Traffic World articles from January 2007

Traffic World archives from January 2007

BNSF Logistics Acquires 3PL.(3PL Pro-Am Transportation Services)(mergers and acquisitions)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... Burlington Northern subsidiary BNSF Logistics acquired Jamestown, N.D.-based 3PL Pro-Am Transportation Services. Pro-Am serves 48 states and the Canadian Provinces through more than 14,000 trucking companies. Revenue in 2006 was...

White House Approves TWIC Rule.(Transportation Workers Identification Credential)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson WASHINGTON -- The White House Office of Management and Budget has approved the Transportation Workers Identification Credential rule, clearing the way for publication by the Transportation Security Administration....

U.S. Customs Closed Tuesday.(Gerald Ford)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... Federal offices, including Customs, are closed Tuesday in observance of a national day of mourning for former President Gerald Ford. Quotas for textile imports scheduled to go into effect Jan. 2 will instead be effective Jan. 3. Cargo...

Hong Kong Volume Gains.(financial report)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Gordon Feller Hong Kong International Airport experienced robust growth in cargo throughput in November, up 7.2 percent to 342,000 metric tons on-year. That followed a gain of 3.4 percent to 329,000 tons in October, indicating...

Kalmar Nabs Huge PSA Tractor Order.
January 2, 2007... Kalmar Industries has been awarded a record 247-tractor order from PSA Singapore Terminals. The PSA unit is the world's largest container transshipment hub, and handled 22.3 million TEUs in 2005. Kalmar will begin to deliver the...

New Indian Box Port Planned.(Krishnapatnam Port Corp. Ltd)(Portia Management Services)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... India's southern Port of Krishnapatnam, located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, plans to start container operations by June, 2008. The port, being jointly developed by Krishnapatnam Port Corp. Ltd. and British-based Portia Management...

Truckload Demand Falls in December.(truckload index)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Truckload demand fell in December in relation to supply, according to the broad-based Morgan-Stanley Truckload Freight Index. The historical average level of the index at this time of year is 1.58, but this...

IJS Global Acquires UK Forwarder.(Lupprians Cargo Express)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher IJS Global this week acquired a UK forwarder in a move to expand its international platform. The Connecticut-based forwarder which has been trying to establish a global platform through acquisitions,...

Crane Offers to Buy EGL.(James R. Crane offer for EGL shares)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The board of directors at Houston-based forwarder EGL on Jan. 2 received a letter from CEO and Chairman James R. Crane, offering to acquire all outstanding equity for $36 per share in cash. Crane is...

e-Manifests Go Online in Vermont.(Bureau of Customs and Border Protection)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Earle Eldridge Trucks crossing the U.S./Canadian border in Vermont began electronically transmitting data about their cargo to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection on Dec. 31. The e-Manifests are part of a test of the...

Grimaldi Acquires Finnlines.(Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A.)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... Italian liner company Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A. said it has acquired 50.1-percent of the shares of Finnlines for $25.5 million euros ($33.9 million). Naples-based Grimaldi said it bought 1.5 million shares at 17 euros per...

NOL Opens Vietnam Subsidiary.(Vietfracht)(Neptune Orient Lines)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The government of Vietnam in late December granted approval for global cargo transportation and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines to establish a wholly-owned company there. Vietnam's Ministry of Planning...

Diesel Falls 1.6 Cent to $2.58.(price analysis)(Brief article)(Market overview)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel slid another 1.6 cent in the last week of the year to $2.58, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The third consecutive week of...

Rail Volume Surges at Year End.(railroads load volume )(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Rail volume grew only 2.6 percent over the first 51 weeks of 2006, but every improvement has been a record for the last nine years. Total volume for the year-to-date on December 23 was 1.712 trillion...

Tulsa Port Nears Record.(Tulsa Port )(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Cargo through the Tulsa Port of Catoosa reached near-record levels in November, making the first eleven months of 2006 the second best year-to-date in the Port's 35-year history. A total of 205,000 tons of...

Manufacturing Bounces Back.
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Significant gains in new orders and production drove a resurgence in the manufacturing sector in December. After a contraction reported in November, economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in...

ABF Expands Regional Network.(ABF Freight System Inc.)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher ABF Freight System expanded its regional transportation network to include the Central and Southern United States, the company said Jan. 3. The largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corporation said it will bring...

CN, CP to Return Revenue to Farmers.(Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Courtney Tower Canada's largest railways made so much money on grain shipments to export ports in 2006 that they must give a small part of it back, just part of a year's success that gives them momentum going into the new year. ...

Nippon Express in C-TPAT.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: William Armbruster Nippon Express said it recently completed validation of business locations in the United States and Japan under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. The company said it is the first Japanese...

New CEO Named at FedEx Freight West.
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher FedEx Freight, the regional and interregional less-than-truckload subsidiary of FedEx, named Mike Moss president and CEO of FedEx Freight West. Moss replaces Keith Lovetro, who left last month to join the...

DHS Issues TWIC Rule.(Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Worker Identification Credential)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The Department of Homeland Security followed the approval it received a day earlier by issuing the final rule for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential. The White House Office of Management and...

Sentinel HS Group Names Principal.(E. Keith Thomson)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Former assistant customs commissioner E. Keith Thomson joined homeland security consulting firm Sentinel HS Group as a principal of the company. Thomson's chief responsibilities will be to lead Sentinel's...

USA Truck Opens Regional Hub.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher USA Truck opened its newest regional operations center in Spartanburg, S.C., as base for short to medium haul dry van truckload services in the Southeastern United States. Regional freight is a growing...

Container Traffic Seen Slowing.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The volume of containers at major U.S. ports reached record levels in 2006, but growth from this point will be painfully slow, according to a national survey. The monthly Port Tracker report, released today...

Kirby Purchases 58 Tank Barges.(Coastal Towing Inc.)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Kirby Corporation, Houston-based barge and tug operator, increased the ownership stake in its barge fleet this week with the purchase of barges it is operating. For a price of $19.3 million in cash, Kirby...

Brown Joins Traffic World.(Penny Brown)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Traffic World named Penny Brown, a former USA Today sports editor, as the magazine's new deputy managing editor. She replaces Emily Rehring, who resigned to take a position with another news organization. Most recently, Brown worked as a...

LA-Long Beach Traffic Increases.
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo LONG BEACH, Calif. - Vessel arrivals in Los Angeles-Long Beach surged in 2006 and the strong traffic flow has continued into the new year, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. Vessel calls...

Canada Hikes U.S. Bridge Tolls.(Niagara Falls Bridge Commission)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Courtney Tower OTTAWA - Tolls to enter the United States from Canada over three Niagara Falls-area bridges are to be increased as of Feb. 1, the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission announced. Thomas Garlock, NFBC general manager,...

Seattle Names Yoshitani CEO.(Tay Yoshitani appointed at Port of Seattle Commission )
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto SEATTLE -- The Port of Seattle Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve port industry veteran Tay Yoshitani as the port's new chief executive. Yoshitani previously led the ports of Oakland and...

TNT Adds 747 to Fleet.(TNT Express Worldwide, Boeing 747)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Netherlands-based global express and mail carrier TNT added the first Boeing 747 freighter to its fleet in December. Boeing delivered the 747-400ER Freighter to investment manager Guggenheim Aviation Partners in...

DHL Signs with Saudi Aramco.(DHL Exel Supply Chain, Saudi Arabian Oil Co.)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman DHL Exel Supply Chain scored one of the largest deals in its history in the Middle East with a 10-year, multi-million dollar deal to develop oil producer Saudi Aramco's logistics infrastructure. "DHL Exel Supply...

Kerry-Lynden Quadruples Network.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Kerry-Lynden, a joint venture of Lynden Air Freight and Kerry Logistics, expanded its Asia and North American sales and operations network Jan. 1 by adding more than 30 new locations. The new service network,...

Postal Contract Boosts Kitty Hawk Profit.(Kitty Hawk Aircargo Inc. and Kitty Hawk Cargo and United States Postal Service)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Kitty Hawk Cargo and Kitty Hawk Aircargo successfully completed their contracts with the United States Postal Service for holiday mail and will reap record profits for the parent company in the fourth quarter....

Hellmann Joins Cargo 2000.(Hellmann Worldwide Logistics USA)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is the latest freight forwarding organization to join Cargo 2000, the air cargo quality system. "We are now well aware of the advantages Cargo 2000 can provide in terms of...

C.R. England Opens Logistics HQ.(headquarter)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman C.R. England opened a new 22,000 square foot headquarters in West Valley City, Utah, for its logistics subsidiary that the company expects will employ as many as 200 people. "Relocation of our England Logistics...

Lantech voted first-ever Supplier of the Year to xpedx.
January 4, 2007... In unanimous vote of xpedx regions, Lantech outscores more than 50 other suppliers on criteria ranging from quality and market knowledge to R&D and field support. January 2007 - Stretch-wrap-equipment inventor Lantech's commitment to...

Traffic World Parent Acquires Aviation Industry Group Ltd.
January 4, 2007... Strengthens Commonwealth Business Media's events portfolio for aviation intelligence market United Business Media plc announces today that its Commonwealth Business Media division, parent of Traffic World, has acquired the UK-based...

Con-way Slashes Guidance.(Con-Way Air Express)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Con-way on Jan. 3 reduced by 11 to 12 percent its guidance for fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations. The correction is a sharp cutback and follows previous warnings that Con-way was being hit by a...

Durable Goods Orders Surge.(U.S. Census Bureau)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher An upswing in economic activity in November yielded a 0.9 percent increase in new orders for manufactured durable goods, worth $3.4 billion. Shipments rose 0.1 percent or $400 million as well, according to...

Ragot to Head FreightCar America.(Christian Ragot appointed)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: John D. Boyd FreightCar America, a major builder of aluminum coal cars and other rail equipment, tapped Christian Ragot to become successor this spring to President and CEO John Carroll. The Chicago-based firm said Ragot will...

Rail Service Sped Up in 2006.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Much-criticized service metrics on North American railroads improved significantly in 2006 while volume grew at a moderate 2.4 percent pace (see story), according to numbers from the Association of American...

IATA Sees Slow 2006 Growth.(International Air Transport Association)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Growth in international scheduled air freight traffic was sluggish in November, but the average for the first eleven months of 2006 was somewhat better, according to a report from the International Air Transport...

U.S. Air Cargo Slowed in 2006.(united states)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher U.S. airlines flew 24.1 billion revenue ton miles of freight, express and mail in the first eleven months of 2006, a 4.8 percent improvement on the previous year, according to the Air Transport Association. ...

Senators Introduce Security Bill.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher With support from the ranking member and other Senators of both parties, Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, on Jan. 5 introduced the Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of...

CSCMP Opens Associate Membership.(Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals introduced a new associate membership program with dues a little more than half what regular members pay. The program for logisticians aged 25 and under -...

House Committees Agree on Security.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The newly designated chairmen of two key House committees on Jan. 5 signed an agreement setting out each one's jurisdiction in regard to security legislation. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...

House Bill Seeks 100-percent Screening.(homeland security bill)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats are wasting no time in rolling out their homeland security agenda. The House is expected to receive a bill Friday that will enact the remainder of recommendations from the...

Customs Issues C-TPAT Standards.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism )(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Customs and Border Protection has released minimum security criteria for Customs brokers joining the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. The agency in a posting to its Web site said customs brokers seeking to join the supply chain...

Rail Volume Growth Slowed in 2006.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Railroads loaded more cars in 2006, led by strong growth in grain and coal shipments. A healthy grain crop resulted in a 4.8 percent increase in grain carloads for the year. Coal improved by 4.1 percent,...

Canada Limits HOS.(hours of service )(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Courtney Tower OTTAWA -- New rules tightening the numbers of hours truck drivers can be behind the wheel went into effect Jan. 1 in three Canadian provinces. The new hours of service regulations require that Canadian and U.S....

Maersk Plans Rate Hikes.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach Maersk Line said it will seek rate increases on the northbound trade from the East Coast of South America to Europe and on the Asia to South Africa trade. The world's largest container carrier will seek a minimum...

Iowa Interstate Buys Peoria Link.(mergers and acquisitions)(Lincoln and Southern Railroad)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... BYLINE: John D. Boyd Iowa Interstate Railroad -- a regional line based in Cedar Rapids that runs from Chicago to Omaha, Neb. - locked in ownership of a link it was already operating to the Illinois River at Peoria, Ill., by purchasing the...

FedEx Fueling Optimism.(company forecasts )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page While large parts of the freight transport business headed into 2007 in something of a downturn, FedEx looked to be on a roll.   FedEx closed out 2006 by reporting a $511 million net profit in its fiscal second...

January 8, 2007.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... Smoke 'em. Truckers in Ohio can breathe easier. Well, not exactly easier, when you think about it, but they're still happy. The state exempted trucks from Ohio's new ban on smoking in the workplace, a ban that could have barred truck drivers...

Railroad insists shipper buy 'lead track'.(railroad transportation management )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Colin Barrett Q:We have a plant in Texas and have been there for approximately 20 years. We are served by a major railroad and have always had rail service. It came to light recently that we do not have our own track...

Four Ways to Get More from TMS.(cost reduction in freight transporation by using transportation management systems )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Peter Ward Softer freight rate increases and added capacity in the trucking and ocean sectors have not reduced the pressure CEOs and CFOs put on logistics managers to control transportation costs. If anything, the C-suite is...

New Century.(Traffic World gets into second century)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page Welcome to Traffic World's second century. With its publication this week, the magazine begins its countdown to its 100th anniversary and, equally important in our view, its next century of chronicling the remarkable...

Feds Set Security Track.(hazardous materials security )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: John D. Boyd The Bush administration gave railroads and shippers a triple dose of new security and safety proposals for hazardous material shipments to start the year as the freight transportation world gears up for potentially...

Roadability Rule Rolling.(container trucking regulations )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Angela Greiling Keane Chassis owners and drivers hauling intermodal loads both will see increased responsibility under a new intermodal chassis roadability rule.   Released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

Stuck in the Warehouse.(database software in warehousing )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman The concept of the warehouse may be almost as old as civilization itself, but a new wave of technology has vastly improved the warehouse's performance potential. So it may come as a surprise that warehouse...

Keeping Appointments.(implementing trucker appointement systems in marine terminals)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo Excuse me, driver, do you have an appointment?  Trucker appointment systems are standard operating procedure in busy Asian ports, and some U.S. terminal operators have flirted with appointment systems, but...

No Quick Fix.(transportation industry in the United States and housing development )
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: John D. Boyd A sharp drop in motor vehicle and lumber business took thousands of carloads off the rails last year, and the trend is getting worse as weakness spreads in the automotive and housing industries. As 2007 begins, there...

TMS enters 'new generation'.
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: David Biederman Managing transportation used to be as simple as picking up the phone and calling your carrier to arrange a pickup on a Tuesday, or to check on the shipment to Boston that left your dock on Friday. Or to ask where...

New day for next day.
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: John Gallagher The coals heating the market for next- and second-day service are getting stoked by Yellow Transportation and ABF Freight System as both seek a head start in what's expected to be a challenging year for the LTL...

Baldwin to Head UTXL Sales.(Ken Baldwin reappointment)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Ken Baldwin, a 40-year veteran of the freight transportation industry, rejoined old colleagues in his move to UTXL this week. Taking on the job of senior vice president in charge of sales, Baldwin was...

FRA Approves Remote Control Trains.(Federal Railroad Administration)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The Federal Railroad Administration approved Jan. 8 a plan to allow BNSF Railway to implement the Electronic Train Management System on portions of its network. The railroad will begin installing and using...

Business Group Targets Infrastructure.(United States Chamber of Commerce)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: R. G. Edmonson WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch an initiative to raise awareness of the growing problem of congestion in transportation infrastructure, President Thomas J. Donohue said Thursday. Donohue...

Brief Security Scare at Port of Miami.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... A possible miscommunication was blamed for a security scare Sunday at the Port of Miami. An Iraqi-born trucker from Michigan arrived at about 8 a.m. at the port's main entrance without proper identification, police said. The...

United Airlines Cargo Up.(finanacial news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... United Airlines reported a modest increase in cargo during 2006. Airfreight excluding mail increased 6.6 percent to 1,753,765 ton-miles from 1,645,865 ton-miles in 2005. Mail shipments totaled 294,290 ton-miles, down 21.3 percent from...

Gain for Seaway Freight in 2006.(shipping and marine terminals )(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Courtney Tower OTTAWA -- A total of 48 million metric tons of cargo transited the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2006, 10 percent more than the previous year. The 2,300-mile, binational waterway, which closed Dec. 30 for winter repairs...

Mexico Plans Major Transport Projects.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: Gordon Feller Newly-elected Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his government plans spending to upgrade its transportation sector, with infrastructure and services that compete at the international level. Various estimates...

Teamsters Consider '08 Candidates.(National Brotherhood of Teamsters)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... BYLINE: John Gallagher The National Brotherhood of Teamsters is still a way off from backing a candidate for 2008 despite the early prognostication about the chances of candidates such as Hillary Clinton and John McCain. "We're not in...

YRC Regional Consolidates.(YRC Regional Transportation)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide is consolidating two USF units in the West and expanding a third to cover more territory in the South and Midwest. USF Bestway will operate under...

Freightquote.com Acquires Rockwell.(mergers and acquisitions)(Freightquote.com)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Freightquote.com, a Kansas City, Mo.-based provider of Web-based freight transportation management, completed its acquisition of Rockwell Transportation Services, a Perkasie, Pennsylvania-based transportation...

Teamsters to Congress: Change.(International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
January 9, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week set out a comprehensive legislative agenda for the 110th Congress, including wages, health care and work standards. Relying on the new Democratic majority...

Greenbrier Net Sinks.(financial report)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The Greenbrier Companies, a barge and railcar manufacturer based in Lake Oswego, Ore., saw net earnings fall 77 percent in its first fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30, even as revenue jumped 32 percent to $245...

UPS Names Abney COO.
January 9, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The new chief operating officer of UPS is David Abney, who will also take on the role of president of UPS Airlines in replacing John Beystehner, who retired last week after 36 years of service. Alan Gershenhorn...

DHL to Run Pharmaceuticals Project.(contracts)(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman Wyeth Pharmaceuticals signed DHL to a multi-year agreement to coordinate global logistics of clinical trial materials, the first time the drug maker awarded responsibility for such shipments to a single logistics...

Airlines Forecast Profits.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The Air Transport Association forecasts profits for its members in 2006 and 2007 in its annual economic outlook released Jan. 9. Back-to-back annual profits would be a first in the 21st century for an...

House Passes Security Bill.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher A long-promised bill that sharply increases security requirements for airlines and ports passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday Jan. 9. The bill is the first passed under new Democratic...

Lowe's Improves California DC.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman Home improvements retailer Lowe's is making some improvements itself. The Mooresville, N.C.-based company will retrofit two 120,000 square foot buildings at the Port of Stockton, Calif., for a new flatbed...

ProLogis Leases DC to Subaru.(contracts)(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: William Hoffman Commercial real estate developer ProLogis leased 282,000 square feet of a recently completed 501,000 square foot distribution center in suburban Indianapolis to Subaru of America to support the automaker's Midwest...

Air France-KLM Tonnage Bumped Up.
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher After declines in air cargo traffic in December, Air France-KLM showed very little growth for the year. The European carrier with most of its business in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region saw revenue...

Diesel Falls 4.3 Cents to $2.537.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel at the pump fell 4.3 cents last week to $2.537, according to a survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the sharpest one-week decline since...