Logistics Management - May 1, 1998

From October 1997 through Jan. 1, 1998, most of the nation's major LTL carriers implemented general rate increases, as they have done annually for many years.

• FREIGHT GATEWAYS
• You can strike gold on the West Coast

• Industry Awards
• NASSTRAC honors top LTL carriers

• International Insights
• Harbor Maintenance Tax ruled unconstitutional--what happens now?

• International News
• International News Notes
• CP Ships Buys Ivaran Lines, Gains Gateway to South America
• Are Shippers Slowing Down Their Own Air Shipments?
• Software Offers Multiple Benefits for Ocean Shippers
• Conference Offers Inside View of Customs, Trade Developments

• Logistics Online
• Development server outside your firewall needs a special security plan

• Market Watch
• Air
• Recent Price Trends in Transportation Services
• Trucking
• Recent price trends in Transportation Services
• Capital Equipment
• Rail
• Fuel
• Water

• New Products & Services
• Loaded with extras
• Loaded with extras
• Loaded with extras
• Video Teaches Wheel-Inspection Practices
• Loaded with extras
• Loaded with extras
• "Quick Claw" Enhances Forklift Safety

• News & Analysis
• Supreme Court strikes down harbor tax
• AWARDS
• Logistics veterans receive Salzberg Medallion
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• What's wrong at the Department of Transportation?
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Buratti on Transportation Management
• Ways you can simplify product classification
• Copacino on Strategy
• Beyond demand planning
• INTERMODAL
• Drivers rate the terminals
• LABOR
• Teamsters approve contract
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• Services
• Services
• People
• People
• Services
• Services
• People
• Services
• People
• Services
• Services
• Services
• People
• MARITIME
• Ocean reform bill passes Senate
• MOTOR CARRIERS
• Roadway shifts executive lineup
• Con-Way regionals complete last link in nationwide system
• REGULATION
• Shipper complaints prompt STB review of rail service, competition issues
• RESEARCH
• EPA urged to redirect studies of toxic particles
• SUPPLY CHAIN
• Future shock: It's already here
• TEAMSTERS
• Hoffa will seek union presidency
• TRANSIT TIMES
• LTL on-time rates improve slightly
• Winners Circle
• Winners Circle

• ON THE RECORD
• A look into the supply chain's future

• OUTSOURCING REPORT
• You can't manage what you don't measure

• PROFILES IN EXCELLENCE
• Logistics boosts Donaldson's Northern Exposure

• Pac-Rim Operations
• Keeping an eye on Asia

• Pac-rim operations
• What to Look for in a Logistics Agent

• Parting Shot
• Don't say "I told you so"

• SPOTLIGHT ON VAN LINES
• Vans on the Run

• SUPPLY-CHAIN CASEBOOK
• Getting closer to the customer

• Technology News
• Optum and Metasys Announce Merger
• Startup to Pioneer Wireless Electronic Asset Tracking
• New Mobile Satellite Communications Player Begins Service

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• What is the first step in driving billions of dollars' worth of costs
• Consumer products is "an industry under siege"
• In the past, discounts off less-than-truckload rates have been the rule, not the exception
• There's still time to register for the new International Transportation and Logistics Exhibition and Conference
• The top five qualities that shippers seek in a temperature-controlled carrier
• What do disasters and truck stops have in common?
• The national airport system planned to spend about $10 billion per year
• Major Class 8 truck manufacturers are experiencing some of the largest backlogs in their history
• The operating fleets of world container lessors stood at 5.2 million 20-foot equivalent units
• Mercer Management Consulting says companies typically may save 5 to 15 percent

• Viewpoint
• Measure twice, deal once