Intermodal rail traffic in the United States fell 15.7% last week from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said in its weekly report.
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Trade Deficit Declines 3.6%, Commerce Says
The U.S. trade deficit fell 3.6% in August, as exports rose to the highest level of the year and oil imports fell, the Commerce Department said Friday.
October 9, 2009TTNews to Close Monday for Columbus Day Holiday
Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Columbus Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.
October 9, 2008Letters to the Editor: Distracted Driving, Cap & Trade Redux
Cell-phone use, particularly texting while driving any vehicle, is as dangerous an act as is driving while impaired and makes no sense at all especially while driving a commercial motor vehicle.
October 12, 2009The Tough Keep Going
That which does not kill you makes you stronger. That would have been an appropriate theme for the 2009 American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 12, 2009Job Losses in Trucking Slow During September
The U.S. economy lost 263,000 jobs in September, bringing the overall unemployment rate to 9.8%, the highest level since 1983, but the number of job cuts in trucking was less than 5,000 for the third month in a row, the Labor Department said.
October 12, 2009Freightliner Unveils New Coronado Models Aimed at Severe Service, Vocational Markets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Freightliner Trucks showcased its latest entry in the severe service and vocational truck markets Oct. 6, when it introduced new heavy-duty dump truck and tractor models at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition here.
October 12, 2009Diesel Fuel Drops 1.9瞽 to $2.582 for 5th Straight Weekly Decline
U.S. retail diesel prices fell 1.9 cents to $2.582 a gallon last week in the fifth consecutive decline, a run that has seen the average cost of truckings main fuel fall 9.2 cents, the Department of Energy said.
October 12, 2009Frames Motor Freight Shuts After 140 Years in Business
WEST CHESTER, Pa. When Frames Motor Freight needed a driver to take a load in mid-September from suburban Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., President Robert Temple walked downstairs from his office, slid behind the wheel of a 2004 Freightliner and made the delivery.
October 12, 2009Ports Clean Trucks Goals Will Be Met by 2010, Los Angeles and Long Beach Officials Say
Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 a year or more ahead of schedule.
October 12, 2009