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CP's Green promises results to ward off Ackman

Tax Incentives Push Kentucky Trucking Expansion

Down the Rabbit Hole

 The City of Los Angeles, with the assistance of the Los Angeles City Council, is slowly but steadily spiraling down the rabbit hole towards bankruptcy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Charleston vs. Savannah For Southeast Port Title

It’s out in the open now. South Carolina is now officially opposed to deepening the Savannah River. I see this as a big deal with huge long-term implications for where cargo moves in the U.S. [...]

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Truckers Attend 'Anti-Occupy" Breakfast

Northern California motor carrier Devine Intermodal couldn’t send any truckers to the Port of Oakland Monday because the

Man jailed for 'disgusting' collection of child porn

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Hoelting Named UPS Freight Sales SVP

For whom the road tolls

One victim of the recession has been toll-road privatization, according to an article in this week's Barron's.

Lithuanian Roads to fire over thousand employees

Guest Commentary: Cultural Transformation is at the Core of Continuous Improvement in Warehousing and Distribution

Today, more than ever before, companies are looking for ways to implement Lean manufacturing concepts into their distribution and warehousing network as a way to control costs and improve operational [...]

Blogging Security

Not to be outdone by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security now has its own blog. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassid[...]

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Hold trucking companies accountable for putting motorists' lives at risk

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China Still Rising, But More Slowly

As an addendum to my column in the May 11 JoC exploring the critical question of whether China will maintain its market share as a source of U.S. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Symbolism and substance

As the Teamsters and environmental groups continue with their all-out push to change the dominant business model for port trucking, they’ve won statements of support of several politicians calling f[...]

The Humanitarian Logistics Gap

The chaos in delivering aid to Haitians more than a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake is all too familiar to José Holguín-Veras. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Stock Market Update: Planes, Trains and Steamships Haul Stocks Higher

Rockefeller’s Must-See TV

To get the unvarnished view of a top Senate committee chairman venting his frustration, to see how serious he is in threatening a long-running fight to toughen rail regulations, you might need to see [...]

IFC official says Cross Creek will reopen

Increasing Truck Productivity — The Time to Act is Now

The long-awaited federal Highway Reauthorization legislation is set to move forward this fall giving Congress the opportunity to modernize American truck weight limits and facilitate economic growth j[...]

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Menlo names Sheila Taylor as Senior Vice President of Finance

Cautious Optimism

A quick survey on the eve of NASSTRAC’s 2010 conference and exposition found “cautious optimism” replacing the exuberant pessimism of 2009. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Two Who Made a Difference

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute chose well in selecting recipients of awards at CII’s annual New York-New Jersey luncheon. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Menlo Worldwide Logistics appoints SVP Finance

Packaging IKEA's Supply Chain

You don’t often see close looks at how corporate culture influences a company’s supply chain, and you see insightful, perceptive pieces even less often. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Should the Feds Help YRC?

YRC Worldwide's reported request for $1 billion from the federal bailout fund is sending shock waves across the trucking world. By line Overwrite:  W[...]

Growing One Part at a Time

Auto parts imports kept expanding to partly offset losses in the overall U.S. inbound trade this past August. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno [...]

See You in September

After the storms of August – political, financial and most recently natural – things may seem to be getting back to normal. It won’t last. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Freight Launches iPad Application for Online Shipping Services

The Container Situation

Every few months I touch base with Tom Kim, the Hong Kong-based shipping analyst for Goldman Sachs, who meets regularly with the major Asian container lines. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Is 'Supply Chain' Obsolete?

“Don’t shackle yourself to the notion of a chain.” By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

FedEx and Jim Oberstar

You won’t be hearing many elegies from Memphis lamenting Rep. James L. Oberstar’s departure from Congress. By line Overwrite:  Paul Page [...]

Port was there first

At the edge of New Orleans' French Quarter, the Gov. Nicholls Street Wharf occupies a site that's been in continuous maritime commerce since shortly after the city's founding in 1718. By line O[...]

Con-way Inc. Schedules Date for Release of 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) announced today that it will release its financial results for the 2011 fourth quarter and full year, ended December 30, on Thursday, February 2, after the close of the stock m[...]

Transportation: Leading or Lagging Indicator?

Is transportation still a leading economic indicator? I’m beginning to wonder. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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Bernanke’s Export Initiative

President Obama's goal to double U.S. exports in five years is getting a boost from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. By line Overwrite:  John D.[...]

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LA-LB's Overlooked Gates to Growth

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are spending so much money these days to build larger container terminals, on-dock rail facilities and a new bridge in the harbor area that the transportation c[...]

Derivatives for containers?

Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding told a JOC Trans-Pacific Maritime conference audience that he wasn't enthusiastic about container derivatives market that Clarkson Securities is trying to develop. [...]

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Fearing the “spillover” effect

Another container shortage?

Could a new shortage of containers for U.S. exports be emerging? One steamship executive thinks so. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Economy Percolates at Truck Stops

The nation’s truckers are not only movers of freight, they’re consumers, and they’re buying more goods on the road, according to the McLane-NATSO Index. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

Joplin Recovery: A Visit with Private Sector Partners

This blog post by FEMA Private Sector Division Director Dan Stoneking, originally appeared in  the "FEMA Blog" on August 26, 2011. On August 22, three months following the devastating tornado, I vis[...]

Former YRC vice president rejoins LTL carrier after stint at Dynamex

The Best Relief: Cash

Here’s a tip for anyone who wants to help tornado survivors: Send money. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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Con-way CFO to Address Stephens Conference

Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) announced today that Stephen L. Bruffett, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will make a presentation on Wednesday, November 16 at the St[...]

Looking for Growth in the Right Places

With container volumes still way down from last year and coinciding with a glut in new capacity, good news is scarce in container shipping these day By line Overwrite:  [...]

Hoelting succeeds Fain at UPS Freight

Freight train hits car in Boca Raton

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Seamen’s Church Institute Moving to New Jersey

One of the last vestiges of the shipping industry in Lower Manhattan is following the liner shipping industry to New Jersey. By line Overwrite:  Josep[...]

Avoiding 'Hour-mageddon'

Trucking interests are issuing dire warnings about the proposed changes to truck driver hours-of-service rules they say would cut driver and truck productivity, jack up transportation costs and potent[...]

S2S appoints new Saudi Arabian director of logistics

Osama bin Laden

The first time I remember hearing about Osama bin Laden was in the days and weeks following the Feb. 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Feeling Gouged Yet?

President Obama ordered the attorney general to hunt down gas price gouging, as his most visible action aga By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd [...]

Trial Date Set in Package-Pricing Lawsuit

AFMS LLC, a parcel shipping consultant, will have to wait until June 2013 for a jury in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to hear its allegations that UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. conspired to fix prices[...]

Wood or plastic?

Providers of wood and plastic pallets are in a bitter argument over which kinds of pallets are best. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

CARDIFF 3 - PORTSMOUTH 2: CRAIG CONWAY SHOWS WEMBLEY WAY

Canada Strikes Back

Canada is reacting with fury to yesterday’s action by the Federal Maritime Commission to launc By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Freight theft in the US hits record high

Rotterdam Rules, Still Alive

Remember the Rotterdam Rules? It’s been two years since the U.S. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

FMC to Enter ‘Twilight Zone’

When Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky looks across the U.S.-Canada border, he sees a “twilight zone.” By line Overwrite:  [...]

Dick Lawrence, Journalist

The newspaper world in Washington was better off when Richard A. Lawrence decided not to pursue a career in electrical engineering. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Called Shot

Wal-Mart is renowned for its supply chain forecasting but we never realized it extended to baseball. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Shrinking SKUs

Friday's Wall Street Journal has a front-page story that homes in on a key issue for retail supply chains. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Time to Thaw Federal Freeze on State Truck Regulations

This blog post by Diane Katz, originally appeared in "The Foundry" on June 3rd. It’s been two decades since Congress seized from states the authority to regulate the size of the biggest trucks trave[...]

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Former YRC Worldwide CFO joins competitor Con-Way

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The Maritime War Within

The federal government appears to be at war with itself over maritime policy. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Draft Order

The release of the Obama administration 2012 budget this week offers a revealing snapshot of the state of East Coast preparedness – or lack thereof - for the scheduled 2014 expansion of the Pana[...]

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Hawaii's Harbor Problems

Plans to renovate Hawaii's harbors could cause headaches for Aloha State shippers and shipping lines. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Canadian Pacific CEO puts up his dukes

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Cat found in Mills River survived trip in refrigerated truck from Canada

Hours Away from HOS Certainty

If you’re biting your nails watching the clock waiting for the new final rule on truck driver hours of service to hit the presses today you might as well relax — it’s not going to ha[...]

Con-way Freight Named Walmart's 2011 National LTL Carrier of the ...

Tonnage down at world's biggest air cargo terminal

ZIM will introduce an improved rotation on the South America -Mediterranean Service (SAM)

We are pleased to announce that our East Coast South America - Mediterranean service (SAM), will be restructured as from January 12th 2012.

Earth Day — Celebrate Your Progress toward Improving the Environment

On Earth Day, it seems quite appropriate to reflect on Con-way’s sustainability efforts and how we fit into the goals (and the politics) of today’s environmental movement. As a framework, we must [...]

Administration Nixes Keystone XL Pipeline, But Alternate Plan Seen Moving Forward

President Obama has denied a permit for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, but investors, public officials and analysts said the project is likely to move forward on an alternate route, Bloomberg [...]

Pirates' Mistaken Identity

Never assume. Seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden got a lesson in that adage when they opened  fire on a tanker that turned out to be a German naval vessel, the Spessart. By line Overwrite:[...]

Breakbulk 'rides the wave'

The mood at The Journal of Commerce's Breakbulk Europe conference in Antwerp wasn't giddy -- probably a good sign -- but it didn't have the gloom that surrounds most container shipping gatherings th[...]

Blogging the Marine Highway

The nation's top transportation official is making a big push for marine highways, in speeches, in interviews and now online. By line Overwrite:  Will[...]

Bubblegum caper ends with prison sentence

Spot Freight Index Hits Third Year of Year-Over-Year Increases

Slow Truck To China

 If you have problems with slow freight transportation, remember that someone else always has it worse. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Port in a Storm

When a ship is in distress, others want to help — but not if it's going to cost them a pile of money that they can't recoup. By line Overwrite:  [...]

A pulse, but that's it, in real estate

I Spoke this morning with Blaine Kelley, senior vice president focusing on industrial/distribution center real estate at broker CB Richard Ellis. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Police: 3-vehicle wreck sends 3 to hospital after GPS distraction

Tracking Tons & Truckers

How tightly is growth in trucking employment tied to rising freight tonnage? Not as tightly as you might think, based on a review of U.S. payroll and tonnage data. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Alphahlier Expects Far East Asia Rate Rally to Fizzle

UK freight forwarders offer Olympic advice

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) www.bifa.org has added a dedicated area on its website to offer logistics advice in connection with the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic gam[...]

The Long Beach Dash for Cash

The international trade community views the Port of Long Beach as one of the better managed ports in the United States. By line Overwrite:  John McLau[...]

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Uncharted Economy?

It's somewhat heartening to hear from Christina Romer, the departing chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, that she believes freight rail volume numbers are a great indicator of re[...]

Con-way Truckload Announces August and September Drivers of the Month for 2011

Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced the 12 winners of its Drivers of the Month recognition for August and September 2011.“These[...]

Tick-Tock Goes the Gridlock Clock

Remember the digital National Debt Clock? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Finding Wine's 'Green Line'

If you plan on celebrating Earth Day with a bottle of wine, you might want to pay as much attention to its carbon footprint as its taste. By line Overwrite:  [...]

California: Where's the Love for Jobs?

Politics, like romance, involves interest, commitment, and an active pursuit. Unfortunately, for California, there seems to be no love for private sector jobs. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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China's Domestic Logistics: Poised For Liftoff

I mentioned in JoC columns over the past few weeks an overwhelming impression from nearly a month traveling in China: The stage is being set for a quantum leap in internal consumption that will drive [...]

Shopping for Shippers

Mergers and acquisitions in the transportation world are likely to pick up speed in 2012, as financing falls into place and “organic growth” hits a ceiling. By line Overwrite: [...]

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Menlo Worldwide Logistics Names Sheila Taylor Senior Vice President of Finance

Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today named Sheila K. Taylor as senior vice president of finance.In her new role, she becomes Menlo’s top f[...]

RayLink to open offices on every Zim Border Post

Withini the next 3 months,RayLink is set to open an office on every Border Post that enters into Zimbabwe.This move is set to improve the companies operational effectiveness and to meet the clients Cu[...]

Jobs, Trade and California

For the past several years, legislators in California have been focused almost exclusively on the state budget crisis. By line Overwrite:  John McLaur[...]

Happy Birthday, Elder Interstate

At 55, the Interstate Highway System is not really that old in years. But like Indiana Jones once said, “It’s not the years; it’s the mileage.” By line Overwrite:  [...]

How 10+2 can be put to real use

Implementing 10+2 may be a costly hassle for many importers, but for many it will reveal data about their supply chains that until now had been beyond their reach. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Art of Boxship Supply and Demand

Asked recently to explain an ocean container market in which freight rates and liner profits have collapsed this year after soaring in 2010, the Asia-based CEO of a Top 20 container line channeled bes[...]

Security and Efficiency

Although I, along with many fellow Americans, occasionally question the effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration, there are voices out there that go far beyond that. By line [...]

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Highway Bill's Funding Pothole

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is expected to release its version of the next highway bill in a matter of minutes ... or hours ... or perhaps tomorrow. By line Overwrite:[...]

CH Robinson Names Medical Distribution Specialist to Board

Conway Womens Chorus begins rehearsals for spring show

Freight Bill Post Audit - What Most CFO's Are Missing

So most likely you fall into one category or another on this issue. Either you recognize that freight bill post payment audit services is a viable option for you, or you don't. If you do, you realize[...]

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Sea and Land

Lines between ocean and land transportation continue to blur. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Keswick Enterprises extends CEE activities with new Polish logistics joint venture

The mob, the feds and the ILA

Federal prosecutors are ready to have another go at proving links between organized crime and the International Longshoremen's Association. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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AAPA Protests Get Creative

The annual conference of the American Association of Port Authorities in Seattle isn’t just an ideal occasion for top port executives to discuss successes and challenges. By line Overwri[...]

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Curiosity Killed the Container

National Public Radio recently published a story about an ocean container lying on the ocean floor. By line Overwrite:  Dana L. Brundage [...]

Plugging into Electric Trucks

It's been almost a century since electric trucks were a common sight on city streets, but they may be poised for a comeback. By line Overwrite:  Willi[...]

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Alcoa Releases Low-Weight Truck Wheels

Operator licensing for Northern Ireland by April, Minister tells FTA

In a face-to-face meeting held earlier today, the Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA reassured the Freight Transport Association that he was confident Operator Licensing would be introduced into No[...]

Obama's High Speed Rail Plan

President Obama released plans today for a national high speed passenger rail network that could have major implications for freight railroads and supply chains. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Asia-Europe Capacity Disconnect

The disconnect between carriers’ unwillingness to withdraw Asia-Europe capacity and the need to do so to put a floor

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"In 100 Yards, Hit the Bridge"

Trucks have rammed into low bridges 46 times this year in Westchester County, New York, doing enough damage that New York state is considering severe penalties against truckers. By line Overwri[...]

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Golden Spiked

It’s accepted faith that the railroads helped build the American industrial economy with their push toward transcontinental networks. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Trucking Forecast: Clearly Costly

I’ve got good news and bad news. Okay, here’s the good news first. If you’re a trucker, you should have a pretty good year in 2012, with steady if slow freight demand from U.S. [...]

Cargo We Don't Want

Hundreds of idled container ships may be picking up a different kind of cargo — invasive species that could be spread around the globe when those ships go back into service. By line Overw[...]

Former YRC Worldwide CFO joins competitor Con-Way

Vasiliauskas: Snoras seems to have cancer instead of flu

Northwest Passage

I just returned from a visit to the Pacific Northwest, a refreshing respite from California’s all-politics-all-the-time environment. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Coast Guard’s Can-Do Spirit and Desperate Needs

“Semper Paratus” – Always Ready – is the U.S. Coast Guard’s proud motto. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

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Problem Astern

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From the dock to the driver's seat

Irvine industrial property sells for record price

Rival Carriers Ready Response to Daily Maersk

While most shippers applaud the call by Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding for a change in the way the container industry conducts business, rival carriers see it as a campaign by the world’s larges[...]

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Mexico's Insecurity

The Transported Assets Protection Association's two-day meeting in San Diego this month looking at U.S.-Mexico cross-border security couldn't have been more timely. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Tonnage down at world's biggest air cargo terminal

Blaming Game

When Maersk Line Chief Operating Officer Marcus Engelstoft opened a shipping conference in London by saying a look back to assess the industry’s economic pain over the past two years was “[...]

Boxing Up the Supply Chain

The prospect of cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out of your freight bills is enough to drive some big shippers into mergers. Just ask International Paper. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Los Angeles Saw November Air Freight Gain

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ILWU Turbulence Hits West Coast Ports

It’s a reporter’s worst nightmare, or close to it. You file a story, it gets published in print and events overtake it that makes you as the writer look like an ignoramus. By line O[...]

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Miami River shipping company fined $1 million for oil pollution

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The Impact of Transportation Services & Logistics Costs on Corporate Profitability

Surely the days of viewing freight shipping services and logistics costs as a fixed cost are behind us right? Key corporate decision makers who are tasked with the measurement and management of all li[...]

Social Compliance Standards for Global Supply Chains

Finding Holes in Export Controls

Are U.S. export controls keeping dangerous goods and technologies out of the hands of hostile powers? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Freight Drivers Welcome New Dover Customs Facility and Truck Park

Kaiser Permanente Greens its Supply Chain

Philadelphia Manufacturing Index Rises to Three-Month High

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region expanded at a faster pace in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said.

Charming Shoppes Announces Executive Leadership Appointments

Con-way Freight Named Walmart's 2011 National LTL Carrier of the Year

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced that it has been named by Walmart as its 2011 National LTL Carrier of the Year.Walmart p[...]

R+L Carriers receives final approval to fund benefit risks through captive

Barone is Back — And Not Happy About It

Octogenarian labor racketeer George Barone, the government's star witness in a waterfront racketeering trial in 2006, delivered an expletive-filled encore when he took the witness stand in the federal[...]

Conway Overcomes Van Buren

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Los Angeles Saw November Air Freight Gain

Service in Contracts?

Annual shipper-carrier contracts in the trans-Pacific trade typically take effect May 1 but many cargo interests are still negotiating beyond that deadline, as they've done in previous years. B[...]

Port in a Storm II

Hey Joe, in regard to your  "Port in a Storm" post this morning, do you know if there are any international treaties or co By line Overwrite:  [...]

American Truck Group NEWS: Resolving a Crisis Within a Crisis In Trucking

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Schneider’s Reinvention

Schneider National, one of the largest U.S. trucking companies, reached a 75-year milestone this week not just by surviving tough times but changing with them. By line Overwrite:  [...]

With $3.5 million, UW-led consortium will address national freight issues

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Airbus A350 Faces Supply Chain Challenge

Bayonne Bottleneck

Container ship lines were happy to see the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey decide how By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

No Falloff in China's Import Dominance

We’ve been saying for a while that we don’t buy into the story that the sourcing of U.S. containerized imports will be greatly diversified away from China. By line Overwrite: [...]

Five Steps to a Leaner Supply Chain

The lean manufacturing model pioneered by Toyota may be far too fat for today’s recession-wracked companies. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cass[...]

Reverse Logistics On Tap

When beer goes bad, where does it go? Not just down the drain, says Kevin Brady of Satellite Logistics Group in Houston. By line Overwrite:  William B[...]

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Changes Coming to Asia-Europe

I spoke yesterday with Rolf Habben-Jansen, the CEO of Damco, the By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

Soo Locks close for season a little later

The Faces of the ILA Strike

A colleague and I went out to Port Newark midday Wednesday to see firsthand what was going as striking longshoremen walked a picket line, and it was interesting to see the difference in moods between [...]

Stuck in Traffic

Even the president of the United States can’t escape the United States’ jammed highways. By line Overwrite:  Paul Page

Snoras owners allegedly transfer millions to private accounts

Freight train hits car in Boca Raton

Maersk adjusts course

Container shipping lines are responding to the recession in different ways. Some are struggling to survive. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Maersk and U.S.-flag

The pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama has spawned questions about why a Maersk ship is flying the U.S. flag. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

OPIC and the Deficit

A funny thing happened on the way to writing several big deficit-cutting reports – the authors suggested slicing a trade finance program that helps shrink the deficit. By line Overwrite:&[...]

ILA's Quiet Leader

John Bowers enjoyed a good, rousing speech and could deliver one himself when the occasion demanded. But that wasn’t his preferred style. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Meeting Stricter Policy Through Sustainability

Last year, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a groundbreaking announcement about their efforts to reduce fuel consump[...]

Reporting on Piracy

This week the JoC launched its online special report on piracy, featuring stories by JoC staff and links to external resources. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Ash Refugees

In Kenya, exporters in the country's huge flower shipping industry are said to have burned 400 tons of flowers over the weekend because they could not get flights to Europe and the flowers were going [...]

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Norfolk Southern Outbids Jets?

The shipping and sports worlds have long been intertwined — you could field some pretty good teams from the ranks of vice presidents at shipping and logistics companies — but generally the[...]

We seek to Establish a global network of Independent Freight Forwaders.

After 10 years of experience in the Freight Industry, Smart Chireru the CEO of Trams International successfully launched Trams Expediting a Freight Network based in South Africa.

Time to Get Intelligent

Business intelligence tools and accurate, integrated data will increasingly empower individuals and organizations in the emerging post-recession economy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Happy Birthday, Bar Code

The bar code is a small thing, but it’s changed our lives in a big way. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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Webster County Trucking Company Expanding

Danske bankas in Lithuania targets households with record-low fees

Preparing for 'The Great Comeback'

Supply chain consultant and blogger Jim Tompkins is increasingly bullish about the prospects for economic recovery, despite the bad news of the first quarter. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Goodbye to Monson Trucking

When trucking analysts talk about the need to reduce capacity in the industry to bolster rates, revenue and stock value, it's important to remember that "capacity" has a name. By line[...]

The Enemy Within?

The Port of Long Beach, one of the better-managed port facilities in the United States, operates in an extremely competitive environment. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Spot Freight Index Hits Third Year of Year-Over-Year Increases

US Manufacturer Provides Reshoring Lesson

A Seattle manufacturer’s decision to expand in the U.S. instead of China provides an excellent case study on the advantages American businesses can find reshoring. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

Oil Falls Below $100 in Third Straight Decline

Oil fell under $100 a barrel Friday, the third straight daily decline, on signs that China's manufacturing was declining and European economic growth slowed, Bloomberg reported.

Hoelting succeeds Fain at UPS Freight

Budget ‘Cut’ Axes Money Not Sought

As the budget deal that finally prevented a shutdown of federal agencies took hold, Congress passed a one-week budget extension with a big "cut" in rail grants. Uh, sort of. By line Overwrite:&[...]

Hey, Supply Chains are Fun!

Angel Mendez knows a secret about supply chains not many logistics managers will share: they’re fun. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

We’re From the Gov’t., And ....

Sometimes the process behind the news deserves a mention, as when the Department of Justice finally told rail materials supplier L.B. Foster last week it could acquire Portec Rail Products. By[...]

Survivor: Container shipping

Conventional wisdom has been that the current crisis in container shipping will produce a shakeout of global carriers. Will it? Don't be so sure. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Intermodal Traffic Rises 7.4% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 7.4% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

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Trains in the Storm

Karen Rae had to catch a train, so the Federal Railroad Administration's deputy administrator departed early from a high-powered Jan. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Change in Washington?

President Obama and the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee may be in the same political party, but Tuesday brought another reminder that they are not on the same page wh[...]

Cross-border Drayage and US Security

Contract Warehousing Helps Improve Operational Efficiency

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A ‘Rock Star’ Leaves the Stage

When Ron Widdows retires as group president and CEO of Neptune Orient Lines at the end of this year, the container shipping industry will lose a tireless advocate and its most visible spokesman. [...]

Jobless Claims fall to Four-Year Low

Initial jobless claims plunged 30,000 last week to an almost four-year low, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Connectivity to ports a problem, say operators

Tourism output in Lithuania increased by 10.4% in 2010

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Congress & Trucker Hours

Will Congress determine how long truckers are allowed to work each day, or will that decision rest with the Department of Transportation? By line Overwrite:  [...]

Bainbridge and the Pirates

Interesting story from Jake Tapper of ABC News on the man the USS Bainbridge was named for: Commodore William Bainbridge, one o By line Overwrite:  Wi[...]

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Rethinking Fuel Surcharges

Disputes over fuel surcharge revenue were a major point of contention between shippers and carriers of all modes and types last year during the big run up in fuel and oil prices. By line Overwr[...]

Name Game

Anyone who reads indictments of organized-crime figures must wonder: Where do these guys get their nicknames? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Steinke Explains Port's Success

The willingness of the Port of Long Beach, its harbor commissioners and its customers to adapt to containerization and intermodalism have helped to make the port the second busiest container gateway i[...]

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Pilot Pay: How Much Is Enough?

The San Francisco Bar Pilots are a monopoly in which individual pilots receive almost $400,000 for six months of work. By line Overwrite:  John McLaur[...]

'Make or Break' Week for Transportation Bill

Time is running out for those who want a six-year, transformational transportation bill to make it through Congress before the current surface transportation law expires Sept. 30. By line Ov[...]

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Con-way Inc.'s Stotlar and Larry Sabato to Speak at SMC³ Connections 2012

Farmers Lead Export Charge

Farmers may have to lead the way to achieving President Barack Obama’s goal of doubling exports by 2015. By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluzzo [...]

The ILWU and Panama

Thursday’s announcement that the Panama Canal Pilots Union voted to affiliate with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union sent shivers down the spines of employers on both the East and [...]

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The Cost of Freight Culling

Every silver lining, it seems, has its cloud. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Bloggers Track Battle Over Transportation Bill

Transportation bloggers — especially advocates of high-speed rail and transit — may like Rep. James L. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cass[...]

CIT bankruptcy a problem for retailers

Carriers have been waiting and hoping for retailers to restock depleted inventories. With consumer demand still weak, retailers have been cautious about ordering more goods. By line Overwr[...]

Barone 'a Handful' in Court

George Barone was a government witness, but the 85-year old former mob killer and onetime International Longshoremen's Association official apparently gave prosecutors a rough time during hi[...]

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The Word is Golden

We call it infrastructure. President Obama calls it infrastructure. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

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Cargolux Italia announces appointment of Pierandrea Galli as Chief Executive Officer

Milan, 4 January 2012. Cargolux Italia is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierandrea Galli as the companys new Chief Executive Officer and Accountable Manager effective 1 January, 2012.

Will Marine Highways Save US Shipbuilding?

The Department of Transportation’s announcement last week to advance their marine highways initiative was arguably the biggest single boost the fledgling industry has had since everyone started [...]

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Upcoming ILWU Protest of EGT To Be Restrained

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is preparing to protest the hiring of non-ILWU labor at the soon-to-be-opened EGT export grain terminal in Longview, Wash., although its response will m[...]

Drivers Debate Shortage Claims

There's no shortage of opinion about truck driver shortages. Some say they exist, some say they don't. Some say they're all about pay, while others cite demographics. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Coast Guard Weighs In For Heavier Americans

Americans are a little schizophrenic about fat. On one hand it's a bad thing. First lady Michelle Obama is leading the charge against childhood obesity. By line Overwrite:  [...]

DSC Logistics Brings Expertise to the GMA/FMI Supply Chain Conference

Voinovich, Canada and the Kiwanis

How close is Sen. George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, to Canada? Right now, “I feel very, very close to Canada,” he said May 12. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Trucking industry climbing out of recession, local carriers say

Mark Warner on Transportation

As governor of Virginia, Mark Warner often wondered why Congress, with 535 members, couldn’t come up with a national transportation policy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Six Steps to Prepare for a Pandemic

The swine flu virus will have a significant impact on global supply chains, a consultant with supply chain management services firm Ariba warns. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Truckload Raises Nearly $65,000 in Annual Truckloads of Treasures Holiday Giving Campaign

Con-way Truckload, a full-truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced that its employees raised approximately $65,000 in the company’s 18th Annual Truckloads of [...]

Signs of the Times

An anti-terrorism campaign along interstate highways may have inspired the letter bombs sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Near-Near-Sourcing

It’s all about the carbon footprint. By line Overwrite:  Dana L. Brundage

Who's Driving the Transport Bill?

The Obama administration and House transportation leaders both grabbed for the wheel of the surface transportation bill yesterday. By line Overwrite:  [...]

What's Next in Puerto Rico?

Sea Star Line’s guilty plea to price-fixing and the indictment of its former president a By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

A Logistics Scammer's Ponzi Scheme

Glyn Richards wasn't in the same league as Bernie Madoff, but the Ponzi scheme he ran under the cover of All Freight Logistics did as much damage to its victims as Madoff's much larger scam. By[...]

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Don't Be Fooled by Freight Volume Surge

Two things are clear at the moment: Freight volumes are too strong given a weakening economic climate and are likely to catch up with reality later this year. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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PTDI affiliates speak out on HOS; some say 'driver shortage' likely

Oil Shock and Aw, Shucks

When you pump gasoline (or diesel) into your vehicle these days -- whether personal car or commercial truck -- do you comfort yourself by saying it's still not as bad as the worst days of 2008? No? [...]

FastShip's $35 Million Wake

Remember FastShip? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Container Shipping in Pirates' Crosshairs

Those who ship goods by container have barely been impacted by piracy off East Africa. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

APL's Bob Sappio on Long-Term Contracts

In researching a column last week on why long-term ocean carrier contracts remain so rare in the U.S. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Carrier found responsible for acts of instructed fraudulent actual carrier

Will TSA succeed?

The shipping industry is buzzing over this week's extraordinary announcement by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, whose members plan to ask customers to renegotiate recently signed service [...]

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Shopping the LTL Brokers - How Do I Get the Best Price?

Simply defined an LTL Broker is a non asset based (does not own or operate tractors & trailers) service company who has pricing agreements directly with LTL carriers and offers LTL pick up and del[...]

Refrigerated Trucking Options

If you are fortunate enough to be shipping your frozen or temperature maintained product in full truckload quantities you have a fairly wide range of refrigerated (reefer) carriers to negotiate w[...]

Qatar Airways Has Identified European Takeover Target, Chief Al Baker Says

Truckin': What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

The settlement agreement reached between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations resolving a successful legal challenge by the ATA is the latest evolutionary step of a program th[...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Transportation Bill

It’s probably a good thing that fictional characters usually keep away from the business of Congress, but J.K. Rowling’s favorite wizard briefly swooped into a U.S. By line Overwrit[...]

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Speed Bumps For Chassis

Container lines have surprised even themselves by moving so quickly, after years of dithering, to quit providi By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Recession hits the ILA

The International Longshoremen's Association is doing what a lot of businesses and households are doing -- looking for ways to cut costs. By line Overwrite:  [...]

MOL looks beyond 125

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines marks its 125th anniversary this year, and MOL President Akimitsuu Ashida used the occasion to provide some historical perspective on the current economic downturn. By line [...]

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A Tale of Two Airports

This is about a belt buckle, two airports and the Transportation Security Administration. I’m not a frequent traveler, and I plead ignorance about some of TSA’s rules for air passengers. [...]

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Another Hearing and a Video on Piracy

Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips will be back for a second round of testimony on Capitol Hill May 5, when a Senate subcommittee takes on "Piracy on the High Seas." By line Ov[...]

Clearing air at ports

Environmental issues have become top priority at ports. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Recovery Stalled on Tracks?

Blame it on soaring fuel prices, broader commodity prices or an unending flow of harsh weather. For whatever reasons, this spring has seen the freight recovery stall. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Supply chain analytics 'top technology' for 2012

Wal-Mart's Direct Purchasing Challenge

Wal-Mart Stores is quickly setting the tone for the shipping industry in the New Year by working to cut even deeper into its transportation and logistics spending. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Another Sign of the Times

Norton Lilly International has for years hosted a popular Christmas party for customers and friends at the New York Yacht Club. By line Overwrite:  Jo[...]

Gusher of Nonsense

While BP struggles to plug its wild well in the Gulf of Mexico, misinformation continues to flow about the alleged role of the Jones Act in delaying the spill cleanup. By line Overwrite: [...]

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Auctioning Off Arrow Trucking

How do trucking companies exit the industry? One desk, chair and belt buckle at a time. By line Overwrite:  William B. cassidy

Knocking Out Competitors With Mega Ships

In his speech on October 11 at our 5th annual TPM Asia event in Shenzhen, Alphaliner’s Hua Joo Tan took square aim at the most obvious explanation as to why the largest container lines are rushi[...]

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Counting ships in Singapore

The New York Times reported a few days ago that a recent count showed 735 ships jamming anchorages in Singapore and its environs, an indication of the state of the shipping market. By line Over[...]

Metal workers

ArcelorMittal - the largest steel producing company in the world has improved materials handling efficiency at one of its key European production plants with the acquisition of Flexi articulated for[...]

AARP's Transport Wish List

You know the debate over the next highway bill is getting serious when AARP chimes in. It just goes to show that transportation affects everyone — and every stage of life. By line Overwr[...]

Call out to CSX to sign on for high-speed rail

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How Will Rising Fuel Prices Affect Transportation?

This guest post is provided by Michael Koploy. Koploy, an ERP Analyst at Software Advice, provides consumers with reviews and comparisons of transportation management software for Software Advice. The[...]

ABF's 'Lost' Profit

Teamsters at ABF Freight System rejected a 15 percent wage cut in May, convinced the company could improve its bottom line without labor concessions. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Union Pacific Rises to Highest Since 1980 as Profit Jumps

Minnesota Shutdown Troubles Truckers

From the cab on an 18-wheeler, a government shutdown means fewer places to park, as truckers driving in and through Minnesota found over the past two weeks. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Utility Announces Stevens Transport's Purchase of 1200 Utility Reefer Trailers

FreshDirect Competes on Analytics

More than a decade ago, our family started ordering our groceries from an online grocer that delivered right to our house. In fact, they put a full-size refrigerator in our garage so that perishable f[...]

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Expedited Freight Shipping - A Budget Buster

How many times have you ordered something really cool on line and just before checking out you check out the shipping options? "Hmmm..., I can get it in 3 to 5 days for $15.00, but I can have it tomor[...]

Economic News Takes Turn for the Better

Logistics: Haiti's Lifeline

Logistics is both the most important factor and the biggest obstacle facing a massive international aid operation rushing emergency supplies to Haiti. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Paying for Infrastructure: A Modest Proposal

I recently sat through a House hearing in which members of Congress spoke at length about the need to come up with “creative” ideas to fund highway infrastructure. Creative what? By[...]

Housing Market Raises the Roof for Shipping

Increasing home sales is without a doubt a positive for the economy. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno

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Roads to Afghanistan

Think you have a tough logistics job? Imagine running a supply chain to a landlocked, mountainous country where people keep trying to blow up your personnel and cargo. By line Overwrite: [...]

Plugging Into Transport

From Detroit to Beijing, electric power is getting a lot of attention these days as an alternative to fuels derived from petroleum, natural gas or biomass. By line Overwrite:  [...]

GSP pushing for cargo traffic as well as passenger traffic

Four More International Organizations Join UT Supply Chain Forum

Carrots, Earmarks & Infrastructure

Will President Obama offer any carrots or does he just keep swinging a stick to pressure budget-cutting lawmakers for new transportation spending? By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Stand By Your Shipper

The story of 2010 for container lines and their customers isn’t just one of carriers reneging on their contracts. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirs[...]

Q4 brings mixed results for Southwest

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Mushrooming Inventory?

Carriers of all kinds are getting as interested as shippers in inventory management, and software companies are coming in right behind them with technology aimed at tracking, forecasting and otherwise[...]

Don't Hold Back on 10+2

When the 10+2 Importer Security Filing interim final rule was announced in November, those who opposed its issuance in the first place could take some, but perhaps not much, comfort in Customs' decisi[...]

A Loss For Us All

Dick Steinke is retiring as Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin

Carriers Follow Traffic Flow

After I tweeted a link to the AP article below on South China losing its position as a low-cost manufacturing region, I received the following comments. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Cholera Risk Means Mounting Costs for Hapag-Lloyd, Torm: Freight

Qatar Airways Has Identified European Takeover Target, Chief Al Baker Says

Post-mortem on ILA contract vote

Atlantic and Gulf ports are still buzzing over this month's rejection by ILA delegates of a two-year contract extension -- and are wondering what it means for next year. By line Overw[...]

Following Ray LaHood

Anyone who follows Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood must agree he has no peer in the Cabinet or anywhere in government when it comes to supporting the infrastructure of social media. By lin[...]

New Logistics Data Available From Cass to Analyze Transportation Costs

Earmarks – Good, Bad or Ugly?

Earmarks are like cholesterol, there are good and bad varieties of both. The difference is that bad congressional earmarks can’t be treated with Lipitor. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Multimodal Enters Dallas Market with New Office

Con-way Multimodal, a division of Con-way Inc.’s (NYSE:CNW) operating unit Menlo Worldwide Logistics, today announced that on Dec. 5, it will open a new branch office in Frisco, Texas, a rapidly[...]

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Driver turnover at large TL fleets hit 89 percent in Q3

Carriers Get their Mojo Back

Tired of being a punching bag, container ship lines seem to be starting 2010 with a new attitude and a new message. The message: We ain't stupid. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Reddaway Adds Next-Day LTL Service Lanes

CIBC Raises Price Target on TransForce

Trust Fund Needs TUF Love

With President Obama first striking a deal with car makers to double fuel efficiency by 2025, and now finalizing By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd [...]

Unionizing TSA

Card check isn't the only labor issue on the table in Washington. Airport screeners checking baggage for the Transportation Security Administration may soon win the right to unionize, the Federal[...]

Engines of Profit

We'll skip the cliche that great minds think alike, but we can't help but point out the timing of Berkshire Hathaway's $34 billion offer for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. By line Overwrite[...]

How to solve piracy off Somalia

As many commentators have observed about the piracy crisis off the Horn of Africa, the problem starts on land and needs to be solved there. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Piracy: Mapping a Shift

Two maps from the International Maritime Bureau clearly depict a shift in the worldwide battle against piracy. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy[...]

LTL Freight Consolidation, Can it Work for You?

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate, that's the mantra in today's freight shipping environment. True, it's currently a buyers market and most LTL carriers are willing to entertain a rate reduction in this[...]

Crane's Double Play

Jim Crane made it back into freight forwarding after he lost an epic battle for his company, and now he’s made it back into the sports world. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Bersin's Long Shot

There is nothing on the books that President Obama can’t keep Alan Bersin at the head of Customs and Border Protection by makin By line Overwrite:  [...]

Matty Moroun’s Last Stand

There were no reports of dancing in the streets of Detroit or Windsor, Ontario. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

How to Deal with Pirates

How should governments and shipping lines deal with Somali pirates? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Self-Inflicted Wounds

It has to be tough to work in the marketing department of one of California’s container ports. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin [...]

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Shipping's public image

Shipping is an industry that doesn't spend much time on its image among the general public, and it pays a price for it when there's an accident, oil spill or some other incident that casts the in[...]

Ronnie Conway: Why personal injury claims end up costing every single one of us

A New Manhattan Project: Electric Trucks

If you think one truck is much like another, talk to Frank Rubino. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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Thinking About a New Career?

U.S. Xpress wants to hire me as a truck driver. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Logistics News: Rail Carrier Profit Engines Roll On, While LTL Sector

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Keswick ventures to Poland

The Silver Bullet

Last month, President Obama, while discussing his concerns regarding the record high cost of gasoline, stated there was no “silver bullet” to solve the U.S. addiction to oil. Further, he said the [...]

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The Truck Driver Problem

As long as I've been covering transportation, the alleged truck driver shortage has been an issue for motor carriers and shippers alike. By line Overwrite:  [...]

KOOL PAK, LLC, Acquires Canada's Polar Express Transportation, LTD.

One Year After CSA Enforcement, Hermann Maintains Zero Alert Status

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Transport Plans Ring Hollow

The logic behind the two competing proposals for a long-term transportation spending plan sound pretty good unless you go outside the Beltway’s infrastructure circles. By line Overwrite:[...]

Container fleet efficiency

It is a commonly held notion that container lines are inefficient in the management of their container fleets. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

With $3.5 million, UW-led consortium will address national freight issues

Not Ready for Post-Panamax Ships by 2014? Relax.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about the impact on East Coast ports that may not be fully “ready” for the Panama Canal to expand in 2014. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

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One Well-Connected World

Economic research is proving it's not a small world, after all, just a well-connected one. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Recoveries, Past and Future

Is this an early sign of the long-awaited economic rebound or just a pocket of optimistic exuberance? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

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Terrible Five

The first five months of the year "are by far the worst of the year" for ocean carriers' customer service, says Claudio Bozzo, president of Mediterranean Shipping Co. By line Overwri[...]

Economic stimulus -- or not

Sometimes a person has to wonder whether the U.S. is basing its economic future on museums and coffee shops. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonn[...]

Peaks and valleys

This is the annual peak season for speculation about how strong the fall peak season will be for imports for the holiday sales season. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Teamsters Use Occupy Protest to Drive Home Message

The Teamsters union played no active role in organizing the Occupy movements that attempted to shut down West Coast By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluz[...]

Straw men and oil

If they aren’t using straw to soak up oil in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s probably because the available supply has been exhausted by politician By line Overwrite:  [...]

Count Time Logistics Brings Phenomenal Changes to Shipping Services

Ghost Fleet

When you drive along Highway 680 to Sacramento and go over the bridge between Martinez and Benicia, if you look off to your right you will see an armada of “ghost ships.” There are dozens[...]

Capping Pallets, Creating Capacity

When is a pallet more than a pallet? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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Legal Desperation

A wise man once said, “Desperation has no conscience.” By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin

Con-way Freight's Unique Driver Training Schools Surpass 500 Graduates

In an era of weak economic growth and stubbornly high unemployment, one business isn’t relying on government stimulus to put people back to work. It has so far created 500 new jobs through an i[...]

Stefan Kohlmann joins NEO

NEO Air Charter the recently-launched cargo charter broker which has famously pledged only to deal with freight forwarders has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Stefan Kohlmann a[...]

Housing Starts Decline in December

Housing starts dropped 4.1% in December, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Employment: Truckers Out in the Cold?

In his Rational Irrationality blog, John Cassidy of The New Yorker tries to make By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Forgotten tragedy

What was the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

A Puzzling Port Report

With things comparatively quiet on the port trucker front in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the issue is starting to pick up steam in East Coast ports. By line Overwrite:  [...]

With Stimulus, Caterpillar Builds Toward Recovery

Business leaders are keeping a steady drumbeat of support for more transportation funding, but they’re finding it hard to be heard above the din raised by the health care debate. By line [...]

Irvine industrial property sells for record price

Trucking industry climbing out of recession, local carriers say

Winds of change

As go oil prices, so goes the breakbulk industry. That's an exaggeration, but there's more than a grain of truth to that statement. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Shipbuilding goes east

A.P. Moller-Maersk's announcement that it will close its Odensk Steel shipyard in Denmark must have been a wrenching decision at the company's Copenhagen headquarters. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Third Party Logistics Makes it Possible to Surf the Pantone Rainbow

Warring Web Sites

During recent longshore contract negotiations for Atlantic and Gulf ports, labor-saving technology was a sticking point. By line Overwrite:  Jose[...]

Con-way on the Internet Highway

Sean Devine of Con-way Freight gives an interesting definition of LTL trucking in his new corporate blog. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Coast Guard Deserves Thanks

As the East Coast deals with the destruction and aftermath of Hurricane Irene, it’s at times like this the nation appreciates the work of emergency responders, especially the heroism of the wome[...]

Shipping For Free

Many freight transportation carriers say they've learned a lesson from the cheap shipping that nearly killed off large swaths of the industry, and their retailing customers have learned a lesson as we[...]

Two Minutes on Trucking: Truckload Carriers and Profit

Bill Cassidy reports an impressive string of rising profits at truckload carriers as tight truck capacity pushes over-the-road rates higher. By line Overwrite:  [...]

In the Keystone State, it’s Trucking or ‘Fracking’

Many truckload carriers are pumping money into driver recruitment and training programs and still say they’re having trouble finding enough drivers. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The “R Word” Returns

 With the prefab debt ceiling crisis behind us for now, a truly serious threat is emerging. More and more people are again talking about recession. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Ports Gain Clean-Truck Visiblity

Although the trucking industry and environmental interests are claiming victory following a federal court of appeals By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongell[...]

Freight volumes among Asian airlines vary greatly

Mexico Raises Stakes on Trucking

The long battle over allowing Mexican trucks to haul freight throughout the U.S. has taken an ominous turn with Mexico's announcement that it slap retaliatory tariffs on 90 U.S. By line Overwr[...]

Paul Hoelting Succeeds Fain As SVP For UPS Freight Sales

Virginia is for Bloggers

To provide "regular insight into the maritime industry and its daily work," the Virginia Port Authority unfurled a blog this week. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Freighters Push Changi Airport to December Surge

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Early Warning on Economy

Weeks before Washington politicians took government dysfunction to a new level and the Eurozone crisis threatened to engulf Italy, a respected forecasting firm signaled an economic slowdown ahead.

Union Pacific profit rises 24%, freight strong - MarketWatch

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LTL Transportation & J.I.T. Scheduling - Small Change Adds Up to Big Savings for a Textile Manufacturer

In today's uncertain economic times, most companies are seeking ways to cut costs.  Smart companies are looking long and hard at their business processes to identify new opportunities for savings[...]

UP's Grand Circle

Vacations are supposed to take you away from your job, but when you work in transportation and design a family road trip in the American Southwest the shipping business can turn up in surprising ways.[...]

Con-way Freight Launches iPad® Application for Online Shipping Services

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced the launch of its Con-way Freight Tools iPad® application for registered web users.[...]

Del Monte Foods Renews Transplace Pact

Transplace Inc. said Del Monte Foods has extended its existing logistics contract with the company.

Countdown to Occupy Protest Shutdown Attempt

Importers and exporters are getting nervous as momentum builds for a Dec. 12 shutdown of West Coast ports by the Occupy movement. West Coast ports handle more than 50 percent of the U.S. By lin[...]

KOOL PAK, LLC, Acquires Canada's Polar Express Transportation, LTD.

Cross-border Drayage and US Security

Coming Clean?

You have to wonder what Federal Maritime Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

Out With the Old Trucks, In With the New

If the economic recovery is slowing, why are truck sales breaking speed limits? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Veteran of the Jones Act wars

Philip M. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Checking Shippers' Credit

Prudent shippers check their transportation and logistics service providers for financial soundness. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Give Small Business a Bigger Voice in Trade Talks

Small businesses that want a bigger voice in trade policy may soon get a break. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

An Optimistic View of Container Stocks

I met this morning with Tom Kim, the Hong Kong-based transport analyst for Goldman Sachs, and learned more about his upbeat assessment of container shipping companies. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Universities' supply chain rankings

It's a little early for pre-season football forecasts, but AMR Research has issued a ranking that is sure to generate lively debate among supply chain professionals. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Labor, Pacific Ports and Bob McEllrath

One of the most memorable images from last week's highly heated and sometimes violent actions by Internatio By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluzzo [...]

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CII awards go bicoastal

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute's Connie Award luncheon, held annually in early December, invariably draws capacity attendance. This year, in addition to its Dec. By line Overwrit[...]

Freight train hits car in Boca Raton, ties up traffic for hours

How HIGH can it go?

Demand for auto parts is remarkable. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno

Con-way Truckload Announces October and November Drivers of the Month for 2011

Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced the 12 winners of its Drivers of the Month recognition for October and November 2011.“These[...]

FMC: 40 Years of Lessons Learned

We tend to look at the history of U.S. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

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Katrina Plus Five

When out-of-town journalists parachute into New Orleans for a quick story on Hurricane Katrina’s impact, they tend to make a beeline for the city’s Lower Ninth Ward. By line Overwr[...]

Averitt named 'Carrier of the Year'

FedEx reports 76 percent increase in net income for fiscal second ...

Think About it When You Bite the Bunny

That chocolate bunny you bought for Easter cost more this year. There has been a flood of bad news about sweet stuff which has played hob with chocolatiers and other confectioners. By line Ove[...]

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Hills Are Alive with Talk of Container Line Mergers

For the first time in a number of years we’re hearing serious talk about major container line mergers. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

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Car Stuck Under Cargo Truck After Crash

Humor sparks Rotarians to give in fight against polio

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New Budget Cuts Bite Transport

After the full scope of looming transportation spending cuts sank in this week, one industry official said "we feel like shrimp up against the whales." By line Overwrite:  [...]

Swine Flu Infects Supply Chains

The swine flu outbreak in Mexico is rattling supply chains across the globe,  Adrian Gonzalez writes on ARC Advisory Group's Logistics Viewpoints blog. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Holly Jolly Retail Season

Either holiday shoppers are so tired of bad weather that they are flocking into stores for relief, or we are about to see the strongest yearend retail activity in years. By line Overwrite: [...]

This Week in Logistics News (January 16-20, 2012)

Well, last week I complained that we hadn’t received any snow yet this winter, and this morning I woke up to about an inch of snow on the ground, with more snow forecast for tomorrow. Today, I am la[...]

Hong Kong, Twice Cooked?

The Hong Kong Development Council’s annual Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference is coming up in a couple of weeks, and it comes at what looks to be a critical time of change in one of the wor[...]

What goes around comes around

Shippers have always talked about the need to maintain relationships with carriers in good times and bad. Lately we're seeing signs that some of them mean it. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Waterfront Family Feud

Family connections between mobsters and International Longshoremen’s Association officials and members were a central theme of recent hearings by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. [...]

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Los Angeles Sees November Air Freight Gain

Apple unveils detailed supply chain report

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The Coast Guard Rebuilds Rail Bridges

It's not just states that are getting funds for "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects as part of the federal stimulus package. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Halifax port handles less cargo

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Fearing the “spillover” effect

Corporate Canada Comes Shopping

Cities and towns along the northern U.S. border have long drawn Canadian shoppers seeking lower-priced U.S. goods. Now Canadians are shopping for companies. By line Overwrite:  [...]

FTA Yearbooks half century of road transport law

The Freight Transport Association has published the 50th version of its much respected Yearbook of Road Transport Law, the indispensable guide to road transport legislation. The Yearbook provides ess[...]

Plea deal in fatal truck-train crash

Loving the Freight Rails

It should be clear by now that the Obama administration and those planning its transportation policies have a thing for railroads -- both passenger and freight. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Container Ships and Airlines

The bizarre comparisons between the container shipping industry and passenger airline service are coming too often to ignore. By line Overwrite:  Paul[...]

Schneider Predicts Rate Increases

Trucking operator Schneider National — one of the largest truckload and intermodal carriers in the United States — released its own 38-page “state of the industry” report, with[...]

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Trenton's Bayside Transport Earns Fleet Safety Award

Union Pacific's 4Q Income Jumps 24%

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 24% on higher rates and volumes.

Soo Locks close for season a little later

Just Wrong?

You would think that after all of the verbal and written complaints of cargo interests in recent months that carriers would be doing everything possible to calm the waters, quiet the rhetoric and simp[...]

E-logs – Early Adoption Has its Benefits

By 2014, truck drivers will be required to use electronic log books (e-logs) under a federal mandate by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA). As expected, the transition to e-logs i[...]

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Buffetted by Shipping?

Warren Buffett had something surprising to say about shipping and transportation today in this interview on CNBC marking the sor By line Overwrite:  [...]

ESC: high and dry

Now that the International Chamber of Shipping has added its backing to a new international agreement governing liability for cargo lost or damaged at sea, the European Shippers' Council looks increas[...]

Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) - UPS.com

DOT’s Transport Policy Trail

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was touring the Federal Railroad Administration's Transportation Technology Center complex this summer in Pueblo, Colo., when his group approached a three-foot ratt[...]

Con-way Blog Sustains Debate

For trucking and logistics company Con-way, blogging isn't just about touting new services at Con-way Freight or Menlo Worldwide. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Ghosts of Shipyards Past

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach contain a rich history of shipyards – all long gone. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin [...]

WITH $3.5 MILLION, UW-LED CONSORTIUM WILL ADDRESS NATIONAL FREIGHT ISSUES

Markey's 100 Percent Solution

No one can say that Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is soft on security. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

ASICS to update software to reduce supply chain costs

Visiting the 'Ghost Fleet'

Britain's Daily Mail newspaper recently featured an article on “the biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history," the empty container ships anchored off Singapore.

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Will the ILA truce hold?

The truce between the top two officers of the International Longshoremen's Association will be tested this week in Orlando, where the ILA's 200-member wage scale committee is expected to receive water[...]

Menlo Worldwide Logistics Names Sheila Taylor Senior Vice President of Finance

LNG long-term tanker rates hit record high

Schneider's 'Green Wheels'

Schneider National is looking for fuel savings close to the road — from its wheels. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Jobs & Careers at Conway Freight

Gleason & The Green

There'll be no St. Patrick's Day parade of containers in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

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Port of Antwerp handles 187 million tonnes of freight in 2011 (definitive figures)

Avoiding Another Jones Act Fiasco

This just in from the “Closing the Barn Door after the Horse Escaped” department, Congress is saying “never again” to the U.S. flag cargo preference fiasco last summer. [...]

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A World Without Stimulus

It’s easy to forget that one of America’s best-loved movies, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” was built around the idea of an apparent failure. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Round-up: Conway's late show lifts Cardiff

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Earth Day on the High Seas

As noted in yesterday's blog post on environmentally conscious wine shipping, container ships can offer a relatively carbon-friendly means of moving goods around the planet. By line Overwrite:[...]

Virginia is for Port Lovers

If you thought port privatization was as dead as the rest of this economy, think again. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2012

Uptick in consumer confidence

Those watching container shipping from Asia are taking note of this week's uptick in consumer confidence. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

China and India - a Story of Contrasts

It has been observed many times that China and India, the world’s two fastest growing developing nations, are evolving in remarkably different ways. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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China Logistics

China says logistics industry there up 15.4 percent in 2008 in value, down from 19.9 percent in 2007. Business volume up 19.5 percent after 26.2 percent in '07. By line Overwrite:  [...]

GSP pushing for cargo traffic as well as passenger traffic

Floodwaters Are Gone, but Supply Chain Issues Linger - NYTimes ...

The Problem with the HMT

Canadians have shot back in response to the Federal Maritime Commission’s notice of inquiry on By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Heartland Express Profit Nears $70 Million

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Con-way Freight Named Walmart's 2011 National LTL Carrier of the ...

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Container Line Consolidation? Not so Fast.

I have speculated in recent weeks about the possibility the container industry will see consolidation in 2012. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Speed Kills

We live in a world of immediacy. We want our news now. The Internet delivers. Shippers want their goods now. By line Overwrite:  Chris Brooks [...]

Con-way a Trucking Industry Turnaround

Logistics News: Q3 State of the Freight Report Says Rate Hikes ...

Daggett's Grenades

Harold Daggett fired up his troops with a pugnacious inaugural speech after his election last week as president of the International Longshoremen’s Association. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Growth of Third Party Logistics in the UK in 2011

Breakbulk lifts globalization

Containerized shipping is rightfully credited with spurring globalization by adding speed and reliability to international freight transportation. By line Overwrite:  [...]

More on the trans-Pacific

I thought I'd pass along these thoughts from Drewry's Neil Dekker in response to my column last week on the deteriorating eastbound By line Overwrite:  [...]

Dangerous Liaisons

During this economic crisis, while port tenants are fighting for survival and the City of Los Angeles is furloughing workers, the Port of Los Angeles continues to operate in a world of its own —[...]

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'Coal, Grain and Autos'

Tim Rhein, the former CEO of APL, tapped into a deep reservoir of angst in the transportation industry concerning railroads. By line Overwrite:  Pete[...]

Crash snarls traffic on I-85 hours after trucker driver dies in wreck

Football and Shipping

Shippers develop all kinds of strategies to cope with seasonal shipping trends, but one we had not heard about was the impact of college football on coal shipping; another is the conflict between ener[...]

ILA Rolls Stones to 2012

“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well, you just might find you get what you need.” That line was used by the British philosopher Mick Jagger in a differ[...]

Carlisle Companies (CSL) Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research

People & achievements in the greater Ann Arbor area, including American Aqua ...

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Averitt Express wins carrier award

Judge Dismisses Navistar's SCR Lawsuit

A federal judge rejected a request by Navistar Inc. to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recall all 2010 trucks with selective catalytic reduction engines.

Ocean or Air? Who Has the Upper Hand?

For the past year the conventional view has been that shippers were flocking away from air cargo for the more friendly pricing in ocean transport, particularly as container shipping rates plunged to h[...]

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Contractor quarrels, alleged death threats jeopardize demolition timeline for ...

Something Fishy in Trade Dollars

While U.S. and Chinese officials huddled in Washington in recent days on big trade and global finance issues, there’s plenty of small trade frictions that point to another problem. By lin[...]

Horry County polling locations

Retail stocks results preview for Q3FY12: Motilal Oswal

Freight volumes among Asian airlines vary greatly

Twitter Shows Mettle in Michigan

Those who want evidence Twitter is worth a tweet can turn to the Michigan Department of Transportation, which used Twitter to communicate with thousands of motorists July 15 after a tanker truck crash[...]

Maersk follows the money

You could see this one coming: A.P Moller-Maersk's chief executive was quoted as telling a Danish newspaper that the comp By line Overwrite:  Joseph [...]

Slow steaming gains speed

Slow steaming by container ships seems to be here to stay. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Former YRC vice president rejoins LTL carrier after stint at Dynamex

Experienced 3PL Logistics Dispatcher needed!!!

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Call to revamp supply chain to increase spices export

Cycling Through Transport Issues

The direction of U.S. transportation policy is in the hands of a couple of gung-ho bicyclists. By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd

Con-way Freight Launches iPad Application for Online Shipping Services

Andy Abbott on Ocean Carrier Service Contract Filing Rule

In reporting my column this week on the ocean carrier service contract filing rule, I reached out to Andy Abbott, CEO of Atlantic Container Line, who believes the requirement is unnecessary. By[...]

Blogging for Crossborder Trucking

Here's a blog by one truck driver decidedly in favor of a crossborder trucking program with Mexico: mexicotrucker.com By line Overwrite:  William B. C[...]

Remembering Tom Mentzer

Supply chain education lost one of its giants and the world lost a good man with the death last week of Dr. John T. Mentzer at age 58. By line Overwrite:  [...]

This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2012)

I can’t believe I’m saying this, especially after the winter we had last year, but I miss snow. Not the wet, heavy kind that I have to shovel from my driveway and steps, or the dirt-caked kind pil[...]

Police: 3-vehicle wreck sends 3 to hospital after GPS distraction

Are generic drugs the next boom in shipping?

Shake, Rattle and Roll On

Tuesday’s Virginia earthquake again tested the nation’s infrastructure, which came through pretty well. But it also reminded us of vulnerabilities. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Trucking In the City

We all know trucks bring us good things, but are trucks good things? Not if they make deliveries in the early morning or at night, some New Yorkers think. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Fat times for commodities

Consumer spending, housing starts, inventories --  there's no shortage of economic indicators. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Asia-Europe Capacity Stays Firm

A quick digest of my Journal of Commerce column this week: Capacity is being pulled from the trans-Pacific but not Asia Europe. By line Overwrite:  Pe[...]

Poland orders new helicopters, upgrades

Mica Wrestles TIGER

As new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd

Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2012

I hope you took my advice from last August and you included funds for leadership development and education in your 2012 budget, which should include attending industry conferences and seminars. But wi[...]

Diversification Diligence - Truckinginfo.com

A case for lower rail freight rates

Manufacturers miss supply chain opportunities - News ...

M&M Trucking to Add 10 New Jobs in Webster County

Cutting ‘Legacy’ Tariffs at YRC

YRC Worldwide eliminated another legacy of its former Roadway and Yellow subsidiaries — their tariffs. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

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Former YRC Worldwide CFO Joins Menlo

Existing Home Sales Rise for Third Month

Existing home sales rose 5% for a third straight increase in December, reaching the highest level since January, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.

Doubling Up on Exports

Keep those fingers crossed, but the U.S. is on track to accomplish an important job-creating goal from President Obama — doubling the nation’s exports in five years. By line Overwri[...]

Transportation Spend Management (TSM)

The concept and practices of Transportation Spend Management (TSM) have been taught in business schools for years. In reality it is a little used and understood discipline in most small to m[...]

DOT’s Big Plans Take Shape

Two new documents that are expected shortly from the Department of Transportation could do a lot to shape freight infrastructure policy for the next few years. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Trucking industry climbing out of recession, local carriers say

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Bridge Toll

What's the biggest infrastructure challenge at the Port of New York and New Jersey? Hands down, it's the Bayonne Bridge, but a solution won't come easily, quickly or cheaply. By line Overwrite:[...]

Best Job in the World?

The latest battle in the seemingly endless war between French port employers and dockworkers has taken an interesting twist. By line Overwrite:  Josep[...]

Empties Inflating Asian Port Stats?

Asian port throughput figures these days need to be taken with even more than the usual grain of salt. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

ILA Continues Fight With Del Monte

The International Longshoremen’s Association is still smarting over the 200 jobs it lost in Philadelphia last year when Fresh Del Monte shifted its fruit imports to a terminal that employs non-I[...]

The Capacity Crisis and Commercial Vehicle Safety – CSCMP Mega Sessions Explore Two Critical Issues Facing the Industry

More than 8,000 members from 67 countries rely on CSCMP (the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) to help them remain connected to the best of the best — experts, technology, knowledge [...]

Predictions for 2010?

The big question for the international shipping industry 2010 is what kind of cargo volumes we'll see next year. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

CSCMP Plans 'Lab of the Future'

With its current annual conference under way, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is looking ahead to next year with plans for a live lab where attendees can test the latest technolog[...]

Interchange problems- are they for real?

Researching a column this week on the next highway bill, I called two trucking companies and a major port to ask them what, in their experience, are the worst road bottlenecks they confront. By[...]

Rose's Studied Silence

Where in the world is Peter Rose? By line Overwrite:  Paul Page

Four new sponsors for UT Supply Chain Forum

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Cellnet Logistics Expands into Online Retail

Missouri DOT Pushing I-70 Toll Road Plan

Semis stolen for payloads

Vice President of Sales & Business Development 3PL

Bill of Lading Software- Can it Help You?

  A bill of lading is a legal contract between carrier and shipper for transporting goods. It also specifies the terms and conditions of carriage, and influences the rates and charges associated [...]

How Warehousing will Cope with 2012

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Transportation & 'Animal Restoration'

The Heritage Foundation’s Ronald Utt is going all Jonathan Swift on the Obama administration. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Cargolux increases service to Indiana

Scania to deliver 375 trucks to leading Chinese machinery producer

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd has ordered 375 trucks from Scania which will be used as a platform for mobile concrete pumps. The deliveries will occur in April.

Transplace Hires Adrianne Court as Chief Human Resources Officer

A More Accurate Commodity Price Indicator

A Financial Times blog post suggests the Baltic Dry Index is "a By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Cash Call for Shipowners

As container shipping struggles with its worst-ever crisis, some carriers are approaching owners of their ships for help. By line Overwrite:  Joseph B[...]

What the Nominees Said

Three top transportation nominees appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday. Here are some brief highlights from their testimony. By line Overwrite:&nb[...]

Thai Floods Cost Flextronics $100 Million | Journal of Commerce

Hoelting Named UPS Freight Sales SVP

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Equipment Builders Point the Way

The economy may still have the slows, but suppliers of equipment to the freight transportation sector say solid demand is filling their order books. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Protectionism Equation

Is there a bright line between fostering local business and trade protectionism? Where does one end and the other begin? By line Overwrite:  Paul Pag[...]

Rocky Road to a Transport Plan

Before President Obama can achieve his vision of a new world for transport infrastructure, he may first have to accommodate Sen. Jay Rockefeller. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Walmart recognizes Averitt for shipping

The (HOS) Plot Thickens

Just when you thought FMCSA could finally begin the process of putting together a final ruling on the proposed changes to truck drivers’ hours-of-service (HOS) rules, the Administration announced th[...]

1 killed in tractor-trailer accident on I-85 in Rowan County

Schedule integrity has never been more critial

Shippers have run inventory stocks down so low that their demands for on-time performance by their carriers are at an extreme high. Any disruption could lead to a dreaded stock-out. By line Ove[...]

Legal Reckoning Ahead For EGT Dispute

The contentious and sometimes violent dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the EGT grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., may reach an important legal milestone this [...]

Menlo Worldwide Logistics Names Sheila Taylor Senior Vice ...

Will They Never Learn?

It’s not a problem of too much vessel capacity, but rather good old-fashioned rate wars that have destroyed pricing on the Asia-Europe and

Air and sea

In his maritime blog, attorney Dennis Bryant notes a news release from the Washington State Department of Ecology, which stated that a commercial airliner jettisoned approximately 5,000 gallons of jet[...]

What’s in a Name? Too Much?

Among the thousands of bills piled up before Congress this year, you'll find the BABE RUTH Act. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Con-way Introduces iPad App

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Ed Brown's legacy

It was a nice gesture by Virginia International Terminals to halt work at By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

A Bridge Too Near

When people gather to talk about the Port of New York and New Jersey, conversation almost inevitably turns to the port authority-owned Bayonne Bridge. By line Overwrite:  [...]

TTjobs: Owner Operator jobs, Texas jobs, FLEET OWNERS ...

MBDA Helping Minority Businesses Grow: Marion Trucking ...

Maersk Pushes Shipping's Green Frontier

Cap and trade carbon dioxide if you like, but A.P. Moller-Maersk wants to ship it. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy