GLG News by Rail Shipping Service Experts

Trucking equipment financing is following that of auto-financiers - again. It has been disappearing! As predicted in the referenced article (and by this writer) from a year ago, it’s here! Without readily available financing for trucks and trailers, what does that mean for new sales for the next few...

  YRC Worldwide's plan to integrate most of the operations of its Yellow and Roadway long-haul LTL units is mostly a positive. But it likely will result in a smaller overall company than the two operating companies currently are, but that's mostly because demand for long-haul LTL services is flat...

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) had placed its railcar leasing business on the market and invited several bidders to make an offer for its assets before changing its mind and deciding to hold onto the business. They were not alone in considering a sale of their railcar leasing business, although they were perhaps...

With falling diesel fuel prices, what does that mean for trucking failure rates? Additionally, at what fuel price should we see the numbers settle down?

  The U.S. Postal Service appears to be getting serious about improving its technology and marketing efforts to better compete with the two publicly held parcel delivery giants, UPS and FedEx.   Postmaster General Jack Potter recently disclosed plans that would revamp the centuries-old Postal...

YRC Worldwide, which collectively has about a 30 percent market share in the $35 billion less-than-truckload sector, is laying off at least 200 back-office workers, mostly at its Overland Park, Kan., and Akron, Ohio, offices. These cutbacks can be taken two ways. The half-full view is that YRC is gaining...

One must not assume the benevolent neighbors will always be smiling.  Things change.  Iran changed in 1979.  Venezuala changed in the most recent decade.  And now Russia has changed.  Why is this a surprise and why would we expect otherwise?

IdleAire and its “ATE designation” has been purchased by a group including Airlie Group, Kenmont Investments Management, SV Special Situations Fund, Whitebox Advisors, Wayzata Investment Partners and Wilfrid Aubrey, LLC. Their transition to a new management team is being handled by CGR Partners. The...

The current renaissance for the railroad industry began in 2004 when railroad traffic exploded (double digit gains in some key traffic segments) and freight rates were unlocked and allowed to seek a market level. For the railroad companies, the exceptional profit gains since 2005 have been almost exclusively...

One of the often-cited risks in implementation of Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) technology has been Diesel Engine Fluid (DEF) - a.k.a. Urea - availability. That has been covered in past GLG articles - and continues to move along better than expected. The next major issues include whether truck-buyers...