Truckload carrier Landstar System said late Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose to $32.8 million, or 62 cents a share, from $29.3 million, or 54 cents, a year ago.
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Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore dive into the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies. They address trade challenges, mergers, sector trends and more.
FMCSA Finalizes Driver Tracking Plan, Aims to Launch Safety Analysis in 2010
NEW ORLEANS — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the final stages of preparing its Driver Information Resource for use by trucking companies, an agency official said here.
October 15, 2008Ryder to Acquire Canadian Firms with Chinese Operations
Ryder System said it will acquire Transpacific Container Terminal Ltd. and CRSA Logistics Ltd., as well as CRSA’s operations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
October 6, 2008Goldman Sachs Buys Stake in American Traffic Solutions
Goldman Sachs, which recently announced that it will convert into a federally regulated bank holding company, has purchased a minority stake in closely held American Traffic Solutions, a Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of electronic toll payment and video-based traffic enforcement systems.
October 6, 2008TransCore Introduces New Transponder To Work With Electronic Toll Systems
TransCore, a provider of radio-frequency identification devices, introduced a new transponder that is compatible with multiple electronic toll-collection systems.
October 6, 2008Qualcomm Offers In-Cab Scanning
Qualcomm Inc. added an in-cab scanning service to its mobile computing system, and launched a new reporting module designed to help carriers monitor how much fuel their drivers are burning, the company said last week.
October 6, 2008Letters to the Editor: Packaging, N.J. Turnpike, Relief Disaster, Seat-Belt Cameras, Trucking’s Cost
In this country and this economy, I, too, believe there’s a lot of unused space moving up and down our highways, creating inefficiencies.
October 2, 2008Demand for Fuel Optimization Product Gains as Pump Prices Increase, TMW Systems Says
ORLANDO, Fla. — A fuel-optimization module acquired 12 months ago has since become a leading growth product for software vendor TMW Systems, which held its annual user conference in the heart of this resort-rich peninsula last week.
September 29, 2008Collision-Warning System an Option for Freightliner
Heavy-duty truck components supplier Eaton Corp. said its Vorad VS-400 collision-warning system has become a factory-installed option on all Freightliner Cascadia, Century and Columbia Class 8 trucks.
September 22, 2008Port of Oakland Issuing Funds for Truck Emissions Systems
More than 1,500 truckers at the Port of Oakland, Calif., have applied for 1,000 subsidies to retrofit their trucks to reduce emissions, the San Francisco Business Times reported Monday.
September 22, 2008