CORMAN PARK, SK — Manitoulin Transport has announced that it’s opening a new terminal in the rural municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan. "Saskatchewan is booming and local businesses must have service partners they can ...
NZ technology company BCS Group has won the work to build the highly specialised sortation system for Toll Group's new express parcel sorting facility in Australia. One of Australia and New Zealand's largest provider of transport and ...
If the trucking industry is still struggling, it's not for lack of freight to haul. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) Truck Tonnage Index just concluded its strongest year since 1998. For-hire truck tonnage in the US rose 0.6% in ...
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European butadiene buying interest for February loading material has climbed to $1,300/mt FOB Rotterdam on the back of firm demand for exports to the US, market sources said. Reflecting this, Platts assessed butadiene at $1,287/mt FOB ...
Forward Air Corp. said it will buy Central States Trucking Co. for $95.6 million. The purchase from Central States Inc. includes the company's Central States Logistics unit. Founded in 1980, CST provides container and intermodal drayage ...
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Union Pacific Corp. said it had the best fourth-quarter and full-year results in company history as volume grew for the first time in six quarters. The freight railroad reported a net income of $1.2 billion, or $2.55 per share in the ...
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Manitoulin Transport has added to its Western Canadian shipping capacity by opening a new terminal in Saskatchewan. The facility sits on 8.4 acres of property located in Corman Park, Sask. It has 16 dock-level doors, and is equipped to ...
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Zenith Global Logistics is adding 16 trucks to the fleet at its warehouse and distribution hub here. The fleet expansion, the specialized furniture carrier's fourth in as many years, is in response to increased demand in the California ...
TransCore says its Canadian freight volumes showed "stellar" results in December, establishing a new record high for December load volumes. With two fewer shipping days than November, December's load volumes were up 11% month-over-month, ...
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Knight Transportation Inc. has increased its profit forecasts for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, citing better performance than it had previously expected. Knight's fourth-quarter net income will be between 24 ...
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Norfolk Southern Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit increased 24%, and income from railway operations rose 23% to $881 million. Net income rose to $513 million, or $1.64 per share, from $413 million, or $1.30, a year ago. ...
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Cinelinx, a card game for 'movie people', has taken to Kickstarter in the hope of going into production. The game sees played take turns laying down cards featuring actors, directors, movie titles, scenes, quotes or genres, before stating ...
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Con-way Inc. said its fourth-quarter net profit is likely to be about the same as that of 2012 as expenses increased in its less-than-truckload and logistics units. In addition, bad weather late in December hurt operations at its ...
Increased buying interest for North Sea crude oil cargoes, resulting in a sharp increase in price for a number of key grades, has negatively impacted Northwest European refinery margins, according to traders Wednesday. The cracking yield ...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) have released a few highlights about what the organization expects to happen in the industry over the next decade. In its recently released U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2024, the ATA ...
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