 2006... Rail shippers are finding just how deeply the railroads have changed and many don't like what they see. The four largest U.S. railroads issued their 2005 financial reports in quick succession and the results were breathtaking. Union...

A closely watched Lufthansa Cargo.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... A closely watched Lufthansa Cargo jet fuel price index jumped 4.4 percent to its highest level in three months, signaling new fuel surcharge increases on the way for air cargo shippers. The Lufthansa index hit 354 for the week ending Jan. 27,...

Security company Brink's.(Brink's Inc.'s completes the sale of BAX Global Inc. to Deutsche Bahn AG)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Security company Brink's completed its sale of BAX Global to Deutsche Bahn for $1.1 billion in cash, the companies said last week. The sale was originally announced in November. "The divestiture of BAX Global is an important strategic...

Durable growth.(National Association of Manufacturers)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The National Association of Manufacturers is optimistic about 2006, particularly after reports of solid growth in December. NAM said last month U.S. production jumped 3.8 percent in December over the same month in 2004. Its manufacturing...

This week at traffic world online.(This Week)
February 6, 2006... Web-only extras available at www.trafficworld.com/extra * The American Trucking Associations' letter to Coca Cola regarding a Super Bowl television spot * PHMSA notice in the Federal Register on hazardous materials inspections ...

If shipments of mobile phones are any indication, yes, we should be able to hear everybody now.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... If shipments of mobile phones are any indication, yes, we should be able to hear everybody now. According to Massachusetts-based research firm IDC, global mobile phone shipments rose 19.3 percent year over year in the fourth quarter and...

Rates increases won't yield: carrier earnings may weaken as rates rise more slowly, but shippers should expect higher LTL costs in 2006.(Cover Story)
February 6, 2006... With carriers in the LTL market heading toward a third year of pricing leverage over shippers, some industry observers are starting to whisper that the remarkable run for the truckers may be throttling back. But a series of interviews with...

Surcharges fuel shipper fury.
February 6, 2006... Are fuel surcharge negotiations between shippers and carriers becoming more contentious? Criticisms raised at the recent SMC3 conference suggest this may be the case. "We fired six or seven carriers this [past] year because they wouldn't...

Sanberg to leave FMCSA.(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Annette Sandberg resigns )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Annette Sandberg will resign as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration effective March 1, an agency spokesman said, after more than two years in a job where she implemented a controversial overhaul of federal work rules for...

What's on your pallet? Shippers worried by DOT plan to open, inspect more hazmat packages in transit; PH MSA plans hearings.
February 6, 2006... Shippers are concerned that a provision buried in the highway bill could result in hazardous materials packages being pulled from LTL loads or kept off airplanes by Department of Transportation's modal inspectors. "I know there is a great...

USPS opposes reform bill: senators 'disappointed' with Postal Service opposition to reform package in Congress.
February 6, 2006... Postal Service opposition to a comprehensive congressional postal reform effort put a big kink in the process. This month, the Postal Service board of governors sent letters to all senators unequivocally stating its opposition a...

OOIDA takes stand in Indiana: owner-operators protest plans for more truck tolls, leasing of road to Australian-Spanish partnership.(Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association)(lease of Indiana Toll Road)
February 6, 2006... Shortly after the Indiana Motor Truck Association proclaimed its support for a statewide transportation plan that includes more tolling in Indiana, the Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association came out on the other side of the issue. ...

Germany's tolling success: German highway officials say new toll system has hiked revenue, opened highway capacity.
February 6, 2006... While critics are seeking serious roadblocks to greater tolling in the United States, Germany is touting what it says is a year of success under its new tolling system. Public and private officials from Germany told a Washington audience...

Ralph Basham picked to head customs.(George W. Bush nominates candidate for Customs Service)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... President Bush nominated a career bureaucrat with scant background in cargo security as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. Bush chose Secret Service Director Ralph Basham to succeed Robert Bonner, who...

Managing a logistics makeover: with multiple brands, sales channels, Limited seeks greater visibility, control of transport networks.
February 6, 2006... Limited Brands' logistics makeover began moments after some 400 tractor-trailers showed up unexpectedly in a distribution center parking lot built for 150 vehicles. "It was one of our worst supply chain disasters ever," said Paul Matthews,...

Blue Sky unveils logistics software.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Newly formed Blue Sky Logistics released its flagship product, a software package that was the apple of the company founders' eyes when the four worked together at Exe Technologies. Insight is a Web-native, exception-based supply chain...

Management Dynamics' Yuen for China.(Raymond Yuen appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Bulking up for an expanded presence in China, East Rutherford, N.J.-based Management Dynamics added long-time Asia hand Raymond Yuen to the company's board of directors. Yuen's "vast experience in global logistics strategy combined with...

EGL opens AllianceTexas site.(EGL Eagle Global Logistics)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Houston-based EGL Eagle Global Logistics opened an aerospace and defense supply chain management center at AllianceTexas, North Texas' commercial-only real estate development and airport. The new center, opened in January, will handle parts...

Logistics Park in Poland.(Europolis Invest Credit National teams up with Poland Central )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... One of Poland's largest real estate investors will team up with developer Poland Central to build Central and Eastern Europe's largest logistics park. Poland Central Logistics Park, a joint venture of Poland Central and investor Europolis,...

AMB doubles profits.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... AMB Property, one of the United States' largest industrial real estate developers, more than doubled its net income in 2005 as U.S. industrial vacancies dropped for the seventh consecutive quarter. "At 95.8 percent, occupancy in our...

Charlotte redistributes logistics growth: North Carolina city sees distribution trends, government investment fueling expansion.
February 6, 2006... Before the American Revolution, Charlotte, N.C., was a key distribution hub for manufactured goods flowing into the mid-Atlantic and Southeast region from England and Europe. It's been overshadowed in more recent years by the port cities in...

Moyes v. Moyes: brother challenges Jerry Moyes in Texas court as Central Freight OKs $2.25-per-share bid.
February 6, 2006... Jerry Moyes can be knocked down but you can never count him out. Less than a year after being forced to surrender control of two trucking companies and fined for alleged insider trading, Moyes is buying about 70 percent of Central Freight...

Truck tonnage index drops.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The American Trucking Associations' Truck Tonnage Index dropped 3 percent in December, a precipitous decline blamed on cutbacks in the automobile sector. The drop in the for-hire trucking index, which followed a 2.3 percent gain in...

Rethinking Jevic: SCS realigns LTL network to boost revenue while investment bank reviews 'alternatives'.(Transportation: Trucking)
February 6, 2006... An investment firm will help SCS Transportation plot a route for Jevic Transportation as the carrier reevaluates its network, its pricing and its use of third-party transportation. Morgan Keegan & Co. will explore "a range of strategic...

YRC's million-dollar man.(Transportation: Trucking)(YRC Worldwide's Bill Zolfars)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Bill Zolfars, chairman, president and CEO of YRC Worldwide, has a new employment agreement that covers five more years at the country's largest LTL company. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Zollars will...

PTS files Chapter 11: second-largest autohauler joins Allied Holdings in bankruptcy as automakers close plans, cut jobs.(Transportation: Trucking)(Performance Transportation Services)
February 6, 2006... As Ford Motor announced plans to close plants and cut jobs, another major autohauler entered bankruptcy, revealing the fragility of the plant-to-dealer supply chain. On Jan. 25, two days after Ford announced plant closings, Performance...

Volvo truck recall.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Volvo Trucks America said last month it is recalling 42,000 VN and VHD heavy-duty trucks due to a potential fire hazard in their exhaust systems. The problem involves the inlet pipes on the exhaust gas recirculation system, which can crack...

UPS looks at rebranding overnite.(Transportation: Trucking)
February 6, 2006... Parcel service giant UPS plans some "rebranding" or renaming of trucking services later this year, stemming from its 2005 acquisition of Overnite Transportation. UPS Chief Financial Officer D. Scott Davis, in a Jan. 26 conference call with...

Where's PTC's Benefit? In safety, not capacity, railroads say; Others claim long-term economic benefits for positive train control.(positive train control technology)
February 6, 2006... Early results of a BNSF Railway test indicate positive train control technology may not provide the increased capacity, improved service, and lower costs shippers hoped for. BNSF, which recently completed testing of PTC technology along its...

CN buys BailAmerica short lines: sale seen good fit for CN while providing acquisition cash for short line company.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
February 6, 2006... Canadian National Railway will get stronger connections to Western Canadian energy and agriculture shippers with the purchase of three short lines from RailAmerica. CN will pay $22 million and up to $3.5 million in future payments...

Unions fight rails on PTC.(United Transportation Union )
February 6, 2006... The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the United Transportation Union are joining forces to oppose the freight railroads over technology that the unions say will eliminate jobs. In a letter to their members, BLET...

CN, CP partner again: haulage agreements build on track sharing to improve capacity, service in Vancouver.(Canadian National Railway Co., Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.)
February 6, 2006... Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway will soon be running each other s trains in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, in a move they railroads say will improve freight flow and service. The agreement calls for operating...

Bush asked to reform STB.(Surface Transportaton Board)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Sen. Conrad Bums, R-Mont., urged President Bush to nominate a successor to Surface Transportaton Board Chairman Roger Noher who will look out for the interests of captive shippers. In a letter sent to the White House Jan. 27, Burns said the...

New Engines for FEC.(Florida East Coast Railway Co.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Regional carrier Florida East Coast Railway will purchase four new SD70M-2 diesel locomotives from Electro- Motive Diesel. FEC said it expects to take delivery in the third quarter. The locomotives, which were developed by EMD to meet the...

UPS rides package wave: late 4Q rebound in shipping led to record volumes, profits, despite slower GDP growth.(United Parcel Service of America Inc.)
February 6, 2006... Rising energy costs and record energy company profits may dominate the news lately, but higher fuel prices didn't deflate UPS volume or earnings in the fourth quarter. UPS earnings jumped 21.1 percent to $1.049 billion in the fourth...

UPS completes cologne hub expansion.(United Parcel Service of America Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... UPS finished revamping its European package sorting hub at Germany's Cologne/Bonn Airport, in a two-and-a-half-year construction project that cost $135 million and was UPS's largest-ever facility investment outside the United States. By...

Pilots strike World Airways: cargo flights--but not military flights--grounded as contract talks fail; customers seeks alternatives.
February 6, 2006... A strike that grounded six World Airways freighters provided an example of how tight the market has become for international air cargo. Steve Forsyth, spokesman for parent World Air Holdings, said it tried to arrange sub-service for its two...

Atlas' CEO retiring.(Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s Jeffrey Erickson resigns)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings said its president and CEO, Jeffrey Erickson, will retire this year from the company that operates both Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo. Together, those units in 2004 handled enough freight to rank second among...

Pilot puts Perri over vertical market sales.(Frank Perri promoted at Pilot Air Freight Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Pilot Air Freight put Executive Vice I President Frank Perri in charge of a national vertical markets sales effort for the freight forwarding company. Lima, Pa.-based Pilot Air said Perri is an 18-year veteran with the company who will...

United flies out of protection: but UAL struggles to break into the black; fuel costs increased 37 percent in 2005.
February 6, 2006... Before United Airlines parent UAL could exit bankruptcy to fly again, it had to clear the decks. So UAL wrote down huge amounts of debt and reported a $16.9 billion fourth-quarter net loss that was the biggest ever for an airline. As it...

ANA, Japan Post, others plan cargo carrier.(All Nippon Airways Company Ltd. team up for joint venture cargo airline )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... All Nippon Airways and Japan Post are creating a joint venture cargo airline named ANA & JP Express, or AJV, The new venture, which will be set up this month as an ANA subsidiary, bring in Japan Post, Nippon Express and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines as...

LAN Cargo's new CEO aims high.(Cristian Ureta )
February 6, 2006... When LAN Cargo named Cristian Ureta as its new CEO, it also set forth an ambitious agenda. The airline, which already bills itself as the largest Latin American air cargo holding company, said it expects to rank among the world's 10...

Sending an S.O.S.: industry hopes Katrina's aftermath will draw attention to crumbling inland locks and dams, boost spending.
February 6, 2006... The inland waterways industry is hoping the fallout from Hurricane Katrina will bring more attention to the industry's funding and infrastructure woes. "It draws the attention of the country, albeit in horrible circumstances, to how...

TSA to adjust surcharges monthly.(Transpacific Stabilization Agreement)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, which includes 11 of the largest container shipping lines on the Pacific, will start adjusting its fuel surcharges monthly rather than quarterly. The TSA said the shift in fuel surcharges, which...

PSA bids for P&O: Singapore-based group would pay $6.4 billion for terminal operator, may face counter bid.(PSA International Private Ltd. to acquire P and O European Ferries Ltd.)
February 6, 2006... P&O, the British-based ports and ferries group, agreed to a $6.4 billion takeover bid from Singapore's PSA International after withdrawing its support for a rival bid from Dubai's DP World. If the deal goes through, it would create the...

Virginia Ports back state spending plan.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Virginia Port Authority is backing Gov. Tim Kaine's transportation initiative that allots $29 million for the agency's Craney Island container port project. "The VPA is especially pleased with the governor's proposed funding for the...

Cold-storage warehouse reopens in New Orleans.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... New Orleans Cold Storage reopened one of the three warehouses in the city damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Alvar Street warehouse reopened, allowing poultry to be stored, frozen and trucked to the port's Jourdan Road Terminal to be loaded...

Port of Savannah nets 1 million TEUs.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Port of Savannah, Ga., handled 1,004,793 TEUs in the first six months of fiscal 2006, a 16.2 percent increase from the same period the previous year. The Georgia Port Authority said December terminal productivity was more than 40 moves...

The Traffic Club of Newark.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Traffic Club of Newark, Union, N.J., elected new officers for 2006. They are: President Donna Lyons, customer service/export coordinator, Kobo Products; Vice President Charles Macaluso, regional sales manager, CRST Logistics; and Treasurer...

Broussard Logistics.(Scott Eubank appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Broussard Logistics, Houston, appointed Scott Eubank national accounts manager, based in Dallas. Eubank previously held various management and sales positions in the domestic transportation service industry.

Port of Tacoma.(Derrick Urquhart, Connie Bacon appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Port of Tacoma, Wash., named Derrick Urquhart manager of industrial real estate. Urquhart had been working for the port in a temporary capacity as manager of industrial development since January 2005. Before that, he was associate vice...

Manugistics.(Susumu Masuda appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Manugistics named Susumu Masuda president and representative director of Manugistics Japan. Masuda has 35 years of IT and supply chain management experience, most recently as e-Manufacturing, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young Japan and IBM Japan.

Active Aero Group.(Christopher F. Healy appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Active Aero Group, Belleville, Mich., promoted Christopher F. Healy to president. The 33-year industry veteran had been chief operating officer since 2001. Brian Hermelin, who had been president and CEO, remains CEO. Healy earlier was president...

BDP International.(Jennifer Thornton appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... BDP International, Philadelphia, named Jennifer Thornton to the new position of director of business development at its Houston-based project logistics unit. Thornton had been vice president of corporate development at Transoceanic Shipping and...

GeoLogistics.(People)
February 6, 2006... GeoLogistics, Santa Ana, Calif., named Marco Gamma senior vice president, Latin America development, to be based in Miami. Before joining GeoLogistics, Gamma was at Panalpina.

NAL Worldwide.(Dennis Fassetta appointed )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... NAL Worldwide, Westmont, Ill., named Gary Bothmann and Dennis Fassetta vice presidents of supply chain solutions--technology, sales positions targeted NAL efforts in the technology industry. Bothmann had been at reverse logistics provider...

The Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association.(John Liebnitz, Tom Weakley appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... The Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association appointed John Liebnitz media relations coordinator. Liebnitz is a former Kansas City (Mo.) Star reporter who was recently director of public affairs for the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office...

Manhattan Associations.(Jimmy Ong appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Manhattan Associations named Jimmy Ong to the post of managing director of Chin and South East Asia, based in Shanghai, China. Ong has worked in the logistics and technology sectors in Asia for more than 20 years.

Holland USA.(People)
February 6, 2006... Holland USA, a subsidiary of The Holland Group, promoted Duane Blakely to national fleet accounts manager. Blakely joined Holland in 1992.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics.(Shad Weaver appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, Nashville, Tenn., named Shad Weaver to the new post of vice president of acquisitions. Weaver had been a vice president with Claritas Capital and earlier held positions at Hewlett-Packard and Merrill Lynch.

BG Strategic Advisors.(appoints Jonathan Saltzman, Matt Burdon)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... BG Strategic Advisors named Jonathan Saltzman a senior associate. Saltzman had been corporate finance manager for TNT, where his focus included mergers and acquisitions analysis and capital markets transactions. BGSA also named Matt Burdon vice...

Old Dominion Freight Line.(Jason Edmunds, Jason Macharro, Bill Russo, Jack Woolsey, Todd Neubauer appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, N.C., named Jason Edmunds manager of sales and service at Topeka, Kan. Jason Macharro in Portland, Ore., and Bill Russo at Rock Island, Ill., were named interim sales and servicee managers. Jack Woolsey...

John S. Connor.(Priscilla Royster appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... John S. Connor, Glen Burnie, Md., named Priscilla Royster assistant vice president of compliance, in charge of overseeing Customs compliance. Royster previously worked for Irwin Brown and Archer Freight Systems.

Cornerstone Systems.(Bill O'Connell appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Cornerstone Systems, Memphis, Tenn., a provider of solutions for transportation and logistics appointed Bill O'Connell sales representative in Leonia, N.J. O'Connell has experience as a media buyer for WBUY TV, a New York based television and...

TW calendar.
February 6, 2006... FEBRUARY 8. Mega Meeting, Marine Corps Logistics: Supporting the Warfighter... Today and Tomorrow, guest speaker, Lt. Col. Christopher B. Snyder (Traffic Club of Philadelphia), Gwyneed, Pa. (610) 649-6952 or www.tcphila.prg. 14-17....

Logistics seminars & courses.(TW Calendar)
February 6, 2006... FEBRUARY 6-8. Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain Redesign and Measurement for Breakthrough Performance (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Executive Education, School of Business), Madison, Wis. (608) 441-7317 or www.uwexeced.com. ...

DOE diesel price index.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
February 6, 2006... [GRAPHICS OMITTED] National & Regional Averages: January 30, 2006 United States $2.489 East Coast $2.530 Midwest $2.431 Gulf Coast $2.455 Rocky Mountain $2.474 West Coast $2.640 Note: Table...

When is broker registration required?(Q&A)
February 6, 2006... Q: I have a question that I believe I know the answer to, but cannot verify with exact language or regulations (at least I haven't been able to find the answer yet). A friend of mine owns a local trucking company and engages in the...

MMMMM asphalt.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... MMMMM ASPHALT. The food was all the buzz at the annual Transportation Research Board meeting--not the quality of it but just that such things as a coffee and donut table were there at all at the infamously spartan crack-of-dawn sessions. We...

Sardines.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... SARDINES. Freight has it good on China's bursting-at-the-seams transportation system. It is passengers who have it bad. The AP recently reported that the sales of adult diapers in China spiked during the busy Chinese new year travel season due...

Solutions.(The BackPage)
February 6, 2006... SOLUTIONS. Congratulations to Capitol Advantage, a Washington company that created a company called Knowlegis to sell "government relations" software. Near as we can tell, the software links the birthdays of every member of Congress to their...

Mis-awake.(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.'s Mark Schulze)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... MIS-AWAKE. According to Mark Schulze, vice president of safety at BNSF Railway, locomotive crews don't fall asleep at the wheel anymore. Instead, they're now "losing situational awareness." It almost sounds romantic, if you think about it.

Dogged.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... DOGGED. We strive for lively writing, but we can't match one of our erstwhile competitors. They led a story this way: "The Year of the Dog has already cocked its leg on Hong Kong's port business and the year has barely started." We're not sure...

Catty.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... CATTY. A bill being considered in Scotland would grant cats, dogs and other pets five "freedoms" including the right to a suitable environment and a suitable diet (mmmm... haggis). The bill is expected to pass but faces opposition from an...

Enabling oil: there are, with some minor variations, generally two ways to cope with addiction. One is to shake off the addiction, somehow, someway. The other less talked about but infinitely more popular approach we're disappointed to say, is to simply feed the addiction.(economic aspects)
February 13, 2006... If we as a nation are "addicted to oil," as President Bush said last month, then the 2007 fiscal year federal budget for transportation suggests the administration is choosing the well-traveled path toward enabling the oil habit. The overall...

Statistics not the whole story for rails.(transportation policy)
February 13, 2006... A national transportation policy, including efforts from the public and private sectors, is key to improving our nation s infrastructure. However, that transportation policy must reflect the needs of the "freight carriers' customers" and not...

Freight pushed the Transportation Services Index to an all-time high in November.(statisitics in transportation industry)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2006... Freight pushed the Transportation Services Index to an all-time high in November, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said. The combined TSI for passenger and freight services hit 112.2 in November, 12.3 percent higher than the November...

The National Transportation Safety Board.(fire investigation)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2006... The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fire that broke out in the belly hold of a UPS freighter last week, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport. On the...

Warning: slowdown ahead.(Statistics )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2006... The recession is coming, some are warning, and it's not going to be pretty for shippers. According to Noel Perry, chief economist at Schneider National, the U.S. economy will fall into a deep recession within 18 months. And once it passes,...

This week at traffic world online.(This Week)
February 13, 2006... Web-only extras at www.trafficworld.com/extra * A copy of the fraudulent letter sent to freight brokers as part of a phishing scam News updates on events throughout the industry available at www.trafficworld.com * Hub Group...

FTZs pack a big punch to the U.S. economy.(This Week)(foreign trade zones)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2006... With trade now serving as a big driver of the American economy, the big winners appear to be the operators of foreign trade zones. Shipments into FTZs surged 22 percent in 2004 to $298 billion, suggesting why states across the country are...

Seeking safer ground? Complaints about FMCSA grow as agency seeks to balance safety, shipping economy.(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)(Cover Story)
February 13, 2006... Its administrator is resigning. A sweeping audit of its operations is about to be released. And its signature regulation is once again being challenged in court. Welcome to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, lately one of the...

Budget is matter of trust: White House plan would cut DOT 9.4 percent; Mineta says new funding sources needed.(Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta)
February 13, 2006... The White House spending plan for transportation in the coming fiscal year carries a stark message: users will have to pay their own way. Any growth the White House is allotting for transportation spending in the next year comes from the...

DHS cargo security spending up slightly.(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2006... The Department of Homeland Security's piece of the federal spending pie is half that of DOT, at $30.9 billion, but the department would get a 1.3 percent increase from this year in the Bush administration budget. The DHS budget's focus is...