Rail and intermodal traffic fell sharply last week from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
November 21, 2008BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
NAVTEQ To Acquire German Traffic Data Firm
NAVTEQ announced last week that it will acquire T-Systems Traffic GmbH, a German traffic data firm.
November 24, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics
Pacer To Deploy 300 Clean Trucks
Pacer International announced last week that its subsidiaries will deploy 230 new clean trucks this month to comply with Southern California port regulations.
November 24, 2008BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuelEquipment
Navistar Set to Use Credits to Meet 2010 EPA Standards
Navistar International Corp. will use federal emission credits to enable its new Class 8 engine to meet 2010 federal emission standards, although the engine could be set up to comply with the regulation without the credits, a Navistar executive said.
November 24, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Carriers, Shippers Eye Federal Spending to Boost Economy and Fix Infrastructure
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Shippers, carriers and analysts meeting here agreed that the nation’s contracting economy is hurting freight transportation badly, but said they were hopeful the government would agree to critical transportation infrastructure improvements, financed by higher taxes.
November 24, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
FMCSA Reissues Hours-of-Service Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published its latest version of changes to the 60-year-old regulation governing commercial driver work rules.
November 24, 2008BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Saia Makes Warning System Standard on New Trucks
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. said it will make lane departure warning systems standard for all new tractors.
November 21, 2008BusinessFuelTechnologyEquipmentSafety
ABF to Buy SCR Trucks for 2010, Exec Says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — ABF Freight System will use diesel engines with selective catalytic reduction technology starting in 2010, but the less-than-truckload carrier has not decided upon the truck maker it will use.
November 21, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Obama Names DOT Transition Team
President-elect Barack Obama has named a five-person group to oversee the transition for the Department of Transportation.
November 21, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Highway Trust Fund Declines by $3 Billion, DOT Says
The federal highway trust fund took in $3 billion less in fiscal year 2008, as Americans drove 90 billion miles fewer miles over an 11-month period compared with a year ago, the Department of Transportation said late Wednesday.
November 19, 2008