Navistar International Corp. will scale back production and could lay off as many as 500 workers at its Ontario, Canada, truck plant, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.
November 6, 2008BusinessLogistics
Contrans鈥 Third-Quarter Income Rises
Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund鈥檚 third-quarter was C$11.4 million, or 40 cents per unit, up from C$9.1 million, or 32 cents, a year ago.
November 10, 2008FuelBusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Clean Energy Acquires Las Vegas CNG Stations
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has agreed to transfer ownership of five Las Vegas public compressed natural gas fueling stations to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Clean Energy said Friday.
November 7, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Mullen鈥檚 Third-Quarter Income Slips
Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday its third-quarter profit slipped to C$36.2 million, from C$38 million a year ago, while earnings per unit held at 45 cents.
November 6, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
Expeditors鈥 3Q Income Improves
Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its third-quarter net income rose 15% to $85.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.3 million, or 34 cents, a year ago.
November 4, 2008FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment
Diesel Falls Another 20垄 to $3.088
Diesel fuel鈥檚 national average pump price continued its almost four-month decline, dropping 20 cents to $3.088 a gallon, the Energy Department said Monday.
November 4, 2008BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
TransForce Reports Lower 3Q Income
Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its third-quarter net income slipped to C$26.5 million, or 31 cents per unit, from C$28.5 million, or 33 cents, a year ago.
November 3, 2008BusinessLogistics
Truck Tonnage Growth Slows
Growth in U.S. truck tonnage slowed significantly in September as the national economy contracted during the third quarter, and a major freight-matching service said last week the spot market for truckload service fell well below year-ago levels as the fourth quarter got under way.
November 3, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
NTSB Adds EOBRs to 鈥楳ost Wanted鈥 List
The National Transportation Safety Board has added mandatory use of electronic onboard recorders to its annual list of 鈥渕ost wanted鈥 safety reforms.
October 31, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics
Maritime Commission to Challenge SoCal Ports鈥 Trucks Program
The Federal Maritime Commission voted to seek a court order to stop parts of the southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach鈥檚 clean trucks program, the Associated Press reported.
October 30, 2008