DB Schenker's new train service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou is about 20 days faster than ocean freight. Claimed to be for the first time ever, DB Schenker, together with the City and Port Authority of Zhengzhou (Province Henan), has started ...
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IATA reports that air freight volumes were up by a strong 5.8% in July compared to a year ago. This is an acceleration on June, when freight tonne kilometres rose 2.4%, and reflects improving demand conditions in some regions. There was ...
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A manifold hike in interest expense, pushed NASDAQ-listed and apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans Stores Inc to report a net loss in the second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2104 compared to net profit, a year earlier. ...
Tags: home décor, Retailer Gordmans, Apparel
Truckers are making more frequent trips to U.S. coal-burning power plants because of a U.S.-wide rail bottleneck situation which has forced some of the plants to turn to trucks and barges for coal transportation. “We have been ...
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US-NAFTA freight totaled $103.0 billion in June 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more freight by value in June 2014 than in June 2013, according to the TransBorder ...
North American truckers ordered 44 percent more trailers year-to-date than over the same period last year, for a total of 179,000. The start of the second half of 2014 continued to reflect the strength of the first six months with July ...
Transport for London (TfL) and Energy Saving Trust have revealed a plan start a new initiative called Rapid Chargepoints, which is designed to identify locations for electric vehicle infrastructure in London. The broader perspective of ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to owner driver members of the Transport Workers’ Union in Queensland to engage in collective bargaining with Toll ...
Tags: Commission, Bargaining Power, Service
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House and Senate have bills that would raise federal truck weight limits for natural gas vehicles. Heavier fuel tanks and equipment on natural gas trucks can add as much as 2,000 pounds more than diesel ...
ARLINGTON, VA — The weight of the loads U.S. truckers haul is getting heavier, according to the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA). The ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.3 percent ...
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Armstrong will now manufacture its scraped engineered hardwood flooring at its Somerset, Ky. facility. Armstrong World Industries announced it will transfer the manufacture of scraped engineered hardwood flooring from its plant in ...
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Victorian Shadow Minister for industrial relations, ports, freight and logistics Natalie Hutchins (pictured) is questioning the Napthine Government’s case for the Port of Hastings. "The Napthine Government is determined to proceed ...
The Toll Group has commenced operations from its new $24 million freight terminal in Hobart’s north. The 17,000 square metre facility on 6.8 hectares in the Brighton Transport Hub is its most modern and efficient transport terminal ...
The launch today of CHEP Logistics' new control centre at its Erskine Park, NSW facility, marks a step-change in CHEP's delivery of logistics services and the management of its product flow to customers across the country. Earlier this ...
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed mining company Samarco’s rating at BBB, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Samarco’s highly profitable operations, low-cost ...
Tags: Fitch Ratings, BBB, Energy