GLG News by Rail Shipping Service Experts

 The closely watched American Trucking Associations' Truck Tonnage Index jumped by 5.4 percent in June, the eighth straight month of an increase. It's the largest monthly gain since January of 2005. But that streak suddenly ended with a 0.3 percent drop in the index in July

  When C.W. Johnson Xpress, a Louisville, Ky.-based truckload carrier closed in mid-August, its chairman Charlie Johnson lashed out at Louisville and federal officials for failing to aid him. Johnson's company was the beneficiary of millions of dollars in federal grants to aid underprivileged persons...

The keys to success in the logistics chain are relationships, information technology, operational productivity and managing costs. The dray cost structure is being pressured with not only the 25%+ ($35 container plus $15 infrastructure) surcharge to fund those programs, but also with security (TWIC)...

The Class I railroads have boosted their earnings and share prices in recent years by increasing their freight rates much faster than their costs have risen, both fuel and labor. The high price/earnings multiples of their common shares (ranging between 17 and 21) attest to many investors’ belief that...

Smaller-sized trucking companies make up 80% of the industry. As failures continue, it exposes the primary causes experienced by all, individual ones that contribute for the specific company, how different parties are affected, and how others’ benefit. It also brings to light the key issues facing transport...

A proposed three-year agreement between the Teamsters union and the major unionized car-haulers has been voted down. No new talks have been scheduled. The Teamsters director of car-haul negotiations, Fred Zuckerman, said he hopes "to resolve this contract without going on strike." But Zuckerman himself...

    Court’s decision vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) potentially affects utilities or IPPs long the allowances as described in the section that follows.

The hiring of ex-YRC Worldwide Chief Financial Officer Stephen Bruffett by Con-way Inc. has more intrigue than would first meet the eye. It's more than just filling a corner office in the executive suite. The inside story is quite telling of the conditions in the trucking industry in 2008.

    When air pollution retrofits are placed on a power plant, a regulated, investor-owned, utility financially benefits.  An unregulated, independent power producer (IPP) does not necessarily financially benefit.

    The Court’s July 11, 2008 decision vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) caused the price of SO2 emissions allowances to decrease less than the cost of operating a scrubber to reduce the SO2 emissions.  The discussions that follow discuss this and the likelihood...