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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Con-way Freight, the LTL subsidiary of transportation and logistics services provider Con-way Inc., will implement a 5.9 percent GRI for non-contractual business that will take effect on June 24.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation yesterday approved the nomination of Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation.

The average price per gallon for diesel gasoline dropped for the third straight week, falling two cents to $3.849 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Following the lead of some of its biggest competitors, FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of FedEx Freight, said this week it is raising rates for non-contractual freight in the form of GRI (general rates increases) by 4.5 percent effective, July 1.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.1 percent in June over the same month last year, reflecting modest growth expectations as retailers head toward the back-to-school and holiday seasons, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates

Further evidence that West Coast ports will protect their market share after the Panama Canal expansion surfaced last week as the Los Angeles Harbor Commission adopted a 2013-14 fiscal year (FY) budget of approximately $1.1 billion for the Port of Los Angeles.

Friday, June 07, 2013

On Monday, I will be participating in a “Meet the Editors” panel at the Transportation Marketing and Sales Association annual conference in Ponte Vedra, Fla. With the event just a few days away, it seems like a good time for a bit of a PR refresher for those of you in the public relations world on how to best send pitches to me, as well as my colleagues at Logistics Management and the other Peerless Media titles

Toronto-based less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and transportation services provider Vitran Corporation Inc. said this week that it has “entered into an interline agreement with a prominent West Coast carrier” to serve its customers to California, Arizona, and Nevada as well as a similar service with a second carrier to serve Colorado.

E-commerce is a boon to large retailers and lower-volume Internet fulfillment operations alike, but low read rates from automated sorting equipment can really reduce margins.

The concepts of total quality management and continuous improvement have been around for decades but have only recently been successfully applied in logistics environments. Today, many companies are finding that they can strengthen their businesses by making total quality management (TQM) part of their logistics operations.