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News•February 11, 2011

FTR: Intermodal Market Share Dipped in Q4 '10, Should Soar in '11

FTR Associates' Intermodal Update, issued on February 7, reports that intermodal market share declined by 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010

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News•February 11, 2011

January Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index Posts 14th Consecutive Month of Year-over-Year Growth

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.3 percent in January, giving up some, but retaining much of December's exceptional 1.8 percent sequential gain

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News•February 10, 2011

Global Futurist, Dr. James Canton, to Deliver Keynote Address at AmeriQuest Transportation Industry Symposium

Dr. James Canton, renowned global futurist and media commentator, will serve as keynote speaker at the 2011 AmeriQuest Transportation Industry Symposium, a conference of senior management from best-in-class transportation companies in North America, April 7-8 in Orlando

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News•February 10, 2011

Freight Transportation Services Index Up 1.5% in December from November

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 1.5 percent in December from its November level, rising after one monthly decline, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today

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News•February 9, 2011

TransCore's North American Freight Index Records Highest January Volumes Ever

January spot-market freight availability increased 62 percent over January 2010 volumes, according to TransCore's North American Freight Index

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News•February 9, 2011

Intermodal Haulers Post Record-setting Year in 2010

A near 17-percent surge in volume in the fourth quarter pushed 2010 intermodal volumes up by 14.7 percent overall for the year, says Intermodal Association of North America

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News•February 9, 2011

Illinois GPS Task Force Finds Truck-Specific Data Difficult to Access

Truckers using various GPS systems to navigate around the State of Illinois do not always have access to accurate and up-to-date truck-specific routing information

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News•February 9, 2011

DOE Projects Diesel to Average $3.43 This Year

The Department of Energy's monthly fuel price projections continue to rise in lockstep with the price of crude oil and diesel fuel. The monthly projection for February, up 3 cents from the January forecast, sees diesel fuel averaging $3.43 for 2011 and $3.51 for 2012

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News•February 8, 2011

Diesel Hits $3.51 in Tenth Straight Weekly Increase

Diesel prices continued their upward trend this week, rising an alarming 7.5 cents to hit a new post-2008 high of $3.513

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News•February 8, 2011

TransCore Says Average Linehaul Rate Back to December Level of $1.55 per Mile

A 2.1 percent increase in flatbed rates nationwide brought the average line haul rate back up to December levels of $1.55 per mile, according to TransCore Truckload Trendline

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