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Keeping with traditionMichael A. Levans, Group Editorial Director, November 1, 2009November has traditionally been my favorite issue to produce. Year after year, it not only celebrates the career of an exceptional leader in transportation and logistics, but it also shares exclusive research that reveals how warehouse and distribution center operations are responding to current economic trends. More
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Management Update, November 1, 2009More
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NITL Executive of the Year: Remaking the rules with Nick DiMichaelBy Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, November 1, 2009
As shippers and carriers work together to rebuild the global economy, the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has chosen one of the men behind the legal framework of this monumental effort as its 2009 John T. McCullough Award—an honor also known as the NITL Executive of the Year. Nicholas J.
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Logistics and business news: Recent economic data indicates full recovery will take at least six monthsJeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 27, 2009In recent months, there have been various economic indicators suggesting that the economy has bottomed out, is slowly improving, or not showing significant signs of improvement. But regardless of the indicator-and how it is interpreted-one consensus remains the same: a true economic recovery is not likely to occur for the foreseeable future. More
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Ocean shipping/global logistics: Port Tracker report calls for 12.7 million TEU for 2009 retail import cargo volumeJeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 22, 2009Like last month, estimates for total 2009 import cargo volume at major U.S. container ports have been revised upward, according to the monthly Port Tracker report by IHS Global Insight and the National Retail Federation (NRF). More
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Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Tacoma chief to step downPatrick Burnson, October 21, 2009The Port of Tacoma Commission has approved the terms of a transition inleadership. More
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Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Tacoma chief to step downPatrick Burnson, Executive Editor, October 21, 2009The Port of Tacoma Commission has approved the terms of a transition inleadership. More
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Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Seattle chief to step downPatrick Burnson, October 20, 2009The Port of TacomaCommission has approved the terms of a transition in leadership. More
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Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Tacoma's chief to step downPatrick Burnson, October 20, 2009The Port of TacomaCommission has approved the terms of a transition in leadership. More
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Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Long Beach reaches accord with truckersPatrick Burnson, October 19, 2009The Portof Long Beach Harbor commissioners and theAmerican Trucking Associations have each approved a settlement negotiated between port officials. More
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Ocean shipping/trucking news: Port of Oakland ban on old, polluting trucks to take effect January 1Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, October 15, 2009As widely expected, the Oakland Port Commission approved a strict ban on trucks not meeting new emission standards that will take effect on January 1. More
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Logistics business: Cass Freight Index is up, but economy remains downJeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 2, 2009In what may be viewed as positive news for freight trends, the Cass Information Systems Freight Index was up on a sequential basis from August to September, with a 2.8 percent gain for shipments. More
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Green logistics: Cap and trade is front and center in Boxer, Kerry legislationJeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 1, 2009Legislation introduced yesterday by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.)—with a goal to hit a 20 percent reduction from 2005 levels of carbon dioxide emissions—may have a major impact on freight transportation and logistics issues. More
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Price TrendsElizabeth Baatz, Thinking Cap Solutions, October 1, 2009Source: Elizabeth Baatz, Thinking Cap Solutions. E-mail: ebaatz@alertdata.com More
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CORRECTION, October 1, 2009Logistics Management listed Cathay Pacific’s contact information incorrectly in our July 2009 ad index. Their correct information is: Cathay Pacific Cargo www.cathaypacificcargo.com 852-2747-7222 More
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Management Update, October 1, 2009More
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Ocean Carriers: Top 30 gaining shareBy Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, October 1, 2009When ocean cargo shipping analysts spoke with us in 2008, all the talk was about cascading rates and “bottom-feeding” competitors. The major carriers were rightly worried, but a pricing shift has occurred that may find them counting profits rather than losses in 2009. Rationalization of space and services over the past year still kept the smaller carriers in the game, but the Top 30... More
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Logistics News: Forecast calls for another slow peak seasonBy Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, October 1, 2009With freight volumes in their fourth consecutive year of decline, it's certainly not a stretch to admit that “peak season” is significantly different from what it was in years past. In fact, the findings of a recent Logistics Management (LM) readership survey, coupled with analyst and shipper analysis, indicate that the lack of a true peak is now “the new ... More
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Logistics and transportation news: Forecast calls for another slow peak seasonJeff Berman, Group News Editor, September 22, 2009As freight volumes are in their fourth consecutive year of decline, it is not a stretch to admit “Peak season”—as we once knew it—is significantly different from what it was in past years. More
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Obama names Lidinsky FMC chairmanNITL (The National Industrial Transportation League), September 19, 2009The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced last week (September 14) that President Obama designated Richard Lidinsky as the chairman of the ocean shipping regulatory agency. More
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