• Railroad shipping: AAR reports volumes are down 8.9 percent for the week ending November 14

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 20, 2009
  The Association of American Railroads reported this week that total volume for the week ending November 14 was down percent 8.9 compared to the corresponding week last year and 17 percent from the same week in 2007.  More

• Logistics and business news: Indicators present "mixed bag" for economic outlook and recovery

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 16, 2009
  As has been the case in recent months, many leading economic indicators continue to present a "mixed bag," when it comes to determining how strongly the economy is recovering. This is particularly acute when looking at retail figures released by the National Retail Federation and the Department of Commerce earlier today.  More

• Intermodal shipping: IANA reports Q3 intermodal volume is down 16.4 percent

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 13, 2009
  Among myriad indications that the economy is slowly recovering and things are getting "less worse," recent data from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) could be viewed as another sign of that sentiment.  More

• Railroad shipping: AAR reports traffic for week ending November 7 is down 12.2 percent

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 12, 2009
  The Association of American Railroads said today that total volume for the week ending November 7 was down 12.2 percent compared to the corresponding week last year and 19.6 percent from the same week in 2007.  More

• Transportation news: DOT reports Freight Transportation Services Index is down 0.5 percent from August to September

  Staff, November 12, 2009
  Following three consecutive months of growth, the United States Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that its Freight Transportation Services Index (Freight TSI) declined 0.5 percent from August to September.  More

• Logistics news: AMR rolls out new initiatives for shippers at its Sustainability and Health Care exchange

  Sean Murphy, Associate Editor, November 12, 2009
  The research firm launched its first annual sustainability event, and also introduced a new, health care-specific version of its popular Top 25 supply chain ranking.  More

• Railroad shipping: Buffett set to sell Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern shares

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 10, 2009
  Following last week's news that billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett and his investment group Berkshire Hathaway intend to acquire Class I railroad carrier Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Matthew K. Rose, BNSF chairman, president and CEO said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Buffett will sell his shares in BNSF competitors Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Corp.  More

• Transportation infrastructure: AAPA's Nagle calls for quick action on surface transportation authorization

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 10, 2009
  With the immediate prospects for long-term surface transportation funding seemingly a ways off, American Association of Port Authorities President and Chief Executive Officer Kurt Nagle called on Congress to push for authorization of a multi-year surface transportation as a key legislative priority for 2010.  More

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