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Opinion: Reducing Shipper Transport Costs
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. educing transportation costs is a never-ending task for shippers, whether they move goods by truck, rail, air or sea. An essential, though often neglected, companion to that statement is the phrase 鈥渨ithout compromise in service..
July 14, 2004Security & Safety Briefs - July 8 - July 14
Officials Say Added Security at Border Won't Mean Longer Delays 鈥 Court Upholds Yucca Mountain Site, but Says Tougher Protections Needed 鈥 Truckers Help Police Capture Carjacker in Virginia 鈥 Officials Say Terrorists Want to Disrupt U.S. Election
July 14, 2004News Briefs - July 14
Price of Crude Oil Hits Six-Week High 鈥 Flooding Closes Some Highways in Northeast 鈥 High Demand Leaves Oil Vulnerable to Disruptions, Price Spikes 鈥 Averitt Says Service Center Can Operate as Bonded CFS 鈥 And more...
July 14, 2004Many Truckers Return to Work at Miami Port
Many truck drivers returned to work at the Port of Miami-Dade on Monday after a judge ordered the drivers to end their two-week-old strike against the port, the Miami Herald reported.
July 13, 2004Average Diesel Price Surges 2.4 Cents to $1.74
The U.S. average price for retail diesel fuel rose 2.4 cents to $1.74 per gallon, the Department of Energy said July 12, the highest price since May 31.
July 13, 2004'Roadcheck' Vehicle Inspectors Pass Out Fewer HOS Citations
Vehicle inspectors handed out fewer hours-of-service violation citations during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance鈥檚 recent 72-hour 鈥淩oadcheck鈥 inspection event than in four previous years, CVSA officials told Transport Topics.
July 13, 2004Congressional Subcommittee to Study Proposed Hours-of-Service Changes
A congressional subcommittee has scheduled a hearing July 20 to look into the effect of new driver hours rules and examine possible changes to them, a congressional aide said.
July 13, 2004News Briefs - July 13
U.S. Xpress Buys LTL Air Freight Unit 鈥 Trade Deficit Narrows in May 鈥 Oshkosh Says Security Spending Has Helped Company 鈥 G.I. Trucking Invests in New Equipment to Meet Demand 鈥 And more...
July 13, 2004Software Aims to Keep Freight in Its Place
In June 2003, lovers of magic and fantasy eagerly awaited the arrival of J.K. Rowling鈥檚 鈥淗arry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,鈥 the latest in the British novelist鈥檚 popular children鈥檚 series.
July 12, 2004Court Rejects CRST Request to Stop Hunt Hiring Its Drivers
A federal judge has refused to issue an immediate order that truckload carrier J.B. Hunt stop hiring drivers from CRST International Inc.
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