All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Transportation

Not only is the European heavy truck market staring down its worst year ever for 2009, much debate now exists as to the shape and the nature of the business once the downturn clears.

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden is impacting the bottom line of shipowners. Owners may increase rates to offset added cost.

When you read the first three words above,  you would normally think a US carrier world you not? Apparently the airline service contagion has now reached Australia's shores. What a pity.

A major industry supplier is back in trouble - and is an indicator of things to come. Accuride CEO John Murphy has resigned after 11 months at the helm. It shows how one plans for swings and also shows the importance of parts and service sales in smoothing them out.

qantas is in the difficult position of maintaining its current high yielding business and corporate market whilst developing a new low cost market, qantas is successfully developing a new low cost carrier in jetstar, qantas is in the unique position of being able to trial system improvements on the...

So people wonder what the impact will be when Ryanair starts allowing phone calls. For me this is not so far fetched.

About 600 Teamsters are on strike against Oak Harbor Freight, a major LTL carrier in the Pacific Northwest. Drivers, dock workers and back-office union members have been without a contract for 11 months. The increasingly militant clout of the Teamsters union is expected to increase in the coming months,...

For those who have visited and/or worked the 15 sq miles of GE's manufacturing facilities in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, this will be easier to understand why. Built in 1904, this gigantic facility was purpose built for GE's family of Electrical products and later became home to development and manufacturing...

High oil prices, a crisis on Wall Street and a weakening economy? It's hard to think of a greater nightmare scenario for U.S. airlines? But a closer look reveals some important reasons to be cautiously optimsitic. U.S. carriers won't make much money if any in 2008. But the second half might not be as...

There are clear signals that the business aviation sector has begun its cyclical decline. There are a multitude of factors which drive this market, with the availability and pricing of used aircraft one of them. While backlogs are currently fat, are they really large and solid enough to carry manufacturers...