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FedEx Trade Networks Adds Freight Forwarding Offices in Asia, Europe

FedEx Trade Networks said that it has opened seven new freight forwarding offices in Asia and Europe.

November 13, 2009

DOT Freight Transportation Index Falls 9.9%

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell in September from the previous year, DOT said Thursday.

November 12, 2009

State Budgets to Remain Low Through 2012, Report Says

States faced with big budget deficits will continue to grapple with diminished revenue until at least 2012, according to a new survey, Bloomberg reported.

November 12, 2009

Second Rock Slide Closes Tenn. State Highway

A Tennessee state highway that is close to the site of a recent big rock slide near the North Carolina border will be closed for at least three weeks due to another rock slide, state officials said.

November 12, 2009

Intermodal Traffic Falls 16.4% in 3Q

Intermodal traffic volume fell 16.4% in the third quarter, an improvement over the second quarter’s decline of 18.7%, the Intermodal Association of North American said Thursday.

November 12, 2009

ATA Challenging D.C. Truck Rules

American Trucking Associations and two state ATA affiliates, Maryland and Virginia, are taking issue with the District of Columbia’s new thrust on truck lengths and credential requirements.

November 10, 2009

Missouri Allowing Heavier Trucks Following Rains

Following an unusually rainy fall, the Missouri Department of Transportation is making it easier for farmers to haul their crops to market, the Associated Press reported.

November 10, 2009

House Panel to Hold Wetlines Hearing Monday in Baltimore

The chairwoman of a House subcommittee has scheduled a field hearing Monday in Baltimore on a controversial House bill that would prohibit the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping on both existing and newly-manufactured cargo tank trucks.

November 10, 2009

Vermont-New York Bridge Will Not Reopen

Officials in Vermont and New York have decided the Crown Point Bridge connecting the two states at the southern tip of Lake Champlain is too badly deteriorated to repair.

November 10, 2009

Pension Bill Would Provide Firms More Time to Restore Funds to Underfunded Plans

Carriers with multi-employer pension obligations would get as much as 30 years to restore full funding of currently underfunded plans, under legislation introduced by two members of Congress.

November 10, 2009