Tuesday, February 26, 2013

At a time when our nation’s back is up against the wall, this time due to matters of budget sequestration, the gasoline tax and how to finance myriad transportation infrastructure-related initiatives remains a delicate subject at best.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

In a fact sheet released by the White House, officials there did not hesitate to note that since President Obama took office four years ago, “America has begun the hard work of rebuilding our infrastructure.”

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Watching President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, it was hard not to notice the myriad aspects of his speech that had some sort of—direct or indirect—impact or effect on freight transportation, supply chain management, or logistics in one form or another.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

While 2013 is still basically in its infancy that by no stretch means that the year is not pulling its weight, when it comes to what is happening in the logistics and supply chain world.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Among the highlights contained in PwC report “Intersections: Fourth Quarter 2012 global transportation and logistics industry mergers and acquisitions analysis,” is the fact that Matson shareholders timed the market right.

Friday, February 08, 2013

Oracle announced the results of its “Global Insights on Succeeding in the Customer Experience Era” report.

Monday, February 04, 2013

A law firm's report indicates CBP is expected to issue by the end of May a proposed rule that would make various changes to increase the accuracy and reliability of the advance information submitted under the importer security filing, or ‘10 + 2 rule.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Time is running out for ILA-USMX labor contract negotiations.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

It is still too early to tell but the immigration legislation being floated could be a net positive for supply chains.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Forum's biennial report, covering 132 economies worldwide, measures the abilities of economies to enable trade and highlights areas where improvements are most needed.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

In the New Year, IATA believes governments should resolve to bring down the barriers to connectivity growth.

Monday, January 21, 2013

As noted in our news section, the IHS special report suggests that new domestic energy sources will have provide logistics managers with new challenges and choices.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

In early January, the United States Postal Service called on Congress for postal legislation in an effort to become solvent. Not too long after it is saying it cannot “wait indefinitely for legislation” at least not at the moment anyhow.

Friday, January 11, 2013

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is fully aware of the challenges this is likely to present for the industry and recently released a second survey to collect data on the impacts that may accrue from changes to the 34-hour restart rule.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

A diverse coalition of over 120 local, state and national stakeholders, ranging from farmers and manufacturers to retailers and wholesalers – representing the totality of the global supply chain – sent a letter today to the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX) urging both sides to remain at the negotiating table until they “reach a new long-term contract.”