Monday, May 21, 2012

2011 marks the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market as supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved forward, despite caution from IT budget decision makers.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Carload volume—at 279,063—was down 5.2 percent annually, and intermodal at 238,980 trailers and containers—were up 3.1 percent annually

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said this week that it has set a December 3 2012 deadline, which requires passenger air carriers to conduct 100 percent cargo screening on international inbound flights.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Class I railroad carrier Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said ahead of its annual shareholder meeting earlier today that Fred Green, president and CEO, has left the company. This move comes in the wake of a proxy vote by activist investor Bill Ackman, head of Pershing Square Capital Management, and the single largest CP shareholder with a 14.1 percent stake in the company.

April volumes at the Port of Long Beach (POLB) were down 13 percent annually, according to data released by the port this week.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

This marks the third consecutive year that supply chain concerns have increased, says BDO USA, a leading accounting and consulting organization

YRC Freight President Jeff Rogers said the decision to add drivers is due to the fact that “YRC Freight is growing and our volumes are building.”

At a time when truckload capacity remains fairly tight and is expected to remain that way, freight brokerages appear to be reaping the benefits. That was a central theme in a recent report issued by TransCore,

Expectations for second quarter and into third quarter are not high as many providers expect little increase in freight at best

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

April container volumes for the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) were markedly improved over March, with the port announcing that container volumes for the month represented the single best output for the month of April in POLA history.