Table of Contents

Cover Story

Troubles by the Gallon

Drop by Drop Savings

Government & Regulation

Privatization Crunch

Funding on two Wheels

Special Report

RFID's Quiet Comeback

Columns

Preemption is Trashed

Q&A: A Shipper's Guessing Game

Logistics & Technology

Recession Threat Rattles Software Vendors as Shippers cut IT Spending

Wal-Mart's Point of 'no Returns'

Trucking

Profit Margins Fold as Freight Volumes Fall at Major LTL Carriers

Teamsters Battle Oak Harbor

Profits up at Marten Transport

Rail & Intermodal

California Will Help Union Pacific Buy Cleaner Locomotives

Good Times on Tracks

STB says no to Cost Formula Change

Air & Expedited

Next-Day Shipping at UPS at Lowest Level Since 2002, Carrier Seeks Cost Cuts

Freight Drops 'Alarming' 7.7 Percent

Forward Air Counting More Cash

Maritime

Container Barge Service Funded by MPO to Link Ports in Virginia

Maersk Cuts Capacity

Departments

Editorial

This Week

People

Calendar

Logistics Seminars

Update

Classifieds

Company Index

The Back Page

Traffic World - November 3, 2008 Index