Business, Logistics

CSX CEO Harrison Fires Back at Critics

CSX Corp. CEO E. Hunter Harrison issued a stark rebuke of complaints about poor service, sending a scathing letter to a coalition of rail shippers, lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and regulators at the Surface Transportation Board.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 22, 2017
Business, Logistics

California Ports Tout Progress in Fight Against Environmental Pollution

The top three containerports in California touted recent accomplishments in the battle against pollution as stakeholders debate what will be included in an update to the Clean Air Action Plan.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 22, 2017
Business

Tonnage Up 2.3% Year-Over-Year in July

For the third consecutive month, American Trucking Associations’ truck tonnage index rose on a year-over-year basis, signaling trucking may be heading toward brighter days, experts said.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 22, 2017
Business

Old Dominion to Raise Rates 3.5% on Sept. 1

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. will raise rates on Sept. 1, 2017, but at a lower rate than a similar increase announced last summer.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 16, 2017
Business

Truck Turn Times Deteriorate at Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach

The average time it took a truck driver to enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach increased four minutes in July, the third consecutive month of year-over-year increases in what has become a record-setting peak shipping season.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 15, 2017
Government, Business

Federal Regulators, Railroad Shippers Ratchet Up Pressure on CSX to End Delays

Federal regulators and railroad shippers have turned up the heat on CSX Corp. over repeated service disruptions in a series of letters to and from Washington.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 15, 2017
Business

Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland Shatter Records

All three major containerports in California reported record-setting volumes in July, prompting an industry consultant to forecast the summer of 2017 one of the best peak retail shipping seasons in U.S. history.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 11, 2017
Business

Intermodal Traffic Grows 4.5% in Second Quarter, IANA Reports

Intermodal business continued to climb out of the hole dug in 2016, recording the strongest gain in nearly three years, according to a quarterly report from the Intermodal Association of North America.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 9, 2017
Business

CSX Service Delays Vex Shippers

Shippers frustrated with CSX Corp. deterring railroad service and extended delays are choosing to move some shipments to trucks to satisfy their urgent transportation needs, according to industry insiders.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 9, 2017
Business

Daseke Loses Money for Second Straight Quarter; CEO Still Optimistic About Future

Daseke Inc. lost $3.6 million in the second quarter, its second consecutive quarter in the red after the flatbed carrier joined Wall Street in February, but CEO Don Daseke remains upbeat.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
August 9, 2017