Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Even though the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.5 percent in recent months, IHS Global Insight continues to expect much labor market slack in the coming quarters

Monday, January 30, 2012

Don’t look now, but the terms “cautious optimism” and signs of improvement” remain at or near the top of the list, when people are asked to describe what is going on in terms of momentum of the economic kind.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

For every shipper, the topic of supply chain security is always top of mind. That is why I was not entirely surprised to see today that the White House has issued what it’s calling the “National Strategy for Supply Chain Security.”

Monday, January 23, 2012

There is a common theme when it comes to transportation rates: they have been going up and are expected to continue to do so.

Friday, January 20, 2012

As part of President Obama’s National Export Initiative Agenda, which calls for a doubling of U.S. exports over a five-year period, the Port of Los Angeles continues to focus on assisting businesses throughout the region.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

You are not powerless! You and your company have the opportunity to let your Congressional and Senate representatives know that transportation issues are important to your company and that they need to consider how legislation or federal rulemaking proceedings will affect your company's ability to conduct business and manage its supply chain.

Monday, January 16, 2012

The United States exported $177.8 billion in goods and services in November, 2011, according to data released late last week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Commerce Department.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Even a casual observer of freight transportation and logistics knows that December’s final rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regarding the truck drivers’ Hours-of-Service (HOS) rule was a big deal.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Daniel Griswold is a trade evangelist, and his mission to destroy existing barriers is embraced and shared by LM readers.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

As the calendar turns to 2012, along with it comes another year of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones, and, of course, learning things about our multi-faceted logistics sector. And one of the primary ways of doing this is attending the various trade shows and conferences within the industry. Unless my calendar is playing tricks on me, that begins next week, when I head down to Atlanta for the SMC3 “Jump Start 2012” conference for the third straight year.

Monday, January 09, 2012

As if U.S. West Coast ports didn’t have enough to worry about, a new competitor is surfacing South of the Border to challenge them.

Friday, January 06, 2012

Now that we are officially into 2012, it is a good time to assess just how things stand in regards to what is ahead of us. Compared to recent years, the dismal 2009 comes to mind, it stands to reason that things could truly be much worse. But at the same time we have many things to be concerned about.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

As noted in recent news, air cargo demand has fallen off just when 2012 was being ushered in.

Friday, December 30, 2011

There's an ancient Chinese legal concept known as “Lian Zuo” or the “Five Degrees of Culpability."

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Despite economic challenges in the U.S., now is the time for calculated risk.