It is reported that the steel mills in India are considering a price hike for about US$15/ton starting from January in 2014 due to the increased domestic railway freight charges which imposed peak session charge from October and raw ...
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November saw a decline in spot market freight volumes in Canada, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. Month-over-month volumes fell 9% compared to October, and were off 2% compared to November 2012, TransCore ...
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If you have watched any of our drill or impact reviews, you are probably familiar with seeing a blue bit we use. ?In fact, we get emails all the time asking about those bits. ?A couple years back we received a request to try out some of ...
The Australian Rail Track Corporation(ARTC)has welcomed its first service into its new Enfield Staging Facility,a port shuttle travelling between Minto and Port Botany. ARTC CEO John Fullerton said the staging facility will provide ...
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The Victorian Coalition Government's $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has appointed the first private sector operators for the new facilities being constructed at Melbourne's Webb Dock. Minister for Ports David Hodgett has announced the ...
U.S.rail intermodal traffic set a record last week of 12.4 million shipments in a year,surpassing the previous mark of 12.28 million set in 2006. The record was reached in the 50th week of its freight reporting year. The Association of ...
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Trucking companies no longer will be required to file quarterly financial reports to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,the agency announced in the Federal Register. Motor carriers that haul property or household goods now ...
Miele Generation 6000 in CleanSteel Miele's new Generation 6000 range of appliances has been so well-received by Australian retailers and consumers,the German manufacturer has had to employ air freight to meet pre-Christmas deliveries,the ...
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Amor Furniture and Bedding, a producer of promotional upholstery and mattresses, has expanded its production facilities into a 74,000-square-foot plant in nearby Staley, N.C. The company, which attributes much of its growth to e-commerce ...
Schneider National Inc. said it is launching a new company owned and managed fleet of intermodal freight chassis. The fleet will help solve the problem of the lack of access to quality chassis when and where shippers need them, Schneider ...
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Load-board activity in November fell 9.5%, led by flatbed loads, but increased on a year-over-year basis, according to DAT, a load board owned by TransCore. Load availability dropped 21% for flatbeds and 5% for refrigerated loads, DAT ...
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Parcel carrier FedEx Corp. said its income grew 14% in its fiscal second quarter, driven largely by improvements in its Express airfreight unit. Net income was $500 million, or $1.57 per share in the quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with ...
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China will re-introduce an import tax on diesel -- at 1% -- from January 1, 2014, following approval from the State Council, the country's Ministry of Finance said Monday. No reason was given for the change. Diesel had been exempt from ...
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NSW Treasurer Mike Baird has said he was pleased with the response from potential bidders for the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle following the close of Expressions of Interest. Mr Baird said suitably qualified parties would now ...
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The Federal Government has invited expressions of interest to develop a new freight hub in Sydney’s south west at Moorebank. The government has selected Moorebank as the next major intermodal terminal to manage the growth of both ...
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