Traffic World articles from February 2009

Traffic World archives from February 2009

GDP Plunged 6.2 Percent.(Gross domestic product)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 6.2 percent from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised estimate...

China to Upgrade Logistics.(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Alan Field In a key component of its massive economic stimulus package, China's State Council on Friday approved an ambitious plan to upgrade the logistics sector. The plan will cover nine areas: Construction of...

Montana Study Blasts BNSF.(BNSF Railway)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Montana says it plans to work at the federal level to ease rail freight rate burdens on its grain shippers, after a new study targeted BNSF Railway's dominance and said those customers pay the highest rates in the...

Neb. High Court Rebuffs BNSF.(BNSF Railway)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Nebraska's Supreme Court dealt a setback to BNSF Railway, saying a lower court erred by rejecting the expert witness of a plaintiff who argued that his cancer was probably caused by exposure to locomotive diesel...

One Check, Not Two, for Truckers.
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: William B. Cassidy The federal government should eliminate a rule that forces some truck drivers to undergo duplicate, costly security checks, the Small Business Administration said Feb. 27. The SBA targeted a Transportation...

Truck Tonnage Edges Up.(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Trucks hauled more freight in January than in December, according to The American Trucking Associations. The group's advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 3 percent, marking only...

ASEAN Signs Free-Trade Pact.(Association of Southeast Asian Nations )(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Alan Field Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations are meeting in Thailand today to sign their long-anticipated agreement for a free trade zone with Australia and New Zealand. Negotiations for the free...

DOT Budget Bumped Up $2B.(Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson The White House on Thursday announced a $72.5 billion budget for the Department of Transportation in fiscal 2010, up $2 billion from the department's 2009 budget projection. The DOT said that the Obama...

Blumenauer Introduces 'CLEAN-TEA'.(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., launched the Clean Low-Emissions Affordable New Transportation Equity Act, or "CLEAN-TEA" Feb. 27 at the National Press Club as his vision for climate change legislation...

Obama Names FTC Chair, DOT Official.(appointment of Jon Leibowitz and Roy Kienitz)(Federal Trade Commission)(Department of Transportation)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd President Obama named Jon Leibowitz to chair the Federal Trade Commission and Roy Kienitz to be undersecretary for policy at the Department of Transportation. The FTC deals with competition and consumer...

Hapag-Lloyd Sale Salvaged.(acquisitions)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard Today TUI salvaged the $5.8-billion sale of Hapag-Lloyd by agreeing to increase its stake in the ocean carrier and providing additional loans after the deal closes. The parent company said it will hold 43.33...

MSC Seeks Trans-Atlantic Rate Increases.(Mediterranean Shipping Co.)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will seek rate increases on its trans-Atlantic trade, effective April 1. It said it will file a general rate increase of $160 per 20-foot container and $200 per 40-foot...

Nehru Port Inland Fee Approved.(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... India's Tariff Authority for Major Ports has allowed the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru to levy current scale of charges for inter-terminal rail-handling operations of inland containers until April 30. The authority earlier fixed a fee of $8...

More Box Ships to Be Idled.
February 27, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard LONDON -- Container ship charter owners are preparing to idle scores of vessels for extended periods over the coming weeks as hire rates reach new lows and ocean carriers press for steeper discounts to compensate...

USCG Completes Program in Japan.(United States. Coast Guard)(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... The U.S. Coast Guard has successfully completed its International Port Security Program in Japan, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced. According to the Japanese ministry, the Coast Guard implemented the...

Alabama Builds Intermodal Facility.(Brief article)
February 27, 2009... Construction is underway on Alabama State Port Authority's intermodal container transfer facility. The facility will cost $75 million and take three years to complete, according to estimates from ASPA. The ICTF will connect an existing...

Air Freight Slide Deepens.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... The global downturn in air freight sped up in January, with collapsing Asia-Pacific trade pushing international traffic for airlines down a record 23.2 percent. The drop reported by the International Air Transport Association outpaced...

Deutsche Post Lost $4B.(Deutsche Post AG)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Deutsche Post, parent of DHL and Europe's biggest mail carrier, lost $4 billion in the fourth quarter due to declines in volume, which may persist through 2009. As volume fell in the fourth quarter,...

Durable Goods Manufacturing Slumps.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Orders and shipments of manufactured durable goods in January plunged for the sixth consecutive month, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Signaling a deepening recession, unfilled orders fell...

Gloom Spreads for Global Economy.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... A leading economic firm revised its outlook for economies around the world sharply downward on Thursday, saying deteriorating conditions likely will lead to a 1.2 percent contraction in global GDP. IHS Global Insight said it expects an...

Hanson Logistics Receives Walmart Approval as Third Party Consolidator.
February 26, 2009... Hanson Velocities MVC Offers Transportation Efficiencies For Walmart Suppliers St. Joseph, Michigan. . .Officials at Hanson Logistics announced today that the company has been accepted as a Third Party Consolidator for Walmart suppliers,...

Rail Volume Plunges.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The collapse of container traffic at the nation's ports deepened the recession's impact on U.S. railroads in the week ending Feb.21. Intermodal containers declined 23.4 percent, according to the...

Rails Converge on Congress.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Officials from Class I and short line railroads are fanning out across Washington, D.C., this week to press their case for favorable, investment, tax and regulatory policies in the annual Railroad Day push. ...

Quality Turns Profit in 4Q.(Quality Distribution Inc.'s financial news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher Bulk tank truck carrier Quality Distribution posted a $13 million profit in the fourth quarter of 2008 after an $11.2 million loss in the comparable period a year earlier, its bottom line benefiting from cutting...

Mullen Group Earns a Profit.(Mullen Group Income Fund's financial news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Mullen Group Income Fund earned a profit of $7.1 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a $231.6 million loss a year ago. Last year's loss was due primarily to a $275 million impairment charge...

UPS Chief: Solution to Crisis is Free Trade.(United Parcel Service of America Inc.)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2009 -- Scott Davis, CEO of the world's largest package delivery company UPS, on Thursday told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that global trade could be the most important tool to help lift...

Commission Recommends VMT.(Vehicle Mileage Tax )
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson A national commission is recommending a transition to a highway tax system based on the number of miles driven instead of the gallons of fuel consumed. The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure...

Galveston Port Police Avoid Criminal Charges.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Janet Nodar The Galveston County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday that the evidence available did not support criminal charges against some members of the port police who were allegedly taking melons from port tenant Del...

Maersk Ends SAWA Service.(Maersk Line)(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... Maersk Line announced it has decided to end its SAWA service linking West Africa and the East Coast of South America. Instead, the Danish carrier plans to cover the trade moving to and from West Africa via Algeciras, Spain, for onward...

China Ports Face Massive Overcapacity.(Brief article)
February 26, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard China's container ports are facing overcapacity of tens of millions of TEUs within a couple of years as traffic plunges and new terminals come on stream. With demand falling "dramatically" since the last quarter...

Record Number of Aircraft Grounded.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Airlines are mothballing planes in record numbers as global demand withers. A total of almost 2,300 jet airliners, the highest number ever, are now parked, according to data from aerospace consultant...

UPS Expands Early Morning Territory.(United Parcel Service of America Inc.)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... UPS expanded its early morning delivery territory in the United States, adding nearly 3,000 ZIP codes to the 20,000 that already can receive guaranteed early morning delivery service. With the increase, more than 80 percent of U.S. businesses...

Manufacturers Push Infrastructure Agenda.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher The National Association of Manufacturers warns that deteriorating roads and rails pose a "serious threat" to the competitiveness of the U.S. economy and manufacturing. That warning was stressed within NAM's...

YRC Logistics Adds 10+2 Service.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher YRC Logistics, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, added to its global trade management services a team of experienced licensed customs brokers to help importers comply with the new Importer Security Filing...

EC Requests Expeditors' Information.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The European Commission issued an additional request for information to Expeditors International (U.K.) in connection with an ongoing investigation of freight forwarders. International freight forwarder...

Japan Trade Deficit Hits Record.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Hisane Masaki Japan posted a record trade deficit of 952.6 billion yen ($9.82 billion) in January, as exports tumbled at their fastest pace amid the global economic slump, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance...

Ramp Logistics to Implement NGC's RedHorse(r) Apparel ERP System.
February 25, 2009... Leading West Coast Logistics and Warehouse Company Will Provide RedHorse as a Strategic Business Solution for its Customers MIAMI, Feb. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NGC(r) (New Generation Computing(r)) today announced that Ramp Logistics,...

FTR Cuts Railcar Forecast.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd "The bottom continues to be pushed out," said transportation equipment forecaster FTR Associates as it cut its outlook for North American railcar deliveries in 2009. The consulting group now looks for car...

Pacer Names Director.(appointment of Robert J. Grassi at Pacer International Inc.,)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Pacer International appointed Robert J. Grassi to the board of directors effective March 1. The transportation industry veteran retired as president and CEO of CSX World Terminals in 2003 and now works as...

KCS to Re-open Houston Rail Line.(Kansas City Southern Railway Co.)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Janet Nodar Kansas City Southern Railway plans to re-open a long-closed 90-mile link southwest of Houston before July. The line between Victoria and Rosenberg will shorten the Texas-Mexico route by 70 miles and enable KCS to...

FTR: Truck Rates to Fall through 2Q.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher A further weakening in freight demand portends falling freight rates through the second quarter, according to a mid-February report by freight forecaster FTR Associates. FTR expects year-over-year tonnage...

Senate Takes Aim at Crossborder Trucking.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... Senate Democrats once again are trying to kill the Department of Transportation's crossborder trucking pilot project with Mexico. Language in the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act released Feb. 23 would eliminate the controversial program,...

Congress Begins Wrap-up of '09 Budget.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson The House took the first steps to provide a fiscal 2009 budget for most of the federal government, including the Department of Transportation. The House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved a $410...

Obama Invokes American Railroads.(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama invoked one of the most dramatic rail construction efforts in U.S. history to help make his argument that the nation should tackle long-term...

100 Percent Scanning Unlikely by Deadline.
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that Customs and Border Protection is not likely to meet a 2012 deadline for scanning all U.S.-bound containers. "My initial view is that the 2012...

Lawmakers Fight Retail Crime.
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Three Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 25 introduced separate bills to fight organized retail crime. All three bills address the problem of groups of professional thieves stealing merchandise from stores on a...

CPSC Publishes Draft Product Testing Rule.(Consumer Product Safety Commission )(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson The Consumer Product Safety Commission published a draft of final rules for determining if children's products may be excluded from laboratory testing requirements under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act....

NYK to Cut Capacity Again.(Nippon Yusen KK)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Hisane Masaki TOKYO -- Japan's largest shipping firm, NYK Line, is cutting its container fleet transport capacity on its major routes, including Asia-North America, by an additional 10 percent this spring. The reductions will...

Port of Long Beach Plans Incentives.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Port of Long Beach beginning April 1 plans to offer financial incentives to marine terminal operators and ocean carriers to ship more rail cargo through the port. Most cargo that...

Seattle Box Volume Dips 5.7 Percent.(Port of Seattle)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... SEATTLE -- The Port of Seattle's container volume in January declined 5.7 percent to 128,837 TEUs from the same month last year, but that was a big comeback from its December performance, when box traffic fell by more than 27 percent. ...

HSH Nordbank Gets $3.9 Billion in Aid.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard Two German states on Tuesday agreed to inject 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) into HSH Nordbank, the world's biggest shipping bank and member of a consortium buying ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd. Hamburg and...

Maersk Changes Port Coverage.(Maersk Line)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach Maersk Line announced schedule changes that affect port coverage on one of its services between the Far East and West Africa, and between Europe, the Middle East and South Asia in two other loops. The carrier...

OOCL Seeks Asia-Europe Rate Hike.(Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach Orient Overseas Container Line said it will seek a rate increase of $200 per 20-foot container of dry cargo on its service from Asia to North Europe as of April 8. It called the tariff rate increase the "first...

Evergreen, Wan Hai in slot-swap agreement.(Wan Hai Lines Ltd.)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... The Taiwan-based carriers have entered a cooperation agreement, covering Evergreen's North-East-Asia-South-East-Asia (NSA) and North-East-Asia-South-East-Asia (NSB) services, as well as Wan Hai's Korea-South-East-Asia (KSS) and Korea-Vietnam...

Liner Drags MISC Profits.(MISC Berhad's financial news )(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... Ocean carrier MISC Berhad announced group profits fell in the third quarter from a year earlier despite increased revenue, due primarily to losses in the liner segment. Group revenue for the October-December period totaled 3.6 billion...

Scandlines Cuts 400 Jobs.(Scandlines Danmark A/S)
February 25, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard Scandlines, a leading Baltic ferry freight line, confirmed it will lay off 400 of its 2,400 employees amid a deepening slump in cargo volumes that is forcing a radical restructuring in European short sea shipping....

JAL, ANA Volumes Dive.(Japan Airlines Company Ltd.)(All Nippon Airways Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... TOKYO -- Japan's two largest airlines reported dramatic declines in their international cargo volume in December amid the deepening global economic slump. Japan Airlines, Asia's biggest air carrier, said its international cargo volume plunged...

Centerbridge Closes on Greatwide.(Centerbridge Partners L.P. acquired with Greatwide Logistics Service )(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... Private investment firm Centerbridge Partners completed its purchase of Greatwide Logistics Service in a restructuring that's expected to reduce the debt of the $1 billion logistics company by $478 million. As part of the transaction,...

Wabtec Profit Rises.(financial news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Rail equipment supplier Wabtec's fourth quarter profit rose 8 percent from a year earlier even though "demand softened dramatically in certain segments of the global freight rail market," its president said. The...

Study: Deregulation Hurts Harbor Truckers.
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach NEW YORK -- The deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry by the 1980 ICC Termination Act continues to impact how the 7,000 truckers who deliver and pick up containers daily at the ports of New York and New Jersey...

Trucks Fight for Taxpayer Dollars.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher When it comes to taking it on the chin from the railroads over the fight for government funding, the trucking industry is apparently mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. That's the message...

Oberstar and Mica Defend LaHood.(Oberstar, James L.)(Ray LaHood)(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... The leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Monday came to the defense of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood after he was rebuked last week by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs over a comment about highway...

Stimulus Money Gets Top Priority.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: John Gallagher U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said getting into circulation the $28 billion in stimulus package funding set aside for surface transportation is the top priority at DOT. "There's an...

States Put Stimulus to Work.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Various states are quickly revving up their transportation spending, now that federal stimulus money is headed their way. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue said the first money her state gets from the package will...

UK Ports Delay Expansion, Cut Jobs.
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard LONDON -- The U.K.'s leading container ports are deferring the construction of new terminals, freezing investments and laying off workers in a bid to conserve cash amid slumping box volumes. Felixstowe,...

Indian Ports Face Strike.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... MUMBAI, India -- Unionized port and dockworkers at India's major ports plan a nationwide strike on March 10 to press for higher wages and other demands. Leaders of the five major labor federations, representing nearly 70,000 workers,...

Asia Express Consortium, MSC Team Up.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... Asia Express Consortium members Hamburg Sud and CCNI will consolidate some services with Mediterranean Shipping between Asia, Mexico and the west coast of South America because of deteriorating market conditions. The carriers said they...

Coast Guard Works to Refloat Tanker.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... A Coast Guard unit in Galveston is overseeing an attempt to refloat a tanker that grounded off the Texas port city on Friday. The 800-foot oil tanker Yasa Golden Dardanelles ran aground 22 miles off the Galveston Coast in the Gulf of...

Grand Alliance Diverts to Good Hope.(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard The four Grand Alliance ocean carriers on Monday announced they are re-routing all ships deployed on the eastbound EU3 Asia-Europe service around Africa's Cape of Good Hope instead of transiting the Suez Canal. ...

Maersk Upgrades Asia-Europe.(Maersk Line)
February 24, 2009... Maersk Line announced a series of enhancements and adjustments to its Asia-Europe network. On its AE1 service, Maersk will add Salalah and drop Singapore, facilitating eastbound service between Hamburg and Salalah. The AE1 rotation...

TUI Likely to Buy More of Hapag-Lloyd.
February 24, 2009... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard TUI likely will acquire a bigger stake in Hapag-Lloyd than it originally planned in order to finalize the sale of the world's fifth-largest ocean carrier. The German tourism group bought back a 33.3 percent...

Maersk to Raise Trans-Atlantic Rates.(Maersk Line )(Brief article)
February 24, 2009... Maersk Line on Monday announced a general rate increase on the trans-Atlantic as of April 1. The carrier said rate increases are necessary to continue to operate services with the high level of reliability. It filed the following...

U.S. 'De-Leveraging,' Says FedEx's Smith.(Fred Smith)(Brief article)
February 23, 2009... The founder of FedEx is an optimist when it comes to the economy, but he won't speculate on when it will turn around. "Right now what you have under way is a massive de-leveraging going on at a rapid rate," Fred Smith, chairman, president...

Boeing in New Layoffs.
February 23, 2009... Aircraft manufacturer Boeing issued layoff notices to some 1,100 workers at its plants this month as the company pressed forward with a plan to cut some 10,000 jobs by the end of this year. The notices issued Feb. 20 were the second round...

February 23, 2009.
February 23, 2009... Thank you. First, thanks to our readers. Second, thanks to the editorial staff of the century: William B. Barr, William Wolff Smith, Edward F. Hamm, Pete Hamm, Sydney A. Hale, Francis W. Lane, Henry A. Palmer, A. Elmer Heiss,...

Consumer Prices Increase.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Deflation driven by plummeting gas prices eased in January as consumer prices, including gasoline, inched upward. The seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index increased 0.3 percent in January after...

Geodis, SCNF Reorganize Management.
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Jean-Louis Demeulenaere took the position of Deputy CEO of SNCF's Transport and Logistics Division and Deputy CEO of Geodis as the French logistics group reorganized its management. Demeulenaere graduated...

Endings and Beginnings.(transportation and logistics news magazine )
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: William B. Cassidy and Peter T. Leach Five thousand, three hundred fourteen issues. One hundred one years, 10 months and nine days. No matter how you look at it, Traffic World has had a long, eventful and productive life as...

Aircraft Supplier Renews Lease.(Southern California Aviation signed a deal with Stirling Capital Investments)(Brief article)
February 23, 2009... As faltering aircraft manufacturers cut back production and carriers face plummeting demand, Southern California Aviation is hanging on to a logistics center that serves its aircraft engine parts and supply maintenance business. The...

Trying to Avoid a Trip to the Cleaners.(Column)
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: Colin Barrett Q:I am having a discussion with another carrier regarding whether a carrier is liable for prepaid freight charges that are not added to the merchandise invoice when a claim is filed for the destination value of a...

STB Backs NS Over City.(Surface Transportation Board)(Norfolk Southern Corp.)(Brief article)
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Federal regulators have invoked their powers to pre-empt local governments, to make sure trains keep running unimpeded, to back Norfolk Southern Railway in a challenge from a Washington, D.C., suburb. The Surface...

New Orleans Rail Returns.(CSX Transportation Inc. and Union Pacific Railroad Co. resumed their train movements)(Brief article)
February 23, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation resumed their train movements through New Orleans, which had been disrupted for weeks after a CSX bridge fire earlier this month. The Feb. 7 fire caused CSX to...

Transportation History.
February 23, 2009... The always competitive, sometimes cooperative relationship between railroads and trucking has been a hot topic for Traffic World since at least 1912. From the day when trucks started to replace horse-drawn wagons carting shipments...

Wal-Mart Overhauls Driver Hiring.(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief article)
February 23, 2009... Wal-Mart is revamping the hiring practices in its logistics division as part of a $17 million settlement of a racial discrimination class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit, Daryal Nelson and Tommy Armstrong v. Wal-Mart, Inc. and Wal-Mart...