Intermodal rail traffic fell 17.8% for the week ended Saturday, compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
May 1, 2009Business
Navistar Unveils Updated ProStar Plus
Navistar will deliver International ProStar sleepers and day cabs powered by 2010 Environmental Protection Agency-certified MaxxForce 13 big bore engines using exhaust gas recirculation technology.
May 3, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Manufacturing Index Improves
Manufacturing in the U.S. improved last month but still showed overall contraction, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.
May 1, 2009Business
Dynamex Lowers FY 2009 Guidance
Dynamex has lowered its earnings guidance for the 2009 fiscal year, saying that a downturn in shipping volumes will bring sales down.
May 1, 2009BusinessGovernment
Consumer Sentiment Index Improves
U.S. consumer confidence improved in April to the highest level since late last year, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
May 1, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
P.A.M. Reports $3.4 Million First-Quarter Loss
Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services reported a first-quarter loss of $3.4 million, or 36 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.8 million, or 29 cents, a year ago.
May 1, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
NAFTA Trade Falls 30.9% in Record Decline
Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico plunged 30.9% in February from a year earlier, the biggest year-to-year decline on record, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.
April 30, 2009BusinessEquipment
Cummins’ First-Quarter Profit Plunges
Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit plunged and that its engine sales would decline by more than 30% this year.
April 30, 2009BusinessLogistics
Kansas City Southern Reports 1Q Loss
Kansas City Southern said Thursday it lost $7.5 million, 8 cents a share, in its first quarter, compared with a profit of $32.9 million, or 39 cents, a year ago.
April 30, 2009Business
Oshkosh Reports $1.19 Billion 2Q Loss
Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp. said Thursday it lost $1.19 billion, or $16.02 per share, in its fiscal second quarter, compared with a profit of $72.6 million, or 97 cents, a year ago.
April 30, 2009