CSX Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit fell from a year ago, largely due to a non-transportation-related writedown.
January 21, 2009Business, Safety, Government
Senate Confirms DOT, EPA Cabinet Picks
The Senate Thursday confirmed President Obama’s picks to head the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency, the Associated Press reported.
January 23, 2009Business, Safety
Rail, Intermodal Traffic Fall for Week
Rail and intermodal traffic fell for the week ended Jan. 17 from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
January 22, 2009Business, Safety, Government
Senate Panel Approves LaHood as DOT Secretary
A Senate panel Wednesday approved Ray LaHood to be Secretary of Transportation, passing his nomination by President Obama to the full Senate, the New York Times reported.
January 22, 2009Business, Safety, Government, Logistics
CSX’s Fourth-Quarter Income Slips
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
EPA Won’t Delay 2010 Engine Rule
A top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said last week that the agency has “absolutely no intention” of granting the request by truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. for a two-year delay in implementing 2010 federal diesel emission standards for new heavy trucks.
January 19, 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, Fuel
EPA Pick Is ‘Open’ to Carbon Tax
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson said she was “open to discussion” of a carbon tax to limit greenhouse gas emissions and would immediately begin a review of the Bush administration’s denial of California’s request to regulate those emissions from automobiles.
January 16, 2009Business, Safety
Rail, Intermodal Traffic Decline for Week
Rail and intermodal traffic fell for the week ended Jan. 10 from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
January 16, 2009Business, Safety, Government
TTNews.com Closed for Martin Luther King Day
Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Jan. 19, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.
January 15, 2009Government, Business, Safety
DOT Freight Transport Index Drops 2.4% in November
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 2.4% in November from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
January 14, 2009