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.
Friday, May 16, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Not long after the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week rolled out its version for new federal transportation authorization, entitled the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322), the bill received the blessing of the EPW committee with an…
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The report is designed to help fleet operators and their value chain partners comply with new and future regulations.
Monday, April 21, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Not surprisingly, the December 31, 2015 deadline for freight railroads to install Positive Train Control (PTC) technology on 40 percent of its network, as per a mandate from the Federal Railroad Administration will not be met. That was the chief takeaway of a report from the…
Monday, April 21, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
When the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) convenes for its annual conference in Chicago next week, they’ll be visiting the nation’s largest inland port.
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