FedEx ‘Panda Express’ Takes Bears Home
DULLES, Va. — For Dennis Halsey, it was a return trip nearly a decade in the making.
February 15, 2010Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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DOT Proposes Testing for More Drugs, Lowering Existing Threshold on Others
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a proposed rule that would toughen its workplace drug-testing program for truck drivers and other transportation workers, including testing for the drugs “ecstasy” and heroin.
February 15, 2010Execs Ask FMCSA to Change Several Steps Before Chassis Safety Rule Takes Effect
Trucking and intermodal leaders are pressing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to change two key safety reporting steps before the agency’s delayed chassis safety rule finally takes effect on June 30.
February 15, 2010ATA’s Hodges, Navistar’s Hebe Differ on Trucking’s Future
TAMPA, Fla. — A major truck-making executive and the chairman of American Trucking Associations offered differing views on the future of trucking, but both agreed that federal regulation of business is generating unwelcome distortions of how firms can operate.
February 15, 2010Intermodal Traffic Improves for Week
U.S. intermodal rail traffic grew 5.1% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
February 12, 2010Pennsylvania Reopens Interstate 78
Pennsylvania has reopened Interstate 78, which had been shut down following Wednesday’s Mid-Atlantic blizzard that stranded more than 200 motorists, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Thursday afternoon.
February 11, 2010ATA Names Vice President of Safety Policy
American Trucking Associations said it has hired Rob Abbott as its vice president of safety policy.
February 9, 2010Xata Loses $1.7 Million in Fiscal 1Q
Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it lost $1.7 million, or 20 cent per share, in its fiscal first quarter, compared with a loss of $672,000, or 8 cents, a year ago.
February 9, 2010Forward Air’s 4Q Income Falls
Forward Air Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit fell to $6.4 million, or 22 cents per share, from $8.3 million, or 29 cents, a year ago.
February 9, 2010P.A.M. Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss
P.A.M. Transportation Services reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.9 million, or 42 cents per share, compared with a loss of $11.4 million, or $1.19, a year earlier.
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