DHL Express has moved to meet the significant increase in shipments passing through its Brisbane Gateway by unveiling a brand new $16 million purpose-built facility. With double-digit increase in shipments through the Brisbane Gateway the ...
ShawMark Carpets, a division of Shaw Industries, has announced the latest "torture test" for its Anything Goes! line of carpets. Conducted at Shaw Plant 34 in Dalton, a carpet distribution center, an Anything Goes! style was subjected to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Transportation
Armour Transportation Systems announced today it has completed the purchase of RJS Terminal, which will increase its coverage in Newfoundland. RJS, based in Mount Pearl, Nfld., will continue to operate under its existing name. It runs 70 ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, Car
The third-quarter Transport Capital Partners survey reveals more U.S. carriers are expecting to see volumes and rates grow over the coming months. In this quarter's survey, more carriers are expressing optimism for increases in volumes ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Tonnage is up, the American Trucking Associations’(ATA) reported this week, and while the increase may seem positive on the surface, it may only be a reflection of certain sectors that produce heavier loads. After falling 0.6% in ...
Tags: Tonnage Strength, Trucking
US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in August, on the heels of a 0.6% decline in July. However, the American Trucking Associations' cautioned the impressive tonnage is attributed to the type of freight being hauled, and not necessarily ...
Tags: Transportation, Truck
The slide in LPG prices over the past four days on abundant supply and an Asian demand pause has sent physical values to six-week lows and flipped the paper market to the steepest contango structure since early July 2012, market sources ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Prices drifted sideways in the delivered South China cargo market for thermal coal Friday in the absence of any significant buying interest from China, and sellers pondered the next move in a buoyant freight market, market sources said. ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A rapidly expanding regional freight company has switched to Toyota rental forklifts so it can continue to concentrate on building the business. In just four years, Midstate Freight in Bathurst, New South Wales, has grown from one depot ...
Tags: Freight Transport, Transport, Transportation
After five years of testing trailer side skirts and undercarriage fairings, the results are in, and the fuel savings are real. That was the message from FPInnovations' Performance Innovation Transport (PIT), which shared its findings ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is planning to come out with a Cotton Distribution Policy to bring stability in the prices of cotton. Under the plan, the Ministry proposes to levy a 10 percent duty on shipments of cotton ...
A lot more freight has been available on the spot market over the past week, but it has also pushed rates down. New figures released from DAT show total spot market freight needing to be moved increased 22% September 8-14, compared to the ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
PeopleNet today announced an integration with McLeod Software’s LoadMaster LTL to better address the complexities of the companies’ less-than-truckload customers. “In the dynamic LTL environment, driver’s ...
Tags: trucks, Transportation
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for July jumped 30 percent from June, a healthy sign, but not one that points to any major positive changes on the horizon. "The jump reflects the indexes forward look at an expected pricing uptick ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, trucking
Spot prices of 553-grade silicon metal of 98.5% purity rose this week on supply tightness in China even as demand in the country as well as the rest of Asia remains strong. The export price was assessed by Platts at $1,870-1,950/mt FOB ...
Tags: Chemicals, Tightness Amid