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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

While we have observed that Southern California ports have gained market share in recent months due to a surge in Asian exports, it is worth noting that the outbound ocean cargo gateways in China are also thriving.

Late last week, the United States Senate voted down a push led by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that would have prevented the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions standards under the Clean Air Act.

Class I railroad carrier Canadian National Railway (CN) recently announced it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with TSI Terminal Systems, a subsidiary of GCT Container Terminals Inc., which endeavors to enhance service levels for mutual customers and draw greater volumes of traffic over Port Metro Vancouver.

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Prior to the release of the 21st annual State of Logistics report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) at the National Press Club last week, Penske Logistics gave LM an exclusive interview on some of the details. As the principal sponsor of the report, Penske also had some industry insider intelligence to share on the impact made by the two-year recession first felt in 2007.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services provider YRC Worldwide Inc. said earlier today that it expects to achieve positive adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis and positive operating income for its Regional Transportation unit for the second quarter of this year.

Citing a strengthening North American economy and improving supply/demand balance of freight hauling truck capacity, ACT Research recently said that a continuing rebound of orders and production of commercial vehicles is underway.

The call for increased throughput at United States retail container ports continues, according to the June edition of the Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been talking to analysts about what they’re seeing in the supply chain technology markets they cover, RFID, voice and warehouse management (WMS) and transportation management (TMS) systems.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Containerized cargo throughput figures released last week suggest that Southern California ports will remain the leading gateways for Asian imports.