"When those wheels aren't turning we're not making money."
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- RUSSIANS DUST OFF THEIR DREAM. // Professional Engineering;06/27/2001, Vol. 14 Issue 12, p13
Reports on the re-entry of the An-225 Mriya aircraft in the Russian heavy cargo industry. Increase of demand for outsized transport haulers; Agreement of aircraft manufacturer Antonov with heavy cargo firms to market the Mriya.
- Poland threatens Bohum�n's future as international transport hub. Kuchar, Vladimir // Warsaw Business Journal;1/28/2002, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p9
Reports the protest for the development of an East-West freight terminal in Bohumin, Czech Republic by political opposition in Poland. Identification of countries involved in the development of an international terminal; Reasons for the opposition; Implications of the selection of steel...
- Steady as she goes. Hardenbergh, Chop // JoC Week;1/7/2002 Annual Review, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p150
Focuses on container traffic in the Atlantic Northeast, the North American region encompassing New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Intermodal competition in the region; Decline in traffic shown by the region's three ports in 20001; Transportation providers' view that no economic revolution...
- American Trucking Association, www.trucking.org. Canary, William J. // JoC Week;1/7/2002 Annual Review, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p155
Focuses on challenges faced by the United States trucking industry in 2002. Suppression of freight volumes; Adverse effects of high diesel fuel prices; Motor carriers' review of operational aspects of their companies in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Crisis in the truck...
- Surface Transportation Board, www.stb.dot.gov/. Morgan, Linda J. // JoC Week;1/7/2002 Annual Review, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p173
Discusses the need for the United States surface transportation industry to ensure efficient, reliable and cost-effective service to customers. Heightened security measures faced by the industry as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Provision of the level of security needed...
- Intermodalism's next course. Bonney, Joseph // JoC Week;4/22/2002, Vol. 3 Issue 16, p4
Focuses on intermodal transportation in the United States. Reasons for the growth of intermodalism; Introduction of a program for intermodal transportation by the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver, Colorado; Aim of the program.
- Time for TEA. Edmonson, R.G. // JoC Week;5/20/2002, Vol. 3 Issue 20, p32
Discusses the optimism of freight interests on the reauthorization of Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century in U.S. Comment of American association of port authorities executive vice president Jean Godwin; Development in the internodal connections between ports and highway systems;...
- Issues in Freight Transportation Regulation: Discussion. Robbins, Lynn W. // American Journal of Agricultural Economics;Dec79, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p1014
Comments on articles about freight transportation regulation in the United States. Failure of the transportation policy problem to address preconditions necessary to a systems approach; Problems associated with the competition between regulated and exempt carriers.
- Making room for even more precious cargo. Sundaramoorthy // Business News New Jersey;10/04/99, Vol. 12 Issue 36, p14
Examines opportunities and challenges for the freight industry in New Jersey. Impediments to growth; Areas of improvement in the movement of cargo in and out of the state's port region; Total volume of cargo moved through the state annually; Transportation problems related to cargo movement;...
- Transportation delays dent profits. Fredrickson, Tom // Crain's New York Business;10/8/2001, Vol. 17 Issue 41, p3
Reports the importance of transportation on the economy in New York, New York. Effect of the terrorist attacks on the delivery of goods and services; Impact of the delays on freight related businesses; Steps undertaken by the Department of Transportation to ease the flow of traffic.
