GLG News by Rail Shipping Service Users

    Although the year-to-date and outlook for many of the items transported by the U.S. railroads are down, coal transportation has been positive.  The commentary section below discusses the positives of coal transportation for the railroads.

American Trucking Associations (ATA) economist Bob Costello says in the referenced article that the financial turmoil in the marketplace is not a variable in their model today - making it difficult to make predictions for the trucking marketplace. While much of their information is data driven, ours...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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)...

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...

    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.

    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.