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Railroad shipping: AAR reports rail volumes down 13.7 percent year-over-year
Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 5, 2009The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today that total volume for the week ending October 31 was down 13.7 percent compared to the corresponding week last year and 18.2 percent from the same week in 2007.
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Intermodal shipping: NS, Pennsylvania invest $11 million into Philadelphia Navy Yard intermodal facility
Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 4, 2009Class I railroad carrier Norfolk Southern and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced earlier this week they are investing $11 million into the NS Philadelphia Navy Yard intermodal facility, which is part of the NS Crescent Corridor initiative. More -
Railroad shipping: Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway set to buy BNSF
Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 3, 2009$44 billion deal represents Warren Buffett's "all-in" wager on the economic future of the United States. More -
Q4Q In Review
By Logistics Management Staff, November 1, 2009For more than a quarter century now, Logistics Management’s (LM) Quest for Quality has been regarded in the transportation and logistics industry as the most important measure of customer satisfaction and performance excellence. To determine the best of the best, LM readers rate carriers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies strictly on the basis of service quality; and those winners... More -
Price Trends
November 1, 2009Source: Elizabeth Baatz, Thinking Cap Solutions. E-mail: ebaatz@alertdata.com More -
NITL Executive of the Year: Remaking the Rules With Nick DiMichael
By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, November 1, 2009
As shippers and carriers work together to rebuild the global economy, the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has chosen one of the men behind the legal framework of this monumental effort as its 2009 John T. McCullough Award—an honor also known as the NITL Executive of the Year. Nicholas J. More
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Railroad shipping: AAR reports volumes for the week ending October 24 are down
Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 29, 2009The Association of American Railroads reported today that total volume for the week ending October 24 was down 14.8 percent compared to the corresponding week last year and 17.3 percent from the same week in 2007. More -
Transportation news: BTS says surface trade with Mexico and Canada down 24.9 percent in August
Staff, October 29, 2009Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was down 24.9 percent in August 2009 compared to August 2008, falling to $54.3 billion, according to data released by the United States Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). More
News from the Web
Safety Costs Chafe Railroads (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
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Date: 10-26-2009 01:55:25 GMTStill Room On The Crazy Train (at Forbes.com)
Source: www.forbes.com
Date: 10-16-2009 23:00:00 GMTDB Group Acquires Additional Stake In PTK Holding
Source: www.logistics-business-review.com
Date: 09-24-2009 00:00:00 GMTCSX-TCI: The Hanging Chads of Activist Battles (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Source: blogs.wsj.com
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