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3PLs urged to reduce liability limits on LTL shipments
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Third party logistics services providers should consider lowering carrier limits of liability to secure capacity and better rates from less-than-truckload carriers, the transportation and logistics consultancy CarrierDirect said in a whitepaper issued this week. "The secret to stronger relationships is hidden in ideas such as lowering carriers' limits of liability, moving to density-based pricing or embracing rate optimization through dynamic pricing," the whitepaper said. ...
TIA: 3PLs see varied results in Q1 2015
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Total shipments for third party logistics providers fell 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of 2014 and revenues dropped 7.8 percent overall, according to a recent report from the Transportation Intermediaries Association. TIA earlier this week released its First Quarter 2015 3PL Benchmarking Report, which is based on a monthly survey of TIA members submitting operating data and answering questions on business conditions in the freight broker...
Bulldog Hiway Express becomes Daseke company
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Bulldog Hiway Express has merged with Daseke, Inc., a family of flatbed, open-deck and specialty trucking carriers. Based out of Charleston, S.C., Bulldog Hiway Express operates over 400 trailers and handles dedicated and for-hire, open-deck operations, intermodal port deliveries and heavy hauls with loads up to 180,000 pounds throughout the United States and Canada. The company also operates terminals in Savannah, Ga. and Mobile, Ala. Dallas, Texas-based ...
Report: Truckers say U.S. road conditions deteriorating
Thursday, July 02, 2015
A new report from third party logistics provider National Retail Systems, Inc. (NRS) says that 60 percent of truck driver survey respondents indicated that road conditions have gotten worse since they began driving. Transportation infrastructure has become a topic of national debate in recent years, with substandard roads and bridges receiving less funding from an ailing Federal Highway Trust fund. A 2014 economic analysis of transportation infrastructure investment from The Cou...
Samsung develops 'transparent' safety truck
Monday, June 29, 2015
South Korean electronics company Samsung has developed a new "transparent" safety truck using existing technology in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents cause by motorists being unable to see past a semi-trailer truck. Samsung's "Safety Truck" utilizes a wireless camera attached to the front of the truck that transmits the images it collects in real time to four exterior monitors located on the back of the truck. The idea is that drivers stuck will be able to see what's...
Kuehne + Nagel acquires U.S. intermodal/truck brokerage
Friday, June 26, 2015
The Kuehne + Nagel Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of ReTrans Inc., a U.S.-based provider of multimodal transportation management solutions. The acquisition was undertaken to build on the the Swiss third party logistics provider's land-based strategy and is designed to strengthen the company's position as an end-to-end logistics provider in North America. Founded in 2002 and headquarted in Memphis, Tenn., ReTrans is a U.S. no...
Senate subcommittee approves 2016 THUD bill
Friday, June 26, 2015
The United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Tuesday approved a fiscal year 2016 funding measure for the nation's infrastructure, transportation safety and federal housing programs. The FY2016 THUD bill, which includes funding for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development among other related agencies, will now be sent to the full Senate Appropriations ...
Truckload spot rates holding strong
Friday, June 26, 2015
Average spot truckload rates dipped during the week ending June 20 but remain well above the averages for May, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. The number of van load posts declined 13 percent and available van capacity increased 3.2 percent through June 20, driving the van load-to-truck ratio down 15 percent, to two loads per truck (meaning there were two available van loads for every truck posted on the DAT network). Van r...
Maryland commits $1.97 billion to roads, bridges
Friday, June 26, 2015
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced that the state's highways and bridges will receive $1.97 billion in building, maintenance and repair funding. The priority projects, which will get underway by 2018, include $1.35 billion in new construction projects and $625 million in preserved projects. The $1.35 billion in new projects includes $845 million for large projects and $500 million to fix bridges and improve roads. Transportation infrastructure in the st...
Senate committee approves six-year surface transport bill
Friday, June 26, 2015
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday passed a six-year, $278 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill that would create a new investment program aimed at freight infrastructure. The Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act, or DRIVE Act, calls for about $13.3 billion to be dedicated to the national freight program to help states improve freight mobility on the national highway network, with $2.2 billion available ...
Transportation stocks slip after GDP, durable goods reports
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Several railroad, trucking and logistics company stocks fell Wednesday in response to the Commerce Department's updated Q1 gross domestic product (GDP) estimate and May durable goods report, according to investment advisor Seeking Alpha. Transportation sector stocks that fell yesterday included trucking companies Knight Transportation (KNX), which was down 4.5 percent; Swift Transportation (SWFT), down 5.5 percent; YRC Worldwide (YRCW), down 2.2 percent; Heartland Express (HTLD)...
Trucking groups plan driver recruitment among women, minorities
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Representatives from organizations attempting to drive greater participation in the transportation industry by women and minorities said this week those two groups can help alleviate projected talent shortfalls. In a session at SMC³'s annual Connections conference about the future of transportation industry demographics, speakers said existing leadership has to be ready to embrace these pools of potential workers. "There are still men who get upset when they see a 9...
Mercator acquires Catapult International
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The global transportation rate, quote, and contract management solutions provider Catapult International has been acquired by Dubai-based Mercator for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Wednesday. Mercator, a provider of solutions to the global travel, transportation, and logistics industry, is majority owned by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which bought the company in April 2014 when it was carved out of the parent company of Emirates Airlines. Mercat...
ATA: Truck tonnage index up 1.1% in May
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Domestic truck tonnage increased 1.1 percent in May, following a revised decrease of 1.4 percent during the previous month, according to the American Trucking Association's advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. ATA had previously reported a 3 percent drop in the index for the month of April. The seasonally adjusted index equaled 132.1 in May, a 1.8 percent improvement from May 2014. Through May, year-to-date tonnage was up 3.7 percent compared to the same pe...
Executive Moves: Crane Worldwide Logistics and Con-way Truckload
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Crane Worldwide Logistics has hired Terry Unrein as vice president of global sales. Unrein comes to company from SEKO where he served in the same role. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at EGL and CEVA Logistics overseeing the growth of sales. Con-way Inc. has appointed Hank M. Bartos as interim president of Con-way Truckload , the company's full-truckload carrier based in Joplin, Mo. Bartos takes over following the appointment last week of former Con-way Truckload P...
Dicom acquires Orbis Logistics
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Montreal-based Dicom Transportation Group has acquired Orbis Logistics to add "final-mile" capabilities and a stronger distribution presence to its operations in the United States. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orbis operates primarily within the U.S. Southeast and Midwest. The company maintains final-mile and cross-dock services in New Orleans, La.; Birmingham, Ala.; Lakeland, Fla.; and Indianapolis, Ind.. "Orbis Logistics serve...
New planning tool from Ryder addresses internal/external fleet balance
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Ryder System, Inc. has begun offering a new transportation planning tool for users of its transportation management and dedicated fleet management solutions. The product, TranSync, is designed to allow users to analyze the best combination of transportation modes at the lowest total network cost in real time, load-by-load, on a daily basis. Ryder said in a statement the tool is best suited to companies that use a mix of private fleets and common carriers to help them optimi...
U.S. proposes new fuel efficiency standards for trucks
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday released their second round of fuel economy standards for medium-and-heavy duty commercial vehicles. The proposed truck fuel standards are expected to lower carbon dioxide emissions by about 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program. &nbs...
Trailer orders continue to fall in May
Monday, June 22, 2015
U.S. trailer net orders in May fell 14 percent to 20,400 units compared to April, according to the latest figures from freight transportation analyst FTR. The orders also represent a 29 percent drop from May 2014. In the past twelve months, U.S. trailer orders have annualized to about 326,000 units. "The traditional summer slide continues, earlier and more pronounced than normal; however, there is still plenty of backlog available to support strong build rates throu...
TNT deploys electric delivery vehicles in the Netherlands
Monday, June 22, 2015
TNT Express will deploy seven new 3.5-ton electric vehicles for deliveries in and around Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The express carrier said in a statement the new e-Ducato vehicles, purchased from BD Auto, will conserve 24,000 liters of diesel fuel and prevent the equivalent of 76 tons of CO2 emissions annually compared to the current standard diesel vehicles operating in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The trucks have a range of 200 kilometers and a loading volume of 1...
Executive Moves: AFFLINK and Con-Way Inc.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Supply chain management firm AFFLINK has named Mark Bozich vice president of business development. Most recently, Bozich was president of NISSCO and before that he served in management at Nilfisk-Advance. Con-way Inc. has appointed Gretchen W. McClain and Matthew J. Espe to its board of directors. McClain is the former president, chief executive officer and board member of Xylem, and has held executive positions at ITT Corp., Honeywell International and NASA. Espe has bee...
Assessing the ATA's agenda
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Officials at the nation's largest trucking federation say they are optimistic about advancing some of their top regulatory and legislative priorities this year. Much of the focus is on safety issues, which are important to shippers as well because poorly designed regulations can add costs that are passed onto customers and create inefficiencies that slow delivery of their goods. But frustration is mounting at the American Trucking Associations (ATA), as well as among mayors, gov...
It's all about balance
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Strategic View with Walter Kemmsies With the possibility of a Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, and the competitive synergies that might result from such an agreement, global trade could see significant near- and long-term growth. This would be in addition to the organic growth of the global middle class, as projected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. If OECD projections for the global middle class to grow from about 2.5 billion people today to nearly 5...
Respect for the nation's truckers
Sunday, June 21, 2015
No one likes to be stuck in traffic, so it's easy to understand that finding young, motivated people these days who want to drive long-haul big rigs over the nation's often crowded highways day in and day out is a difficult task for trucking companies. Then there's the long, lonely periods away from home, sleeping in cramped truck cabs and using restrooms and taking showers at truck stops—when available, weather conditions, threats to personal safety, worsening infrastructure, a...
Lehmkuhl resurfaces as head of Lineage Logistics
Friday, June 19, 2015
Lineage Logistics, a major port warehousing, logistics, and cold storage provider, has hired Gregory Lehmkuhl as its new chief executive officer, effective mid-July. Current CEO Bill Hendricksen will become vice chairman at that time, the company announced Thursday. The large less-than-truckload carrier Con-Way Freight earlier this week said Lehmkuhl, the company's president, had left to join a private equity firm and was being internally replaced by Joe Dagnese, who previo...
Truckload rates up 3.5% in May
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Truckload rates increased 3.5 percent in May 2015 compared to May 2014, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index. Cass Information Systems Inc., a transportation intelligence analyst, said the May reading represented a 9.5 percent increase compared with May of 2013. The company attributed the continued growth in rates to continued growth in demand and capacity remaining "extraordinarily" tight. Cass expects it will "continue to see contract rate increases filter int...
Executive Moves: Port of New York and New Jersey and MacroPoint
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Molly Campbell , former deputy executive director at the Port of Los Angeles and current director of financial management systems at Los Angeles World Airports for the City of Los Angeles, will replace retiring Richard Larrabee as the port commerce director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . Larrabee has led the port department at the East Coast's largest seaport for 15 years. "Molly is a rising star in the maritime community, and we're fortunate to...
Dagnese named president of Con-way Freight
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Dagnese Con-way Inc. has reassigned industry veteran Joe Dagnese to lead the company's less-than-truckload subsidiary following the departure of Gregory Lehmkuhl, who took a job as chief executive officer of a private-equity firm, the company announced Monday. With $3.6 billion in revenues last year, Con-way Freight is the largest business unit within Con-way. Dagnese was president of Con-way Truckload, which is one-seventh the size of Con-way Freight in terms of sale...
FedEx stock slips as currency, fuel impact Q4 results
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
FedEx Corp. on Wednesday announced that it improved adjusted fiscal fourth quarter operating income 5 percent to $1.28 billion from the same period a year ago. The company attributed the results primarily to yield growth across its transport segments, higher ground and U.S. domestic express volume, and restructuring initiatives. Nonetheless, FedEx' stock slipped in early trading as results fell short of analysts expectations, with results pressured by the impact of the strong do...
North American freight volumes continue to grow in May
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
North American shipment volumes and expenditures rose for the fourth month in a row in May 2015, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report. The logistics payment solutions provider said both volumes and payments reached their highest level of the year after a "dismal" January caused by harsh winter weather and West Coast port congestion. Overall shipment volumes rose 2.3 percent in May compared to April, but were still down 1.3 percent compared to May of 2014. &nb...
Cloud Logistics upgrade address KPIs, appointment setting
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The transportation management system provider Cloud Logistics has upgraded its TMS solution to provide new key performance indicator reporting, enhanced mobile capabilities, and appointment setting for both pick-up and delivery. New features include: Third party logistics capabilities to support complex hierarchical relationships and shipping rules; Appointment setting for both pick-up and delivery in the carrier portal; Client portal for Cloud Logistics' customers to submit req...
APMT plans massive expansion of Ghana port
Friday, June 12, 2015
Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority, will invest $1.5 billion to upgrade and expand the Port of Tema in Ghana. APMT said in a statement the project includes construction of a new 3.5 million-TEU capacity deep-water port and logistics hub, as well as repairs and improvements to the adjacent road network. The new port facility will feature four deep-water berths, a new breakwater and an a...
Kerry Logistics continues European growth
Friday, June 12, 2015
Third party logistics provider and supply chain specialist Kerry Logistics has opened a new office in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, as part of its on-going expansion plans in Europe. The Hong Kong-based company said in a statement its new location will offer freight forwarding solutions through air, ocean and road freight, along with sea-air services, warehousing and distribution, insurance and risk management, and Customs brokerage. Kerry Logistics (P...
Roadrunner expands LTL freight service
Friday, June 12, 2015
Roadrunner Transportation Systems is expanding its less-than-truckload freight service in the Phoenix, Ariz. and Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan areas. Starting June 15 from Phoenix and July 20 from Salt Lake City, the new service centers will focus on transport to Southern California, the Great Lakes, Tennessee, Texas and the Southeastern United States. Customers have been expressing the need for expansion in Phoenix and Salt Lake City markets, according to a sta...
MacroPoint integrated into Real Time Freight TMS
Thursday, June 11, 2015
The freight tracking software provider MacroPoint said Wednesday that its solution will be more tightly integrated with Real Time Freight, a cloud-based, software-as-a-service transportation management system for shippers, brokers and carriers. Real Time is now including MacroPoint as an embedded feature for mutual customers to give third party visibility into load status. The application is activated from a driver's mobile phone, including flip phones, or existing ...
Executive Moves: Cathay Pacific and Matchback Systems
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Cathy Pacific has appointed Simon Large to director of cargo, which includes operations, marketing and sales. He succeeds James Woodrow , who will become managing director at the China Navigation Co. Pte Ltd. Large and was formerly the airline's general manager for marketing. He joined the airline's parent Swire in 1991 and has worked at a variety of management posts within Cathay Pacific, as well as at Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals and tea importer Finlays, part of Swire group.  ...
Matchback system launched in Benelux region
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The global terminal operator Hutchison Ports has launched a new web-based tool to allow truckers in the Benelux region to perform matchbacks, where a single truck is used to move a container outbound from the port, and then returns with a separate container. The new company, Boxreload, is a division of Hutchison Ports (UK), which itself is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings. Boxreload focuses on cooperation between trucking companies to share certain informa...
Private equity firm invests in RoadOne Intermodal
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
RoadOne Intermodal Logistics on Monday picked up some additional financial muscle to further its national expansion plans when Tritium Partners opted to take a majority stake in the company. The management team, led by President and CEO Ken Kellaway and David McLaughlin, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, will remain in place, the companies said in a joint statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. RoadOne is one of a growing number of large,...
U.S. supply chain sector jobs up in May
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
The transportation and warehouse sector added 13,000 new jobs in May, according to the latest figures from the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS on Friday released its monthly " Employment Situation Summary ," also known as the Jobs Report, and the results were primarily positive. The report noted that of the 13,000 new jobs in supply chain-related companies, 9,000 of them came from the trucking sector, which is welcome news fo...
XPO Logistics completes ND acquisition
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
XPO Logistics said Monday it has finalized its deal to acquire French logistics and trucking company Norbert Dentressangle. The $3.5 billion transaction was announced in late April. Per their agreement, XPO bought 67 percent of the Norbert Dentressangle family's shares and took on the company's debt. XPO is now launching an all-cash tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of ND at a price of 217.50 euros per share. The Greenwich, Conn.-base...
Ex-Baltimore steel plant site shifts to logistics
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Sparrows Point Terminal has appointed JLL to be its exclusive real estate services provider, while Parsons Brinckerhoff will oversee master planning at the former Bethlehem Steel plant property in Baltimore. The 3,100-acre property was acquired in 2014 by Sparrows Point Terminal, a joint venture of Redwood Capital Investments and Hilco Real Estate, which plans to re-develop the property into a transportation, manufacturing and logistics hub. "The selection of...
Chassis lessors claim ILWU inspection agreement illegal
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
The Federal Maritime Commission is being asked to find an agreement that allows West Coast Longshoremen to inspect chassis as they leave marine terminals to be illegal. In a letter to FMC Chairman Mario Cordero, attorneys for the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) say terminal operators, ocean carriers, and the organizations that represent them have agreed to have members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union perform mandatory roadability inspection...
TIA: Don't hold your breath on transportation bill
Friday, June 05, 2015
Policy experts at the Transportation Intermediaries Association are not optimistic about a long-term transportation bill, with the current bill due to expire July 31, TIA said in a recent conference call with Stifel's transportation and logistics group. According to TIA, a lack of earmarks has made it less desirable for legislators to push forward on a bill that would require a viable funding mechanism. The impact, of course, would come in the form of higher costs for truck-base...
NHTSA to require electronic stability control on trucks
Thursday, June 04, 2015
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday issued a final rule requiring new heavy duty trucks to be built with electronic stability control systems to help prevent rollover and loss-of-control accidents. The technology is used widely in passenger cars and light trucks, and many truck fleets have already begun to use electronic stability control voluntarily. Electronic stability control technology automatically reduces throttle and ...
FTR: Class 8 truck orders down 11% in May
Thursday, June 04, 2015
Net orders for Class 8 trucks in May fell 11 percent to 19,714 units compared to April, according to preliminary data from the freight forecaster FTR Transportation Intelligence. The total represents a 23 percent decline from May of 2014 and it is the first time since September 2013 that monthly orders have fallen below 20,000 units. "All major OEMs were affected by the drop in orders (in May), with some experiencing larger than expected declines," FTR said in a statement.  ...
Motor carriers voice frustration over R.I. truck toll plan despite changes
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is modifying last month's proposal to assess user fees on commercial trucks as a way to raise money for needed road and bridge improvements in the face of loud opposition from motor carriers in the state, according to the Providence Journal . Gov. Raimondo on May 27 unveiled a 10-year plan called RhodeWorks that would raise $1.1 billion through bonds to repair federal, state and local roads and bridges, and pay for the debt by electronically t...
TNT transports T. rex skull from U.S. to Germany
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
TNT Express transported the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota, United States, to the Fraunhofer EZRT research institute in Fuerth, Germany. TNT packed the 690-kilo skull in a 1.90-meter long wooden crate, trucked it from South Dakota to JFK Airport in New York, loaded it on to a Boeing 747 aircraft, flew it to the company's air hub in Liege, and then trucked it to Fuerth. The entire journey totaled 7,800 kilometers...
SHIFT moves into Michigan, Ohio
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based less-than-truck-load carrier SHIFT Freight has entered the Michigan and Ohio markets. The two-year-old carrier transports LTL freight for shippers from California, Nevada and Arizona to the eastern United States. With the addition of Michigan and Ohio, SHIFT now serves 26 states.
Executive Moves: NRF and Greencarriers
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
The National Retail Federation has appointed Mark Mathews as vice president of research development and industry analysis. He brings more than two decades of research strategy and management experience to the association. Mathews most recently led the Market Intelligence Group (MIG) at the World Gold Council as a member of the organization's leadership. Before that, he ran the research team at London-based Palamon Capital Partners. Greencarrier Freight Services has appointed Mi...
WSC: Larger vessels, alliances not to blame for port congestion
Friday, May 29, 2015
The World Shipping Council is urging shipping industry stakeholders to stop pointing fingers at each other and take a more holistic approach to solving the issue of port congestion. In a new report from the ocean liner lobbying group, WSC says there are many causes of vessel congestion, but that the vessels themselves are not among them. The report, " Some Observations on Port Congestion, Vessel Size and Vessel Sharing Agreements ," argues that the ever increasing size of contai...
FTR sees deteriorating transportation environment for shippers in 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The transportation analyst FTR's Shippers Conditions Index for March declined sharply from February and is expected to drop further the rest of 2015, the firm said Thursday. The index, which attempts to measure factors affecting the shipper transport environment, fell to -4.9 in March from -1 in February. A reading below zero indicates a less-than-ideal environment for shippers, FTR said. Readings below 10 signal that conditions for shippers are approaching critical levels, base...
Tracy Morgan, Walmart settle over truck crash
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Walmart on Wednesday reached a financial settlement with actor and comedian Tracy Morgan for injuries sustained in an accident involving a Walmart tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike last year. According to the criminal complaint, truck driver Kevin Roper was accused of not sleeping for 24 hours before the crash after driving from his home in Georgia to begin his work assignment in Delaware. The truck crashed into the back of the former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock"...
Executive Moves: C.H. Robinson and Transfix
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
C.H. Robinson has appointed Andrew Clarke as chief financial officer, effective June 1. Clarke had previously served as president and chief executive officer of Panther Expedited Services, and CFO of Forward Air Corp. Chad Lindbloom , C.H. Robinson's long-time CFO, will fully transition to the role of chief information officer. Mike Neller has joined Transfix as senior vice president of sales. Transfix is a technology-driven truckload brokerage company with nationwide coverage...
Congress grants 2-month reprieve to highway programs
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
The Senate on Friday passed a two-month extension of legislation authorizing the Highway Trust Fund to continue supporting highway and transit projects. The short-term fix, which runs through the end of July, was approved by the House earlier in the week and now goes to the White House to be signed. The Highway Trust Fund is nearing insolvency again. There is enough money to reimburse states for the federal share of transportation infrastructure projects through July, but the le...
It's all about rail
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Strategic View with Walter Kemmsies Given trends in place, freight logistics managers and transportation planners should be factoring in intermodal more than ever before. During the last 15 years, railroads have increased their expenditures on infrastructure, while federal expenditures on highways and waterways have declined. This is shown in the accompanying chart depicting investment expenditures from 2002 to 2014 adjusted for inflation and indexed to 100 in 2002 in order to ...
Commentary: Will Uber be the next Teamsters target?
Sunday, May 24, 2015
It will be interesting to see how the sharing economy is viewed from a labor standpoint in 10 years. Right now companies with apps that can provide any kind of service imaginable are sprouting up in cities like mushrooms. Besides Uber, Lyft and Sidecar for ridesharing, there's Luxe, a personal parking valet that tracks your smartphone to your destination and sends a uniformed valet to meet you and take your car so you don't have to hunt for parking. When you're ready, you use th...
DHL increases convenience for e-shoppers
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Express package delivery and logistics services provider DHL is trying out a number of innovative approaches to support the growing demand for electronic retail transactions. The idea that commerce can be conducted everywhere, at any time, is becoming ingrained in the global middle class, which is growing by leaps and bounds in the developing world. Retailers are motivated to connect with customers at the time and place of their choosing, and fulfill their purchases at the store...
Piling on the charges
Sunday, May 24, 2015
There is a growing clamor by shippers and intermediaries for the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to take action to prevent ocean carriers and marine terminals operators from imposing what they see as unfair demurrage and detention charges during periods when ports are congested. "Obviously there are American shippers who are very angry," said Mario Cordero, FMC chairman, adding there are many shippers who feel that instead of being used to promote efficiency, demurrage has been...
Density lacks gravity
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Considering the role that dimensional pricing actually plays in the less-than-truckload market, it's hard to understand the hype about a widespread switch to this pricing model. Not when industry experts estimate that dimensional pricing counts for no more than 2 percent of shipment volume in North America. Yet the idea that LTL carriers will eventually switch to a density-based method of pricing capacity—versus the entrenched class-rating system—continues to persis...
Where are those bottles of rum?
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Does your warehouse contract have a "dishonest acts" exclusion? If so, beware. That may be the takeaway from a recent court decision. ( Warehouse Wines & Spirits, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America. S.D.N.Y. No. 13-Civ. 5712. March 31.) Warehouse Wines operated a wine and spirits store in Manhattan. Steven Goldstein, president and owner, employed a strategy of making large wholesale purchases to obtain discount offers and using public warehouses to store ...
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We had na other lovely evening in Bali Bar, enjoying great music, nice tapas and the most delicious mojitis we ever had. Thank you Sergio, we will be back!
3 Days in Lisbon
One Day in Lisbon
Lisbon Off the Beaten Path
Best party I have in Lizbon!!! People awsome, drinks good. This place is highly recomendet! !!! Owner and manager and whole bar are realy great and really helpful. Really good drinks.
Lovely evening with friends I was here with my friends we got good cocktails and chipER. Service was excellent here one boy name .;MARCO.: He is good bar man.
The staff are very friendly, the drinks are tasty, and the atmosphere is definitely lively. It's a great place for socializing and is very upbeat . Fun!
Visited this bar or rather stumbled upon it on our first night in Lisbon. Great atmosphere and vibe. Liked the rustic lol of the interior. Bearded waiter ( forgotten his name) was very helpful with bags of customer service skills.
unique, beautiful decoration, awesome Mojitos and tapas, really really good for an evening or to start your night
Charging 7.50 euros for some pieces of poor, chewing gum-like bread and a lame dish with a few slices of cheap meat is just ridiculous. Learn what real tapas are and stop embarrassing Portuguese cuisine.
A real mish mash and a bamboo couch doesn't make it Bali.
Having said that, good atmosphere, good prices and plenty of kick in the mojitos!
My friend and I were wandering around Barrio Alto waiting for the restaurant we were going to to open. We popped in to kill some time and have a drink. Their beer selection could use some work and they need to update their over drink list, but the port I had was very nice and they let me try it...
Best way to experience the vibe of Barrio Alto! A must do! Awesome cocktails and great staff! Huge thanks and much appreciation to Kristian Rodic for being such a wonderful and amazing host!
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