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UPS Cancels Airbus Order for Freight Aircraft

UPS Inc. said Friday it will cancel a scheduled order for 10 Airbus A380 freighters.

March 2, 2007

Great Dane Reports Record 2006 Trailer Shipments

Great Dane Trailers said Friday it topped all trailer manufacturers last year, in shipping more than 60,000 units.

March 2, 2007

Michigan Consumer Index Falls to Five-Year Low

U.S. consumer confidence fell last month to a five-month low, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

March 2, 2007

Opinion: The Broker’s Role

According to the most recent Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration census, there are now 16,930 registered transportation brokers. These numbers have been growing at a rate of 30% over the course of the past three years.

March 2, 2007

More Fleets Enter China Offering Trucking, Logistics

Schneider National Inc., which recently received a license to operate as a domestic carrier in China, is at the leading edge of a growing Asian investment wave by U.S. fleets, joining both truckload and less-than-truckload companies that have partnerships or logistics operations there.

March 2, 2007

EGL Buyout Offer May Be Too Low, Analyst Says

EGL Inc. Chief Executive Officer James Crane’s $1.2 billion buyout bid may undervalue the company by as much as 25%, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

March 1, 2007

Intermodal Traffic Rises 9.2% for Week, AAR Says

Rail intermodal levels rose last week but overall carload traffic continued a downward trend for the year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.

March 1, 2007

Unions Reach Tentative Five-Year Pact With Freight Railroads

A coalition of seven rail labor unions said late Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement on a national contract with U.S. freight rail lines.

March 1, 2007

Navistar to Resume Building Diesel Engines for Ford

Just three days after saying it would suspend producing diesel engines for Ford Motor Co., Navistar International Corp. said it would resume production because of a court order from a Michigan judge.

March 1, 2007

December Nafta Surface Trade Dips 0.1%, DOT Says

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico dipped 0.1% in December from the same month a year earlier, though both truck and rail numbers rose, the Department of Transportation said.

March 1, 2007