All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Transportation

1.  The introduction of Ethanol as an additive was welcomes at first but we are now seeing the repercussions in other areas like food prices that are not welcome. 2.  The US might not feel the pinch here but this will cost the developing countries.

1. The merger of British Airways and Iberia makes good common sense for at least five reasons. 2. It could even be the first step towards the largest airline in the world by merging in the future with their partner American Airlines.

Volvo Mack Division has started a smart project to educate users, dealers and other interested parties on the positives and negatives of Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) using Urea versus Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR). In March of this year, Daimler Detroit Diesel Division started to educate the...

Trinity Industries (TRN) reported earnings growth and increasing orders and deliveries in an otherwise declining market for new railcars, a feat that will probably elude the other railcar builders. Its 6,580 deliveries during the second quarter represented a 44% market share for the entire industry,...

Putin started to consolidate Russia's aerospace firms some years back.  He also insisted in interfering with the fleet decisions at Aeroflot. Most people were of the opinion that this was typical of Russia's political leadership - was he right to do it?

Today's condition of the production of ethanol looks as it is not cost effective. Ethanol itself has some problems in the process of combustion in the internal combustion engine (ICE). But this is today. When the ethanol producers start providing market with desireable volumes of the fuel, the...

energy independence is a wonderful thing, but it is not without some ramifications. Is it better to have lower mileage and performance in MPG and higher food prices?

Some analysts had predicted a second half upswing in US truck sales, but it will not be. Major manufacturer Paccar and their largest Peterbilt dealer (and largest of any dealer organization) - Rush Enterprises - each say that the US market will remain flat through this year. Volvo recently stated the...

Covenant Transportation has not made a profit since 2006 and with an Operating Ratio of 100.2% for the second quarter, 2008 is beginning to look doubtful as well.

  The popularity of ethanol as a fuel is rapidly declining. Once seen as a panacea to this nation's dependence on foreign sources of fuel, ethanol now is being blamed for worldwide food inflation, diversion of crops from food to fuel and, now, operational problems in engines.   A number of...