Landstar System Inc

The average US on-highway diesel prices in 3Q17 have risen 20% compared to the same quarter last year.

KSU’s trailer volumes fell 9.5% in week 23, whereas container traffic contracted by 2.4% in the same week.

Operating cash flow is a vital parameter for judging the health of a transportation company because it points to efficiency in operating assets and liabilities.

In the second quarter 2016, Werner Enterprises (WERN) declared a dividend of $0.06 per share. That’s an increase of 20% from the corresponding period last year.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a 7.2% rise in its overall intermodal volumes of containers and trailers in the week ended July 1, 2017.

UPS’s operating profit declined 4.7% to $1.7 billion in the third quarter from $1.8 billion in the third quarter of 2017.

NSC’s Intermodal segment’s revenues rose 10% to $593.0 million from $538.0 million in 2Q16.

In the week ended July 8, 2017, Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a marginal loss in its total intermodal volumes (containers and trailers).

Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) total intermodal traffic in terms of containers and trailers rose 10.6% in the week ended June 24, 2017.

Canadian National Railway moved more than 50,100 containers in the 19th week of 2017, compared to the nearly 40,900 containers it moved in the corresponding week of 2016.

Canadian National Railway moved more than 48,400 containers in the 18th week of 2017, compared with nearly 42,300 containers in the corresponding week of 2016.

Kansas City Southern’s intermodal traffic In the past few weeks, Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern), the smallest Class I railroad company in the United States, has seen its intermodal traffic slow. In the week ended April 29, 2017, Kansas City Southern reported a YoY (year-over-year) fall of 6.1% in its overall intermodal traffic. Kansas City […]

Canadian National Railway’s intermodal volumes In the 17th week of 2017, Canadian National Railway’s (CNI) overall intermodal volumes rose 9.4%. There was no trailer movement in the week. The company moved more than 47,000 containers in the 17th week of 2017, compared with more than 43,000 containers in the corresponding week of 2016. The rise […]

In this part of the series, we’ll take a look at what Wall Street analysts are saying about US truckload carriers and how they’re rating the stocks.

Swift Transportation has a consensus rating of 4.36 or “strong buy” among truckload carriers. Out of 22 analysts, 15 gave it a “buy” recommendation.

JHBT calls J.B. Hunt 360 an intuitive transportation management system. The company claims to realize improved workflows, tighter integration, and mobile tools.

J.B. Hunt Transport’s (JBHT) peer group includes trucking companies that compete in the national marketplace and some of the US Class I railroads. The company updates its peer group every year.

Landstar’s success is highly dependent on high revenue-generating sales reps, as well as on the volume increases by BCOs and customers.

Landstar’s success lies in its ability to provide a complete logistics solution through various transportation modes and up-to-date technology.

Landstar and other 3PLs perform better during supply disruptions, when they can secure trucks among their large networks of small carriers.

Landstar invested $12 million in upgrading its IT and communications systems, making use of satellite technology and mobile equipment to track its fleet.

J.B. Hunt’s (JBHT) Integrated Capacity Solutions segment provides non-asset, asset-light, traditional freight brokerage and transportation logistics solutions to customers.