• LTL/transportation: Con-way reports Q3 net income is down 66 percent

  Jeff Berman, November 4, 2009
  Con-way reported today that quarterly net income at 13.5 million was down 66 percent year-over-year, and quarterly revenue at $1.13 billion fell 17.3 percent. And operating income at $41.1 million was off 47.9 percent.  More

• Pressure builds for wider ports' authority

  (NITL) The National Industrial Transportation League, November 3, 2009
  Proponents of federal legislation that would authorize local governmental authorities such as ports to regulate truck drayage, security and related activities are actively lobbying members of California's Congressional delegation to build support for an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA).  More

• Logistics news: ISM takes steps to re-launch Logistics and Transportation Group

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 2, 2009
  In an effort to provide a fresh start for its members, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) recently announced it is taking steps to "rejuvenate and reconstitute" its Logistics and Transportation Group (LTG).  More

• Outsourcing and respect

  By John A. Gentle, DLP, November 1, 2009
  The idea of outsourcing often comes about when the CEO, controller, or another member of senior management reads an article—or has been speaking with a 3PL—about saving a minimum of 10 percent or more of their logistics costs by turning to a third party. However, I've found that these “savings opportunities” are often purely theoretical and are only supported by manageme...  More

• Q4Q In Review

  By Logistics Management Staff, November 1, 2009
  For more than a quarter century now, Logistics Management’s (LM) Quest for Quality has been regarded in the transportation and logistics industry as the most important measure of customer satisfaction and performance excellence. To determine the best of the best, LM readers rate carriers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies strictly on the basis of service quality; and those winners...  More

• Freight Forwarders Brace for Change

  By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, November 1, 2009
  According to Global Freight Forwarding 2009, the recent report compiled by London-based Transport Intelligence Ltd. (Ti), this dynamic sector “is in the eye of a recessionary storm.” In fact, industry analysts who’ve examined market growth rates from 2008 and the first half of 2009 note that since the middle of last year there has been a massive reduction in demand for all for...  More

• Price Trends

  November 1, 2009
  Source: Elizabeth Baatz, Thinking Cap Solutions. E-mail: ebaatz@alertdata.com  More

• Question of future capacity looms for shippers and carriers

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 1, 2009
  WALTHAM, Mass. — Despite some recent sequential increases in trucking volumes, capacity has steadily continued to leave the marketplace in recent quarters. According to trucking analysts, the reasons for the capacity exodus vary, but they generally come back to common refrains, including low demand and consumer spending in conjunction with tight credit markets.  More

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