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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Domestic problems persist for DHL Express USA
Waltham,Mass, & Plantation,Fla,USA -Logistics Management (Newton,MA,USA), by Jeff Berman -3 Oct 2008: -- In the latest sign of ongoing problems in the United States, DHL Express USA this week has terminated roughly 80-to-90 percent—or hundreds—of its domestic sales force staffers, LM has learned... According to an industry source, DHL Express USA will retain somewhere between 80-to-150 U.S.-based sales staff that will now be referred to as “international” sales representatives... While DHL would not directly confirm the sales staff layoffs, its press office said in an e-mail that since May 28 it has made certain workforce reductions in line with the restructuring of its network, adding that it “remains committed to the U.S. market and to finalizing [its] pending agreement with UPS”...
* FedEx Unit Begins Mexico Operations
USA -Transport Topics -6 Oct 2008: -- FedEx Express said its Mexican unit has begun operations under the name FedEx Express Nacional, a domestic overnight service in that country... The company opened a new hub called the Toluca Hub Multiplex, its new center of operations for domestic Mexican shipments, the company said late Monday... The service covers all 32 Mexican states with the support of two new centers of operations in Toluca and San Luis Potosi, with the latter to open in early 2009...
* Covenant Transport, Inc. Wins U.S. EPA SmartWay Environmental Excellence Award
Chattanooga,Tenn.,USA -MarketWatch -Oct 07, 2008: -- Covenant Transport received an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership for its leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation and freight activities... Covenant Transport adopted several fuel saving technologies including the use of the latest aerodynamic and engine packages, auxiliary power units, and speed management to save 3,415,289 gallons of fuel, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 310,173 tons, and generate $9,836,032 in savings...
* Celadon Wins U.S. EPA SmartWay Environmental Excellence Award
Indianapolis,IND,USA -MarketWatch -Oct 07, 2008: -- Celadon Trucking Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celadon Group Inc., today received an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership... Presented at the annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in Denver, the Excellence Award recognizes companies and organizations from the transportation industry that have demonstrated leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions... Since joining the SmartWay program in 2005, Celadon has improved its fuel efficiency by 25 percent and reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per truck by 40 percent. The CO2 reduction was made in spite of the fact that Celadon's fleet actually grew by 520 trucks during that time... * Schneider Logistics EPA-certified
Green Bay,Wis,USA -Fleet Owner -Oct 7, 2008: -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Schneider Logistics a SmartWay Transport Partner. Schneider said it will expand its SmartWay efforts beyond its freight management carriers to its 10,000 transportation management carriers... According to the company, 71% of the miles driven in the past 12 months by Schneider Logistics’ freight management network moved on SmartWay-certified third-party carriers...* Homberger Trucking closes its doors
Huron,OH,USA -The Sandusky Register, by ANNIE ZELM -October 7, 2008: -- After 58 years in business, a local trucking company is closing its doors... Homberger Trucking owners Jacquelyn Sallee and Lloyd Pitsenbarger said they struggled for several years to keep the small business open -- despite the closure of many industrial companies they served, rising fuel costs and increased competition... They suspended operations Sept. 26, hoping the shut-down would be only temporary as they worked toward a solution... But earlier this week, they realized they had exhausted all resources... As an industrial carrier, the company served primarily manufacturing companies -- many of which closed in recent years... At one time, Sallee said, Ford Motor Co. made up about 70 to 75 percent of their business... Labels: trucking industry news USA
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