Traffic World articles from January 2006

Traffic World archives from January 2006

Asset driven: maybe it was the hint of a cold in his voice, but there was something about the way Frederick Smith described FedEx and its express business the other day that suggested something deeper was at work.(Editorial)
January 2, 2006... "We are," he said, adding a bit of emphasis, "the world's largest air cargo company." Equally important, he seemed to be saying, is what FedEx is not: It is not a logistics company, a one-stop shop, an information company or even a...

Beyond the numbers.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 2, 2006... I am the father of 15-year-old Ashley Re Curl, who was killed in a horrendous crossover crash with a tractor-trailer on I-70 east of Kansas City. The driver was fatigued and ill. My wife Ann and I participated in the "Sorrow to Strength"...

Over-recovering costs.(Letter to the Editor)
January 2, 2006... I wanted to comment on your editorial ("Rating Rates," Traffic World, Oct. 10) by telling you what you may already know: unlike the motor carriers, who apparently are not recovering all of their cost increases for fuel, most railroads...

FedEx.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... FedEx, saying its business surged along all its major service lines, saw profits jump 33 percent to $471 million in its fiscal quarter ending Nov. 30 and forecast gains ahead under what it called a strong shipping economy. FedEx said its...

Wal-Mart.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Wal-Mart is being investigated by federal officials looking into the retailer's transportation of hazardous materials. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing in December, Wal-Mart said the investigation involves the transport of...

W. Douglas Buttrey.(Weekly Perspective)(appointed at Surface Transportation Board)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... W. Douglas Buttrey will become chairman of the Surface Transportation Board when Roger Nober leaves the STB Jan. 3. Buttrey, a Republican, will serve until President Bush designates a chairman. Francis P. Mulvey will serve as vice chairman.

Running on empty.(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Oil prices may have fallen from their historic highs seen last fall, but the bill to fill up the trucking industry's fuel tanks is still climbing. The American Trucking Associations revised the industry's 2004 costs and said spending...

"The good is to empower residents to encourage change in shipping policies.".(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... As far as Alaskans are concerned, Victoria's Secret has a pretty flimsy excuse for its high shipping costs. Angered by the extra charges online retailers are adding to Alaska-bound shipments, state officials are trying to start a statewide...

Winning capacity wars: former best buy transport chief Wayne Bourne says shippers need to wed logistics, corporate goals.(Cover Story)
January 2, 2006... When it's the night before the busiest shopping day of the year, you're heading home on a windswept Interstate in Iowa and you find out five truckloads of goods are stranded hundreds of miles from desperate stores and equally desperate...

CBP eyes tighter C-TPAT: but some say proposals fail to answer concerns about benefits, international freight handling.(Government & Regulation)
January 2, 2006... The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection wants to tighten requirements for carriers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, but industry officials say proposed changes leave many questions unanswered. "It all boils down to...

Shippers search for green lane: industry group offers up list of recommendations it wants to see for shippers at border crossings.(Government & Regulation)
January 2, 2006... With a true "green lane" to speed cross-border trade looking about as realistic as the Yellow Brick Road, a special industry group says it's time to set some concrete goals. The Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, which includes...

Call 511 for freight management.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Truckers and other drivers traversing the United States soon will be able to tap into an expanded 511 system to retrieve road information, including road conditions and congestion. "The goal here is you can drive north to south, east to...

Stapling down stock: company-wide inventory controls help Staples reduce stock-outs, synchronize supply chain.(Logistics & Technology)
January 2, 2006... A basic tenet of supply chain management is that periodically things need to be located and counted. When office products superstore chain Staples decided a few years ago to put inventory management square in its sights, Paul Gaffney decided to...

DP closes Exel purchase.(Logistics & Technology)
January 2, 2006... With its $6.7 billion purchase of U.K.-based logistics provider Exel now complete, Deutsche Post is wasting no time beginning the integration of the company and looking for its next acquisition. Following the deal's closing last month,...

Brambles to sell transport business, keep CHEP.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... TNT isn't the only global logistics company to decide 2006 is a good year to go back to its knitting. Australian logistics group Brambles says it will sell off its Brambles Industrial Service transportation business, Interlake storage rack...

AMB buys first China DC.(Logistics & Technology)(distribution center )(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... AMB Property's first purchase of a distribution center in China includes room to nearly double the space. AMB Property. the San Francisco-based developer of what the company calls high-throughput warehouse sites pad $8.7 million for a...

3PL to open Florida DC.(Logistics & Technology)(distribution center)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Lakeland, Fla.-based third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek will open a 298,000-square-foot distribution center near Auburndale, Fla., in response to client demands for more space nearer to their customers. "It is apparent that this...

LTL finds faster lanes: tight capacity, shipper demands push carriers to take LTL to a new level.(Special Report: TRUCKING REPORT: EXPEDITED SERVICES)
January 2, 2006... The way LTL carriers see it, the less they handle freight, the more freight they'll handle. With capacity tight and shippers demanding shorter-haul, time-definite deliveries, carries, carriers are responding by taking expedited trucking to...

Heartland raises pay bar: new round of truckload industry pay, rate hikes seen as Heartland bumps driver pay to 50 cents per mile.(Transportation: Trucking)
January 2, 2006... Shippers are bracing for a new rate hikes as a major truckload carrier increases pay for company drivers and owner-operators. Heartland Express said last month it will raise its pay for company drivers by four cents per mile to an...

Fast start for Dynamex: expedited carrier to help Chrysler maintain critical parts inventory at automotive plants.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Same-day carrier Dynamex offered an optimistic, early glimpse of the 2006 marketplace and predicted further growth this year. "General business conditions in the marketplace remain favorable," Chairman and CEO Rick McClelland said Dec. 8....

Vitran to buy Western LTL carrier Sierra West.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Months after acquiring a midwestern LTL carrier, Canadian company Vitran is extending its reach into the western United States. The Toronto-based company said last month it has agreed in principle to acquire western U.S. regional LTL...

Marten Transport names new CFO.(Transportation: Trucking)(James J. Hinnendael appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Marten Transport named James J. Hinnendael as its new chief financial officer, succeeding Darrell D. Rubel, who is retiring after 20 years as the carrier's CFO. Hinnendael joined Marten, a Mondovi, Wis.-based nationwide carrier, as...

DOD buys truck scanning equipment.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... A Massachusetts firm that recently introduced a moveable cargo inspection system has drawn interest from the Department of Defense. The DOD placed a $5.4 million order with American Science and Engineering, Billerica, Mass., for its...

Routing through a bottleneck: billion-dollar double-track route through Baltimore recommended after crippling tunnel fire in 2001.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
January 2, 2006... Rail lines critical to the nation's freight transportation infrastructure will need a billion-dollar face-lift to handle the expected tonnage growth moving through Baltimore and along the Atlantic seaboard. A preliminary government study,...

Court orders search of STB: DHS, DOT also required to produce documents related to CSX hazmat rerouting around D.C.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
January 2, 2006... A U.S. district court ordered the Bush Administration to search the Department of Transportation, the Surface Transportation Board and the Department of Homeland Security for documents that CSX and federal officials have characterized as...

BNSF expands 'Instant' pricing.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... BNSF Railway added Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern to its rail partners offering carload customers instantaneous interline prices. Customers can review transportation prices at BNSF's web site for most general merchandise...

Smarter rail cars, safer hazmats.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... MHF Logistical Solutions will soon offer "smart" railcars equipped with remote monitoring and diagnostic systems to manage shipments of sensitive cargo. MHF, which provides transportation and technical services to hazmat shippers, said the...

Nober to resign Jan. 3.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober, who informed the White House in October he will not seek another term as chairman, informed President Bush and Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta that he will resign Jan. 3. "It...

EGL admits overcharges: forwarder talks over penalties after admitting $1.14 million in extra charges for defense work.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
January 2, 2006... Eagle Global Logistics is trying to limit the damage from a case in which the company overcharged the U.S. Department of Defense by $1.14 million for logistics work in the Middle East. The target of a Pentagon investigation, the...

Forwarder tied up in cargo probe: CEO of Singapore-based Airocean Group steps down amid probe into city's forwarding industry.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The chief executive of one of the largest logistics operators in Singapore stepped down from his post, at least temporarily, in the growing fallout from an apparent Singapore government investigation into the trading center's air cargo...

Kitty Hawk beefs up ground: new regional hub in Dallas-Fort Worth enhances service options of carrier's new ground business.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Kitty Hawk Cargo's new regional hub in Dallas-Fort Worth will help the carrier build up its business beyond the sagging domestic air freight market. The new Dallas-Fort Worth ground freight regional hub, which opened this month, joins...

Lawmakers fight foreign airline control.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., is leading an effort in Congress against a Department of Transportation proposal to ease restrictions on foreign control of U.S. air carriers. The opposition, which follows criticism of the plan from unions, could...

Critical in the rockies.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... FedEx Custom Critical opened an express center in Denver to improve expedited service in the West. The Denver facility will dispatch vehicles to pick up time-sensitive freight shipments in Colorado and Utah. "We can now provide pickups...

Pacific gateway strategy: Canada's Port of Vancouver gets ready for its big expansion aimed at boosting capacity.(Transportation: Maritime)
January 2, 2006... The Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, is preparing to capture a big chunk of the growing market for global container traffic in the years, ahead. The port is poised upon the greatest period of expansion in its history," said Gordon...

Longer gate hours set at Vancouver.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The Vancouver Port Authority, P&O Ports Canada and TSI Terminal Systems will implement extended hours of operations at container terminal truck gates in the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning this month. The program is intended...

TSA hikes fuel surcharge.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Despite declining fuel prices, a trade group representing container lines that carry cargo from Asia to the United States recommended that its members raise their bunker fuel surcharge to $590 per 40-foot container, a record high, starting this...

FMC reviews goals.(Transportation: Maritime)(Federal Maritime Commission )(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The Federal Maritime Commission is promoting alternative dispute resolution, electronic filing of documents and a greater presence at industry shows to meet or exceed strategic goals the agency set out for itself in fiscal 2005. The...

Hurricanes hurt U.S. exports.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The hurricanes that struck the United States last year may have a modest damping effect on U.S. export growth, according to a two-year forecast by the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI. In the report on U.S. exports, global growth and the dollar,...

Maher terminals seeking investor.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Maher Terminals, the largest marine terminal operator in the Port of New York and New Jersey, said it "is seeking a strategic partner to invest in its continued long-term growth and expansion." Maher said it is not considering putting...

City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority.(People)(Oklahoma port)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority elected Stephen J. Kissee to a one-year term as chairman of the Oklahoma port. Kissee is dealer principle of Jack Kissee Ford in Claremore, Okla.

The Port of Tacoma.(People)(appointment of Kathleen Fendt )(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The Port of Tacoma, Wash., named Kathleen Fendt its environmental program manager. She moves from her position as senior environmental program manager for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and also worked in environmental policy...

SATO America.(People)(Terry Bresin appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... SATO America, Charlotte, N.C., named Terry Bresin Western regional sales manager at the barcode and RFID products maker. Bresin had been with Intermec Technologies for eight years and was at Texas Instruments as a senior product manager before...

Manugistics.(People)(appointment of Mark R. Weaser)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Manugistics, Rockville, Md., named Mark R. Weaser president of Asia-Pacific operations at the supply chain management software company. Weaser has worked throughout the region for the last 17 years, most recently as a vice president at...

U-Freight.(People)(appointment of Michael Dean )(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... U-Freight, a Hong Kong-based freight forwarder, named Michael Dean to its New England sales team based in Boston. A 15-year industry veteran, Dean had been with Kuehne + Nagel and Trade-Winds, most recently as sales and operations manager.

Vitran.(People)(John R. Gossling appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Vitran, Toronto, named John R. Gossling to the trucking and logistics company's board. Gossling, vice president of financial operations at Rogers Communications, was appointed chairman of its audit committee, effective immediately.

Ceres Terminals.(People)(Michael I. Kite appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Ceres Terminals, Weehawken, N.J., named Michael I. Kite director of safety for the Gulf region, based in Houston. He has more than 33 years' management experience in stevedoring and marine terminal operations, most recently serving for 15 years...

Mallory Alexander International Logistics.(People)(Paul Liddell appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Mallory Alexander International Logistics, Memphis, Tenn., named Paul Liddell vice president of warehouse operations. He joined the company in 2002 and has been general manager, warehousing. He worked before that at the logistics division of...

The Port of Portland.(People)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... The Port of Portland, Ore., named Mark Crosby chief public safety officer. Crosby had been the port's general manager of aviation security and public safety.

Royal Group Technologies.(People)(Bradley J. Holcomb appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Royal Group Technologies, a Toronto-based manufacturer of home construction products, named Bradley J. Holcomb senior vice president of global materials and supply. Holcomb had been vice president and chief procurement officer at Waste...

DHL.(People)(Nariman Karimi and Boyd Williams appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... DHL, appointment of two new members to its Asia Pacific Management Board, Nariman Karimi, chief information officer and senior vice president, DHL Express Asia Pacific, and Boyd Williams, senior vice president, human resources, DHL Asia...

BDP International.(People)(Michael Loup appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... BDP International, Philadelphia, named Michael Loup chief information officer of the global logistics provider. He has more than 20 years' experience in technology and logistics, most recently at BDP's Elite Group subsidiary. He also helped...

Nortel appoints global supply chain leader.(People)(Joel Hackney appointed)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Looking to cut its cycle time for worldwide delivery of goods, Canadian telecommunications giant Nortel recruited GE veteran Joel Hackney to lead its global supply chain. An expert in Six Sigma quality process, Hackney will be senior vice...

TW Calendar.(Calendar)
January 2, 2006... JANUARY 10. 3M Day Luncheon "Rail Service: Future Options for the Upper Midwest" (Transportation Club) St. Bloomington, Minn. www.transportationclub.com. 11. The Midwest Association of Rail Shippers' Winter Meeting, Itasca, Ill. (219)...

Logistics seminars & courses.(TW Calendar)(Calendar)
January 2, 2006... JANUARY 9-13. Intermodal Freight Transportation (Global Maritime and Transportation School at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy), Kings Point, N.Y. (516) 773-5165 or http://gmats.usmma.edu. 11-Feb. 7. Module 1: Overview of Global...

National & regional averages: December 19, 2005.(Update: DOE Diesel Price Index)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 2, 2006... National & Regional Averages: December 19, 2005 United States $2.462 East Coast $2.499 Midwest $2.443 Gulf Coast $2.435 Rocky Mountain $2.410 West Coast $2.505...

Shipper seeks reimbursement for bill.(Q&A)
January 2, 2006... Q: I have a question regarding billing liability. As a contract carrier we hauled several loads for a customer in 2004. We erroneously billed the shipper even though the B/Ls were marked "collect." We received a call from the shipper telling us...

Solved.(The BackPage)
January 2, 2006... This may be the year we change the name of The Back Page. From now on, think of it as Back Page Solutions.

Kip.(The BackPage)(Hawley, Kip)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Introducing TSA head Kip Hawley at a recent Japanese transport conference, the Japanese speaker noted that "Kip" means "ticket" in Japanese. Over here, it's short for "Sure, bring those scissors and knives on our plane."

Cargo.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Have excess capacity? NASA put out feelers for bids to carry cargo to the international space station now that its shuttle program is grounded again. Perhaps some domestic air carriers with excess belly capacity will want to bid.

Conversed.(The BackPage)
January 2, 2006... "I've been successfully stopping cocktail party conversations for 25 years after I tell people I'm an air freight forwarder" new Airforwarders Association Executive Director Brandon Fried told a recent security conference. Listen, Brandon, it...

Learning curve.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... Former Department of Homeland Security business liaison Douglas Doan has a colorful take on the proposed green lane for cross-border shipping. Talk of the green lane, he says, "always reminded me of people talking about sex at my old high...

Pillaging.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... In the category of unfortunately excessive press releases, we point you to AES Cargo, which says that with their new office in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, their expansion "now rivals that of Genghis Khan." We're going to assume here that not as many...

Deputized?(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2006... You know you've been a bureaucrat too long when... You spend a couple minutes at a public meeting describing how your title is changing from "assistant secretary" to "undersecretary."

Unsustainable debate: I don't know about you, but I'm fatigued by the hours of service debate.(Editorial)
January 9, 2006... It's been more than 10 years since Congress ordered the federal government to rewrite outdated regulations governing truck driver work hours, rules written when a highway was a two-lane road and horsepower could still mean horses. The...

Dutch mail and logistics provider TNT.(Weekly Perspective)(Logistiques Ladoux)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Dutch mail and logistics provider TNT completed the sale of Logistiques Ladoux, part of its French subsidiary TNT Logistics Holdings, to French cargo transporter Malherbe. In the same week, TNT acquired Czech distributor ISH Nocni Expres....

A late start.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... A late start to the fall freight season, coupled with holiday sales and strong manufacturing, boosted the American Trucking Associations' for-hire truck tonnage index 1.9 percent in November. "Many carriers in recent weeks said demand has...

Manufactured slowdown.(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... A slower December for manufacturing could translate into bad news for the U.S. economy in 2006, experts say. In its monthly report, the Institute of Supply Management said manufacturing activity in December grew, but at a slower rate than...

"Stronger-than-expected shipments and inventory draws are making it difficult to meet demand.".(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... FedEx Chairman Fred Smith says inventory replenishment will drive growth in coming months and that appears to be true in the semiconductor business. Higher-than-expected demand helped computer chip manufacturers reduce inventory, with...

Uncertain hours: OOIDA to take hours of service battle back to courtroom; hazmat shippers say rest rules hurt team drivers.(Cover Story)
January 9, 2006... The federal government's new hours of service rules face another day in court, thanks to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. But don't think for a New York minute that the rap of a judge's gavel can bring years of debate...

Kalitta seals USPS deal: five-year-old Kalitta Air inks contract with USPS to move military mail to the Middle East.(Government & Regulation)
January 9, 2006... The U.S. Postal Service is changing the way it moves mail to soldiers and others in the Middle East by signing a large contract with Kalitta Air. Ypsilanti, Mich.-based Kalitta Air beat out four other bidders for the contract requiring it...

Higgins named to NTSB.(Government & Regulation)(National Transportation Safety Board)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... A veteran Democratic Washington hand with little transportation experience is the newest member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Kathryn O'Leary Higgins was named to the board for a term running through 2009. Previously, she...

Unions, lawmakers oppose air rule: Congressmen unveil legislation to block proposed DOT rule on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines.(Government & Regulation)
January 9, 2006... A contingent of federal lawmakers, with the backing of labor unions, is trying to keep the Department of Transportation from changing a rule on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines. Reps. James Oberstar, D-Minn., and Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.,...

Chamber to lobby for more waterways funds.(Government & Regulations)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to lobby in 2006 for more money for inland waterways transportation and for aviation reform as Congress reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration. But one agenda item not on the powerful lobbying...

Former congressional transportation aide dies.(Government & Regulations)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 9, 2006... A powerful and notorious former Republican congressional transportation aide and lobbyist died last month at the age of 62. Ann Eppard, a one-time chief of staff to former House transportation committee chairman Bud Schuster, died from...

Straight from the source: big box retailers' move to 'direct sourcing' to shift shipping patterns, creating opportunities for 3PLs.(Logistics & Technology)
January 9, 2006... Squeezed by tight margins in its battles with other mega-retailers, Wal-Mart is turning to direct sourcing for savings, a strategy that could affect shipper supply chains worldwide. The world's biggest retailer is following up several...

Clarification.(Correction Notice)
January 9, 2006... In a story on page 16 of the Dec. 19-26, 2005 Traffic World, Consolidating Logistics Choices, the forwarding business that UPS purchased from CNF was Menlo Worldwide Forwarding.

Garick turns to logistics: non-asset wood products distributor sets up logistics subsidiary; 'we just keep things moving,' says Schanz.(Logistics & Technology)
January 9, 2006... When the logistics industry is hot--as it is now--it seems everybody wants to get into the act. But while few newcomers succeed, one shipper's recent start-up could buck the trend. Cleveland-based natural resource products distributor...

Salvesen to open multimodal warehouse.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... European logistics provider Christian Salvesen turned to custom real estate developer Eurinpro when it needed a warehouse site near multimodal distribution points for a food products distribution facility for U.K.-based client United Biscuits....

Freightquote.com buys twin modal.(Logistics & Technology)(Twin Modal)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Internet shipping pioneer freightquote.com is taking a big step beyond the pure Web-based world with its acquisition last month of Twin Modal, a domestic freight broker. Freightquote.com said the acquisition will allow it to expand its...

Small shippers' online answers: the TMS cost barrier drops as online software choices expand, encouraging smaller shippers to go high tech.(Special Report: LOGISTICS: MANAGING TRANSPORTATION)
January 9, 2006... Robert Garner got a rude awakening when he went shopping for a new transportation management system for Republic Plastics. "What I found was, there is excellent software out there, but a lot of the software companies said unless we were...

Schneider launches SmartBid.(Special Report: LOGISTICS: MANAGING TRANSPORTATION)(Schneider Logistics)
January 9, 2006... As shippers struggle to find enough trucks to move their freight, Schneider Logistics hopes they'll turn to technology for answers even if it means changing long-held carrier management practices. The logistics arm of Schneider National...

Roadway express gets faster: reducing transit times, freight handling in East, to stretch Roadway's lanes coast to coast.(Transportation: Trucking)
January 9, 2006... Roadway Express is speeding the LTL industry's drive to become more expedited, cutting as much as a day out of its transit times, a step the LTL carrier says will accelerate deliveries in the Northeast and from coast to coast. Roadway...

Wal-Mart faces hazmat probe: retailer target of hazardous material transportation investigation by the federal government, California.(Transportation: Trucking)
January 9, 2006... Count Wal-Mart Stores among the truck operators upset over the broad spectrum of goods considered hazardous. The world's largest retailer said last month it is the target of a criminal investigation involving transportation of hazardous...

New Swift CEO scores stock option grants.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Swift Transportation awarded its new CEO a stock option grant and performance-based incentive bonus for 2006. In a Dec. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Swift said Robert W. Cunningham, who took over as CEO in late...