The spread in Asia between paraxylene and feedstock isomer-grade mixed xylene hit a three-year low of $160/mt Wednesday, amid an open arbitrage into Asia for PX but tight regional supplies for isomer-MX. On Wednesday, Platts assessed the ...
Tags: Paraxylene, Chemicals
As first reported here Saturday, Celadon Canada has agreed to acquire assets of N. Yanke Transfer in a deal it says will make Celadon one of Canada’s largest carriers. Celadon confirmed the deal today, and said by its completion, it ...
Just how much are the new hours-of-service rules implemented in the US last summer hurting the trucking industry? The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released results from an analysis that found more than 80% of ...
Drivers are more tired. They’re making less money. The carriers they drive for are less productive and they need more drivers to haul the same amount of freight. That, according to a new survey, is all a result of the changes to the ...
In early November, the government of Quebec said they will subsidize 30 percent of the additional cost, up to a maximum of $75,000, for the purchase of vehicles running on natural gas in compressed or liquefied form for the freight ...
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Deyu Agriculture Corp., a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial results for the ...
After joint fuel economy testing with ATDynamics, C.R. England will begin deploying TrailerTail equipment on 200 new trailers this November. ATDynamics says the adoption of their aerodynamic technology at C.R. England has the potential to ...
Tags: C.R., aerodynamics, improved, fuel, economy
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) reading of 9.97 in September continues to show a positive environment for trucking. The index is expected to peak in October following the impact of the newly enacted Hours of Service rules. There is ...
Kinedyne has announced a new Value Alert program, which offers limited-time promotions to customers. The first of the promotions included four free corner protectors in specially marked cartons of Kinedyne winch straps. “Value ...
Utility Trailer bills itself as the longest running, privately owned trailer manufacturing company in the US, and next year will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The company claims to be the largest producer of refrigerated van trailers, ...
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Newly released highway fatality stats in the US paint an incomplete picture, having lumped non-freight-hauling trucks in with commercial vehicles, according to the American Trucking Associations. “Every fatality on our ...
CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) and GE Transportation, a division of GE (NYSE: GE) today announced an agreement to explore emissions-cutting and efficiency breakthroughs in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology for locomotives beginning with a ...
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CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) and GE Transportation, a division of GE (NYSE: GE) today announced an agreement to explore emissions-cutting and efficiency breakthroughs in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology for locomotives beginning with a ...
Tags: CSX, GE, transportation, pilot, liquified, natural, gas
Capesize iron ore freight rates on established Pacific routes from Brazil, Western Australia and South Africa came under pressure Thursday. Charterers' rates and some offer prices fell from the previous day, which market participants ...
Tags: Iron Ore, freight rates
Three of the five transportation modes carried more US-NAFTA trade in August 2013 than in August 2012 as the value of overall US trade with its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, rose 2.0 percent from ...
Tags: NAFTA, freight flow, gain