• Transportation news: DOT reports Freight Transportation Services Index is down 0.5 percent from August to September

  Staff, November 12, 2009
  Following three consecutive months of growth, the United States Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that its Freight Transportation Services Index (Freight TSI) declined 0.5 percent from August to September.  More

• Rockefeller targets container security

  (NITL) The National Industrial Transportation League, November 10, 2009
  Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said this week he is working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general to update current port security procedures to better protect against biological and chemical threats.  More

• Transportation infrastructure: AAPA's Nagle calls for quick action on surface transportation authorization

  Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, November 10, 2009
  With the immediate prospects for long-term surface transportation funding seemingly a ways off, American Association of Port Authorities President and Chief Executive Officer Kurt Nagle called on Congress to push for authorization of a multi-year surface transportation as a key legislative priority for 2010.  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

• 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

• Price Trends

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

• Fine-tuning your security strategy

  By Suzanne Richer, Customs & Trade Solutions Inc., November 1, 2009
  The evolution of cargo security standards within international supply chains has brought with it the development of many best practices programs. The United States is leading the way with its Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, while other countries around the world are now joining in with similar initiatives such as the European Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and ...  More

• European Logistics: Meeting the challenge of climate change

  By Dagmar Trepins, European Correspondent, November 1, 2009
  While the global logistics and transportation industry is still working on global standards for accounting and trading greenhouse gas emissions, European third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and ports have started to green their own operations. Many have introduced new products and services to provide shippers with sustainable transport and logistics options in order to help organizations bet...  More

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