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NewsMarch 20, 2001

Rolling Blackouts Hit Container Terminals

California's rolling blackouts his the Port of Long Beach Monday, with power interrupted to at least three container terminals

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NewsDecember 29, 2000

DOT Report Says Improve Highway Connections to Intermodal Facilities

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater has recommended to Congress that National Highway System connections to major intermodal facilities be improved

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NewsDecember 21, 2000

Vancouver Port Hopes to Avoid Another Strike by Independents

The Vancouver Port Authority is hoping the British Columbia Trucking Assn. can help it avert a shutdown by independent truckers who say the port has not lived up to promises it made to end a 1999 shutdown.

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NewsDecember 14, 2000

Rail Rates Drop 45% Since Staggers Act

With adjustments for inflation, rail rates fell 45.3% from 1984 to 1999, according to a study by the Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration (OEEAA)

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NewsDecember 6, 2000

Savannah Port Owner-Operators Hit by U.S. Trucking Bankruptcy

Some owner-operators pulling containers were hit hard by U.S. Trucking subsidiaries declaring bankruptcy last week. According to Jim Stewart, spokesman for an association truckers at the Port of Savannah, Ga., more than 30 drivers at that port lost their escrow accounts, along with pay for work performed over the past few weeks, when U.S. Trucking subsidiary Gulf Northern Transport closed its doors Monday

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NewsNovember 8, 2000

Truckers Still Frustrated By Savannah Port Delays

A month after a new computer system went into effect at the Port of Savannah, Ga., truckers pulling containers from the port complain the change is still slowing down turnarounds and cutting their income. Oct. 9, the port implemented a new $4 million computer system designed to help handle the increased flow of traffic at the port. But what port officials called a "learning curve" and admitted-to "glitches" resulted in trucks backed u

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NewsNovember 6, 2000

Railroads Ready to Compete With Trucking

Several major railroads are gearing up to offer new freight services specifically designed to win business from the trucking industry

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NewsNovember 6, 2000

California Officials Propose Rail Link Between Ports of Oakland, Stockton

Truckers trying to get through the Port of Oakland in California regularly experience long waits to pick up or drop off shipping containers, but a proposal from transportation officials could help alleviate the situation

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NewsNovember 6, 2000

Container Terminal Wins Architecture Award

When you think of a container terminal, you probably don't think of great architecture. But that's exactly what some people thought about the Hanjin Container Terminal at the Port of Long Beach, Calif

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NewsNovember 6, 2000

NY/NJ Port Trucking Info on the Web

Truckers will soon be able to check the Internet for the status of containers and waiting times at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey facilities

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