Tuesday, December 8, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
The dramatic decline to ocean freight spot market rates has served to widen the pricing differential to air rates to record levels, say Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.
Monday, March 2, 2015 · Jeff Berman
The ongoing financial travails of the Highway Trust Fund was made clear in a position paper recently issued by Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation.
Monday, March 2, 2015 · SCMR Staff
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that U.S. trade with its North America Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico in December 2014 was up 5.4 percent annually at $95.8 billion.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 · SCMR Staff
A new report from Chicago-based freight transportation and logistics consultancy CarrierDirect, entitled “Eat or Be Eaten: The Year of Separation in Freight,” takes a deep dive into various aspects of current market trends on freight transportation and logistics.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The ongoing themes of tight capacity and carrier pricing power are still in full effect, much to the dismay of shippers, based on the most recent edition of the Shippers Condition Index (SCI) from freight transportation forecasting firm FTR.
Monday, September 29, 2014 · SCMR Staff
A number of key topics having an impact on the freight transportation and logistics marketplace was evident at a panel at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional's annual meeting
Monday, August 4, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The nation’s supply chain managers are not alone in welcoming overdue transport legislation. The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and its member U.S. ports are also grateful for the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The House of Representatives voted by a 367-55 margin to approve H.R. 5021, the Highway Transportation and Funding Act of 2014, which will keep federal transportation funding intact through May 2015.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Stable consumer-driven spending and a strong forecast for business investment bode well for the manufacturing sector, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation’s U.S. Industrial Outlook, a quarterly report that analyzes 27 major industries.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Global third-party logistics services provider CEVA Logistics said this week it has expanded its relationship with automotive bellwether Ford Motor Company. CEVA and Ford have had a business relationship for more than 20 years.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Transportation and logistics giant UPS said this week it kicked off construction to expand its Memphis-based package distribution facility by about one-third.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 · SCMR Staff
There is an old saying in Washington that there are neither “Republican roads or Democratic roads,” merely roads used by all Americans to speed themselves and commerce throughout our 50 states.
Friday, May 16, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Washington has a problem. It needs to produce a fully funded, multi-year surface transportation bill, and find a way to pay for it in an election year, before the end of September.
The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series might be a better bet.
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