Ryder System said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell to $10.6 million, or 19 cents a share, from $71.9 million, or $1.24, a year ago.
February 4, 2009Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics
Descartes Buys Oceanwide鈥檚 Logistics Business
Descartes Systems Group said Thursday it acquired the logistics business of privately held Oceanwide Inc., in an all-cash transaction of about C$10.4 million ($8.4 million).
February 6, 2009Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Ryder鈥檚 Fourth-Quarter Income Declines
Equipment, Business, Fuel, Government, Technology, Safety
Paccar Offers Aftermarket Particulate Filter
Paccar Inc.鈥檚 parts dealers are offering the company鈥檚 Engine Control Systems Purifilter, an aftermarket passively regenerating diesel particulate filter approved by the California Air Resources Board for installation and use in a wide variety of Class 8 trucks.
February 2, 2009Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Landstar鈥檚 4Q Income Slips
Truckload carrier Landstar System鈥檚 fourth-quarter profit fell to $24.6 million, or 47 cents a share, from $29 million, or 54 cents, a year ago.
January 28, 2009Business, Safety, Government, Technology, Equipment
Storm System Leaves Icy Roads in Many States
A large storm system stretching from Arkansas into the Northeast has left roads with as much as three inches of ice in many areas, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
January 28, 2009Business, Safety, Technology, Government
Former ATA Chairman Kuntz Joins SkyBitz Board
Ray Kuntz, immediate past chairman of American Trucking Associations, has joined the board of directors at trailer tracking firm SkyBitz, the company said Monday.
January 26, 2009Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Continued Growth of Multi-mode Transport Spurs Information Technology Systems
The information systems that support intermodal trucking companies are much like the business of intermodalism itself: complex, multi-headed and increasingly important to motor carriers.
January 19, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Snow System Moving East; Roads in Several States To Be Affected
Weather forecasters posted winter storm warnings across the Northern Plains Monday, as a cold system threatened the region as it moved south and east, the Associated Press reported.
January 12, 2009Business, Fuel, Technology, Equipment, Safety
EPA Warns of Possible Dioxins In Cummins鈥 2010 SCR System
The Environmental Protection Agency said it is concerned that emissions systems using a copper compound that engine maker Cummins Inc. will use in 2010 models could generate 鈥渓ikely human carcinogen鈥 dioxins, in which case it would 鈥渓ikely not certify鈥 the systems.
January 12, 2009Business, Government, Technology, Equipment, Safety
States鈥 Stimulus Plans Differ From Obama鈥檚
Plans by some states for spending on new highways may undermine the planned economic stimulus, which would focus on existing roads and new transit systems, Bloomberg reported.
January 7, 2009