Traffic World articles from October 2005

Traffic World archives from October 2005

Copying Bonner.(retirement of Robert Bonner from Customs and Border Protection)(CSX security plan of hazardous substances transportation)(Editorial)
October 3, 2005... You need to spend time in a Washington courtroom to get a sense of what the trade and transportation community is losing with the retirement of Robert Bonner as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. At a U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Brokers, brokers, everywhere ...(transportation industry)(Transportation Intermediaries Association)(Column)
October 3, 2005... Once upon a time in transportation, the property broker was a shunned entity. Legend has it that a property broker in the 1980s would arrange for your freight to be transported via a truck load carrier, collect your money and never pay the...

The American Trucking Associations offered new evidence of an economic slowdown.(Weekly Perspective)
October 3, 2005... The American Trucking Associations offered new evidence of an economic slowdown, reporting a third straight drop in its monthly truck tonnage index. The ATA said its seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index fell 0.8 percent in...

Is Wall Street getting waterborne?(Horizon Lines L.L.C. shares)(American Commercial Lines L.L.C. got "B" rating )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Is Wall Street getting waterborne? Shares of Horizon Lines set sail last week, with the stock jumping on its first days as a publicly traded company. The Charlotte, N.C.-based container shipping company cut its IPO price the day before the...

Durable confidence.(how to measure consumer confidence)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... A key measure of consumer confidence plunged in September to its lowest point in nearly two years but other signals suggest the U.S. economy is still building on strong shipping patterns. The Conference Board's closely watched Consumer...

"While most businesses escaped the brunt of Katrina's wrath, they may not always be so fortunate.".(supply chain management)(Hurricane Katrina)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Hurricane Katrina should be a wake-up call to companies to rethink their supply chain strategies, says one expert on transport and logistics planning. Ted Scherck, president of Colography Group, said major events that interrupt the supply...

Security finds trucking: TSA seeks truck tracking ability; industry on alert for terror, new oversight.(Transportation Security Administration)(Cover Story)
October 3, 2005... The federal government is ratcheting up efforts to prevent terrorism on the highways, raising its scrutiny of the trucking industry to a new level amid rising concern about the safety and security of hazardous materials shipments. In one...

CBP seeks Bonner replacement: commissioner's departure leaves gap at agency struggling with changes, security responses.(Government & Regulation)(Robert Bonner is retiring from Customs and Border Protection)
October 3, 2005... Robert Bonner took his job running the United States' massive customs agency before terrorism became an overriding national concern, but his actions on anti-terror cargo security will be the main legacy he leaves behind. Bonner, who many...

TSA chief eyes FAS recommendations.(Government & Regulation)(freight assessment system)( Kip Hawley of Transportation Security Administration)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley said he plans to use an agency advisory group's recommendation at the backbone of a new air cargo security targeting system. Hawley told members of the Aviation Security...

Safe ground for earmarks: pork opponents over a barrel on projects, little Hill will seen for political tradeoff.(Government & Regulation)(highway bill)
October 3, 2005... Backers of planned new bridges, roadways, intermodal facilities, bike paths and downtown beautification work need not worry too much. Although the calls to give back millions of dollars in highway bill earmark money to pay for Hurricane Katrina...

Air cargo rules delayed.(Government & Regulation)(federal security rules)
October 3, 2005... Air cargo shippers looking for the comprehensive federal security rules due out in mid-August will have to keep waiting. Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning Elaine Dezenski...

Supply chain version 2.0: Oracle is loading G-Log into its software suite, so how long can supply chain vendors stand alone?(Logistics & Technology)(Oracle Corp. acquired Global Logistics Technologies Inc.)
October 3, 2005... Oracle's acquisition of supply chain software provider G-Log will take its competition with enterprise resource planning rivals into a new area that could roil the logistics technology market. "With this acquisition, SAP and i2 Technologies...

Martco taps Stonepath.(Logistics & Technology)(Martco Partnership and Stonepath Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... In a sure sign that industry hasn't given up on the storm-stricken Gulf Coast, Alexandria, La.-based Martco hired Stonepath Group to coordinate movement of a forest products production line from Germany and Canada to Oakdale, La. The $1...

RFID standard released.(Logistics & Technology)(EPCglobal Inc. standard for radio frequency identification software )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... EPCglobal announced its first standard for radio frequency identification software using its electronic product code technology in the supply chain. The Application Level Events standard, developed by more than 100 companies within...

DSC center wins FTZ.(Logistics & Technology)(DSC Logistics Inc. won Foreign Trade Zone certification)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Chicago-based DSC Logistics won Foreign Trade Zone certification at its Chicagoland Logistics Center near Joliet, III. "With our FTZ status, we look forward to providing operating efficiencies to our customers, resulting in reduced,...

Alien cuts RFID price: technology company reiterates intention to drive down underlying costs of RFID tags.(Logistics & Technology)(Alien Technology Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... If discount pricing is a sign of a sagging market, the RFID express may be slowing down. Alien Technology cut the price on its 96-bit radio frequency identification tags by 44 percent in an effort to jump-start industry adoption of the...

Target to build Georgia DC: two-million-square-foot distribution center will feed merchandise to the retailer's southeastern stores.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Retailer Target announced plans to build a 2-million-square-foot distribution center near Georgia's Port of Savannah. Construction on the facility has already begun and it is to be completed in 2007. The warehouse is being built on 200...

China's logistics lessons: supply chains through China carry key lessons for logistics managers tied to global strategies.(Logistics & Technology)(Heather L. Sheehan of Danaher Corp.)
October 3, 2005... Setting up distribution systems in and out of China has well-known complications, but the head of logistics for one Fortune 500 has surprising advice for anyone looking to distribute goods domestically within the country: set up a distribution...

Stacking containers higher: railroads' push to drive more freight into containers is redefining the intermodal market.(Special Report: INTERMODAL SHIPPING)
October 3, 2005... Rapid growth in intermodal trade isn't slowing down but it's taking on a new character as railroads hungry for intermodal equipment that doubles the capacity of their networks push the intermodal industry to change the way it does business. ...

Opening up trailers: RampCar will allow railroads to move a wider variety of highway trailers and wheeled vehicles than can be moved efficiently by intermodal methods today.(Special Report: INTERMODAL SHIPPING)(Wabtec Corp.)
October 3, 2005... The founders of Intermodal Trailer Express believe a new technology called a "RampCar" will increase the market for trailers-on-flat-cars in an intermodal world that is increasingly more containerized. The RampCar, designed and developed...

Can you keep a secret? Access to CSX security information is focus in railroad's hazmat rerouting dispute with D.C.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(District of Columbia)
October 3, 2005... How secure is CSX's security plane "There are people within CSX that if given the choice between protecting the plan or their first born son, they would have a hard time making that decision," a CSX attorney told a U.S. District Court judge...

CP ratifies labor pact.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. contracts with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Canadian Pacific Railway ratified a five-year labor agreement with 450 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The agreement with extends through Dec. 31, 2009. CP now has collective bargaining agreements in place with...

NS improves train control: electronic system improves safety, cuts costs while improving operations, railroad says.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
October 3, 2005... Norfolk Southern is developing an electronic train control system that it says will improve safety and save money by allowing trains to run closer together. NS said its Optimized Train Control system will employ components of several...

Rails rolling after Rita: Union Pacific lifts some restrictions, installs generators to power signaling systems.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Union Pacific Railroad Co.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Union Pacific Railroad began moving trains again last week after installing power generators used for signaling systems along corridors affected by Hurricane Rita. UP lifted embargoes Sept. 27 that it had placed on all stations between...

Filling grain trains.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(grain transportation by railroads)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Grain shipments moving by rail to export locations throughout the United States are up significantly in 2005 despite a relatively flat year for overall grain exports. Higher ocean freight rates and rail networks less bogged down than a...

Bottom-line boost: manufacturers tout shipping and weighing efficiencies.(Materials Handling: Special Advertising Section)(Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks Integral Wireless Communication Scale)(Advertisement)
October 3, 2005... In the perpetual search for improved profitability, warehouse and terminal operators know they must either find substantial numbers of new customers, or significantly cut costs. With this in mind, several manufacturers of freight weighing...

Coalition challenges HOS: teamsters join Public Citizen, safety groups asking FMCSA to reconsider final hours of service rules.(Transportation: Trucking)(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
October 3, 2005... The new hours of service rules for truck drivers are facing a challenge from a familiar raft of opponents, but this time they also have a powerful labor union on board. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined Public Citizen and...

Overnite drivers complete highway watch training.(Transportation: Trucking)(Overnite Transportation Co.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Overnite Transportation, Richmond, Va., is the first major trucking company to train all of its drivers to prevent terrorists from using large vehicles or hazardous cargos as weapons under the Highway Watch safety and security program. The...

Moyes settles SEC complaint: Swift Transportation chairman, CEO agrees to pay $1.25 million as SEC closes insider trading case.( Securities and Exchange Commission )(Jerry C. Moyes)
October 3, 2005... Trucking magnate Jerry C. Moyes is off the hook--at a price. The founder, chairman and CEO of Swift Transportation will pay about $1.25 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges of insider stock trading that dogged him...

Investors acquire TMW Systems.(Transportation: Trucking)(Wachovia Capital Partners and Peppertree Capital Management)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Trucking software developer TMW Systems is gaining financial muscle. The Beachwood, Ohio, company will be acquired by investment group Wachovia Capital Partners and Peppertree Capital Management, a private equity firm. Terms of the...

'Retooling' fuel surcharges: carriers consider adjusting formulas to recover fuel expenditures more quickly when costs rise.(Transportation: Trucking)
October 3, 2005... Rising fuel costs are leading motor carriers to rethink how they levy fuel surcharges and consider retooling their surcharge agreements with shippers. Dynamex Chairman and CEO Rick McClelland recently told analysts that his company's...

Heartland goes west.(Transportation: Trucking)(Heartland Express Earnings Inc. expanding its network)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Truckload carrier Heartland Express is extending its short- to medium-haul network west of the Rocky Mountains. The Coralville, Iowa-based company added a facility in Phoenix in the third quarter. Heartland is leasing a facility there now...

Teamsters: 'what MFCA?'.(Transportation: Trucking)(reorganization of Motor Freight Carriers Association )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... One might expect that the pending dissolution of the Motor Freight Carriers Association, which represents some of the largest Teamster employers, would raise eyebrows, if not concern, at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. That's not...

FedEx has rosy forecast: cross-selling services spurs cross-company gains, FedEx Freight operating margin at 15.1 percent.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
October 3, 2005... FedEx may be faced with shippers trading down to less costly transport services but the carrier is keeping the customers in the fold nevertheless. Amid strong signs of the connections between its various operating companies, FedEx posted a...

USPS launches with Dell: new mail service is aimed at high-value goods, shows Postal Service moves to reclaim parcels.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Postal Service)
October 3, 2005... The U.S. Postal Service is using a deal with Dell Computers to launch a service focused on handling high-value shipments--and on regaining ground lost to the private carriers in the delivery market. The offering is called "Hold for Pickup"...

SAS offers more U.S. capacity.(Scandinavian Airline System )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Scandinavian Airline System is teaming with a cargo alliance partner to offer added freighter capacity to the United States. Under the agreement starting this month with Singapore Airlines Cargo, SAS Cargo will offer about 130 tons per week...

Swissport adds U.S. security screening.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Swissport Cargo Services installs Rapiscan 532H units )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Swissport Cargo Services is getting a jump on the Transportation Security Administration and deploying X-ray screening machines throughout its U.S. operations to address heightened security concerns. In the past few weeks, Swissport has...

E-bookings on the rise.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
October 3, 2005... Momentum is building for a significant boost in electronic air cargo bookings, according to an industry survey, and a new campaign by an airline industry group hopes to add to that push. In its third annual "Chicken & Egg" survey canvassing...

Air Atlanta rolls sevens: Iceland ACMI carrier plans big cargo push, $1 billion deal may pack 747-400 conversions.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
October 3, 2005... Air Atlanta Icelandic's four new 777 freighters will haul more than just freight on the airline s new cargo routes. The planes, along with the promise of more freighters, will carry an aggressive new air cargo strategy aimed at turning the...

TNT boosts depot security.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... TNT Express is pressing security at its depots to increase its volume of high value, technology shipments. TNT said 11 more depots achieved the highest level of Technology Asset Protection Association accreditation. That brings to 13 the...

A freight lover's state: Virginia ports join battle for 'smaller' container ships carriers will shift from Asian trade routes to East Coast.
October 3, 2005... "Virginia is for lovers" has been the Old Dominion's unofficial slogan since 1969. The Port of Virginia would prefer "Virginia is for Cargo." The Virginia Port Authority and its operating arm, Virginia International Terminals, have thrown...

Containers for Craney Island.(container terminal to be built for Craney Island)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... The Viroinia Port Authority plans to build a 600-acre container terminal at Craney Island, located on the Portsmouth side of the Elizabeth River and directly across from the Norfolk International Terminal. Craney Island is currently used for...

Hutchison to invest $1 billion in Panama Ports.(Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Panama Ports, a majority-owned unit of the container terminal arm of Hong-Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, plans to invest $1 billion to quadruple capacity at two key ports in Panama over the next 10 years. Panama Ports, which is owned 90...

Green light for shippers, NVOs.(non-vessel-operating)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Effective Oct. 28, shipper groups with non-vessel-operating common carrier members will be able to enter confidential contracts. The Federal Maritime Commission set the final rule that expands the use of confidential contracting for NVOs....

Gulfport rebuilds: Crowley, Dole, Chiquita facilities readied for use, P&O Ports to resume operations.(Transportation: Maritime)
October 3, 2005... Mississippi's Port of Gulfport was to officially reopen last week, one month after Hurricane Katrina obliterated much of Mississippi's Gulf Coast and ravaged Gulfport. In the storm's wake, aids to navigation were missing, and 20 percent of...

Horizon lines reprices IPO.(initial public offering )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Horizon Lines repriced its initial public offering last month in an attempt to attract more investors. The Charlotte, N.C.-based based carrier priced its IPO at $10 a share for 12.5 million shares of its common stock, down from the $15-17 a...

Genesee & Wyoming.(appointment of David L. Powell and James W. Tilley )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Genesee & Wyoming, Greenwich, Conn., named David L. Powell vice president of motive power and James W. Tilley vice president of car management. Powell had been managing director with UniRail. Before that he held senior mechanical department...

Landstar Systems.(appointment of Rod Theunissen)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Landstar Systems, Jacksonville, Fla., promoted Rod Theunissen to vice president of carrier group automotive in Detroit. Theunissen has been with Landstar since 1995. He has held several positions with the carrier group, including director of...

SEKO.(SEKO Air Freight Inc. appoints Randy Sinker )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... SEKO, a freight forwarding and logistics solutions provider, appointed Randy Sinker to the new position of vice president of international operations in Itasca, Ill. Sinker has 24 years experience in transportation, logistics, warehousing and...

Union Pacific.(appointment of Charles Malone )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Union Pacific named Charles Malone vice president of terminal planning and operations. Malone has more than 35 years of experience in the railroad industry. Joe Santamaria was appointed regional vice president south, based in Spring, Texas....

Sergio Retamal was named executive of the year at the International Refrigerated Transportation Association conference.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Sergio Retamal was named executive of the year at the International Refrigerated Transportation Association conference. Retamal is the president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Roundtable. Previously, Retamal has...

Kuehne+Nagel.(Kuehne & Nagel International AG)(appointments)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Swiss third-party logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel named Tom Littlejohns to its global management team and promoted Frank Hercksen to replace him as United Kingdom sea-freight director. Hercksen has been at the company for 21 years in New York,...

Total Quality Logistics.(appointments)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Cincinnati-based third-party freight logistics provider Total Quality Logistics, made several new hires. Brian Jensen was named logistics account executive. Ryan White was named logistics account executive trainee. Stacey Wilson was named an...

Cedar American Rail Holdings.(appointment of Clyde Mittleider )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Cedar American Rail Holdings, which operates the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad, promoted Clyde Mittleider to chief transportation office in Sioux Falls, S.D. He succeeds Richard D. Awe who...

Pitt Ohio Express.(appointment of Tina Reczek )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Pitt Ohio Express, Pittsburgh, promoted 16-year company veteran Tina Reczek to manager of transportation services. Reczek, most recently manager of operations information systems development, will be responsible for leveraging technology for...

Samuel Shapiro & Co.(appointment of Sandy Peterson)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Samuel Shapiro & Co., Baltimore, named Sandy Peterson chief financial officer at the forwarder and customs broker. Peterson has 15 years of accounting experience with nonprofit organizations, including MedStar and Associated Catholic Charities....

John McMullen dead at 87.(Obituary)
October 3, 2005... John J. McMullen, one of the most prominent figures in the shipping industry, died Sept 14. McMullen was president and chief executive of United States Lines from 1968 to 1971. In 1972, he acquired Norton Lilly International, a shipping...

TW calendar.(Traffic World)(Calendar)
October 3, 2005... OCTOBER 2-4. Central/Pacific Region Meeting (American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association), Las Vegas. (202) 585-3443 or www.aslrra.org. 4-5. RFIB Supply Chain Solutions 2005 Conference (Softmatch), Toronto. (416) 756-3221 or...

Logistics seminars & courses.(Calendar)
October 3, 2005... OCTOBER 3-5. Performance-Oriented Packaging (Dangerous Goods Advisory Council), Orlando, Fla. (800) 634-1598 or www.dgac.org. 5-6. Logistics 101 Seminar (NASSTRAC), Princeton, N.J. (952) 442-8850 ext. 208 or www.NASSTRAC.org. 5-6....

National & regional averages: September 26, 2005.(Illustration)
October 3, 2005... National & Regional Averages: September 26, 2005 United States $2.798 East Coast $2.808 Midwest $2.739 Gulf Coast $2.756 Rocky mountain $2.938 West coast $2.978 Source: U.s. Department of Energy ...

Shipper files late claim on shipment.(Q & A)
October 3, 2005... Q: In June 2004, we gave a shipment to an LTL carrier, XYZ. Because the shipment was 19,000 pounds they, in turn, brokered the load to a big nationwide truckload carrier, QRS. The truck driver for QRS, per notes in the QRS system, allegedly...

Hanging tough.(achievements of Norman Y. Mineta)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Congratulations to Norman Y. Mineta. On Sept. 18, he became the longest-serving transportation secretary in the nearly 40-year history of the highly mobile department. Mineta served 1,697 days at that point, surpassing Elizabeth Dole. The lone...

Membership.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Shippers open your checkbooks. A freight operator's association is looking at opening its doors to shippers as members by the end of the year. If shipper groups can have carriers as members, why not? Sorry, but we can't name this...

Blocked loads.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... The surge in rail traffic and sports just don't mix. Last month's Quad Cities Marathon was disrupted when Iowa Interstate Railroad trains twice roared through East Moline, blocking the runner's route. The race kept going when the city's former...

Cultish.(tax policy )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... In Australia, the push to cut taxes is being carried out by what is being called the "cargo cult" It's unclear whether they're being helped by the logistics cult.

Bureaucratic.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Formerly with the private sector, DHS official Elaine Dezenski showed at a recent government-industry meeting how thoroughly she has taken on the linguistic trappings of the bureaucratic sector. Among the words Dezenski used were "deconflicted"...

Entitled.(full time job)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Keeping up with titles at the Transportation Security Administration is a full-time job. "We like to change titles around here," a TSA spokesman quipped. "It's the business card industry we're trying to supplement."

Speed vs. cost.(supply chain management within budgets)
October 3, 2005... Logistics managers always struggle to balance speed and cost. Now, for the first time in years, cost is winning. It's no longer good enough for supply chains to be just-in-time; now they must be just-in-budget. Transport cost increases...

Apples to oranges? It's difficult to compare supply chains of different industries, but logistics benchmarking is becoming more sophisticated.
October 3, 2005... For many years, consultants and academics have tried to devise a system to compare best practices in the logistics industry. The experts have debated over the knotty questions of which practices to measure, how to measure them, how to collect...

Hanging together: 'collaboration' may become more than a supply chain buzzword as logistics costs rise, shippers seek capacity.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 3, 2005... Collaboration may have been one of the hottest topics for discussion between shippers and logistics providers in recent years but the impact of capacity constraints and soaring transportation costs is putting new urgency on close working...

Mixed RFID signals: despite the hype, companies are cautiously evaluating RFID systems in hope of improving their supply chains.(radio frequency identification technology )
October 3, 2005... Technology innovations usually follow a pattern: First, widespread hype that the technology will be a panacea. Second, disappointment that it costs more and delivers less than promised. Last, gradual development of new uses and upgrades for the...

Cheaper by what measure? Many companies that look for low-cost suppliers overseas don't understand the hidden costs.
October 3, 2005... Everyone knows global manufacturers and retailers are turning to low-cost countries to cut costs and increase their competitiveness. However, buying from low-cost countries is hardly the slam-dunk that many pundits suggest. Sourcing from...

Building inventory's crystal ball: forecasting is the new frontier in supply chain management as companies find visibility can no longer wait until goods come into pipelines.
October 3, 2005... With supply chains extending these days as fast as the economy is growing and more inventory on the move even as transportation costs are soaring, it's no longer enough for shippers to manage the inventory they have. The big question now before...

Logistics acquisitions: who says elephants can't dance?(Deutsche Post World Net acquires Exel PLC)(General Motors Corp. outsources its job to Menlo Worldwide)
October 3, 2005... Smart transportation and logistics companies have always stood at the crossroads of commerce and innovation. In 1883, three workers at the Canadian Pacific Railways--William McCardell, Thomas McCardell and Frank McCabe--discovered a series...

Directory of logistics providers.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)(Directory)
October 3, 2005... Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report Directory of Logistics Providers Company Name Phone Number Website Address A.N. Deringer 800-523-4357 www.anderinger.com ABX...

Rating rates: shippers appear to be expecting higher price increases and carriers, from all appearances, appear to be anxious to make their expectations come true.(Editorial)
October 10, 2005... That was clear as FedEx last week announced its air express price increase for 2006. Once an end-of-the-year event, the annual rate hike came before Columbus Day and sets the 2006 bat (or FedEx customers and competitors even as carriers and...

Diesel prices soared.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Diesel prices soared in the week ending Oct. 3, jumping more than 34 cents on refining outages in the U.S. Gulf. The Energy Information Administration said the national average for diesel hit $3.144 a gallon, more than $1 above year-ago...

FedEx will increase.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... FedEx will increase rates for many of its services, but the company said higher prices would be partly offset by a cut in its fuel surcharge. The company said last week it will increase shipping rates for its FedEx Express service by an average...

Manufacturing recoups.(This Week)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... The U.S. manufacturing sector regained momentum in September, recouping gains lost by the Hurricane Katrina and then some and quelling some fears of a major economic slowdown. The Institute of Supply Management, in its monthly "Report on...

This week at traffic world online.
October 10, 2005... Web-only extras available at www.trafficworld.com/extra * A pdf of a report from the InternaSonal Brotherhood of Teamsters on rail security * A report from the Fraser Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies on...

"Logistics gaps continue to be central to relief.".(This Week)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Government officials could take a cue from the shipping industry in dealing with disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami. A report by the Fritz Institute last month said a lack of logistical capacity created critical...

Deregulation's anniversary.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public hearing Oct. 19 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. Officially, the hearing is to be a "forum for the expression of views on the impact, effectiveness and the...

New blood at the top: railroads turn to new group of leaders challenged with absorbing record demand while maintaining value for their customers.
October 10, 2005... When Norfolk Southern recently named its Atlanta office building after Chairman, President and CEO David Goode, it marked a turning point for an old industry whose newest leaders will face challenges not seen in 50 years. Goode, who took...

Ohio's taxing hubs: business see gross receipts plan hurting logistics, FTZs say break for Rickebacker harms others.(Government & Regulation)
October 10, 2005... Ohio may be something of a cargo cradle for all the freight and logistics hubs in its borders, but some believe new tax proposals could rock the cradle right out of the state. A new commercial activities tax replaces a statewide personal...