After levelling off in March, the amount of goods hauled by trucks - known as freight volumes - fell once again in April and May.
Profit rose 43% at Burlington in 2010, as freight loads in rail and trucking improved in the U.S. throughout the year, helping to pay for the investment in full.
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Ms Behrens also says the Avanti proposal would contradict an earlier referendum which made it part of the Swiss constitution to aim to transfer as much freight transport as possible to rail and not to disturb the Alpine landscape for transport.
The planned bridge, some 40km south-west of the capital, is designed to carry four lanes for traffic, as well as a freight railway and a gas pipeline.
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An IATA programme known as e-freight aims to do for cargo what e-tickets have done for passengers.
Although the company did not release financial details of how much it makes from Eurostar traffic, as opposed to freight, a spokesman said the passenger service made up the "lion's share" of rail revenues.
He told Forbes.com that it was not only mail operators like Deutsche Post and France's La Poste looking to use high-speed rail networks--now big projects such as the new freight railway between the Netherlands and Germany had attracted a wider mix of businesses.
He told Forbes.com that it was not only mail operators like Deutsche Post (other-otc: DPSTF - news - people ) and France's La Poste looking to use high-speed rail networks--now big projects such as the new freight railway between the Netherlands and Germany had attracted a wider mix of businesses.
Contrary to the obvious assumption, rising fuel prices might actually cause the use of ships for freight, as manufacturers reduce fuel use not by shipping things shorter distances, but by relying more heavily on efficient sea freight at the expense of less efficient land- and air-based modes of transport.
England has specialized in moving temperature sensitive freight such as fresh produce, meat, dairy products, beverages, and chemicals.
Slower than expected trade growth has negatively impacted the global freight industry as yields have plummeted due to tough competition.
By filling up a truck first, Lowe's pays contract freight rates as low as one-fifth of those for smaller deliveries.
He had a habit of ripping pages out once he had read them and stuffing them into his pocket or of letting them drift to the ground so as to lessen the freight.
He made his directorial debut two years ago with "Sin Nombre, " a dramatically commanding and visually expansive account, in Spanish, of impoverished immigrants riding atop freight trains as they lumber through Mexico toward the U.S. border.
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Anand, a former chairman of India's Railway Board, argues that a move in that direction is logical in India, where passengers, by and large, are becoming more expensive, as they demand more space and comfort, while freight by contrast costs less, as improved technology leads to better and faster use of space.
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Some, like UPS, grew up as couriers and have added freight forwarding and customs brokerage services.
Mineta cited the freight rail system as one area of concern.
Navistar, which makes commercial trucks, diesel engines, and buses, is benefitting from a rise in demand for freight trucks, as well as a jump in fleet utilization.
While I am a technical trader by nature, I am leaving the technicals off the table for today as there could be a freight train coming down the tracks.
Price competition is fierce as a result, and freight operators know that they can only get just so many yuan for hauling a ton of freight between, say, Beijing and Shanghai.
Proponents note that the overall cost of the project would be recouped within a few decades, as the volume of tunnel freight transport activity increased, reaching an estimated 3 percent of the world's total physical cargo or 100 million tons annually.
No one thinks China is going to make drastic changes to what is a signature national programme. (And one from which it hopes to spin off lucrative contracts building railways in Algeria, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and elsewhere.) But it might postpone some of the dizzier schemes, such as one to build a freight line across mountainous northern Colombia to rival the Panama canal.
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As more visionary investors jump on a new freight train, they may create not only greater returns, but may also become the leaders heralded as those with the vision and forethought to shift the planet economically, as well as socially and environmentally.
Since one freight train can carry as much as 280 lorries can, railways can help to limit the rise in road congestion.
Nevertheless, Pacific National's arrival as a tough, competitive rail-freight operator has put the trucking companies on their toes.
Passengers sit aboard trains in rail yards as Amtrak attempts to generate revenue by shunting freight cars on and off their trains.
Part of the M20 in Kent remains closed as police and port officials continue to regulate freight traffic heading for Dover and the Channel Tunnel.
Passengers and freight firms could face higher fares as a result of Eurotunnel running its own ferry services between Dover and Calais, a watchdog has said.
Utilizing up-to-date detection technologies, carriers should again be allowed to carry freight and mail in the same aircraft as passengers.
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