Diesel’s national average price fell to the lowest level since 2009, dropping 3 cents to $2.754 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported April 13.
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A Supply Chain World Tour
Demand-driven logistics spans the world…in practice and in print. For a host of reasons, U.S. shippers and consignees are taking control of how they pull—and push—global product to market.
What is Globalization Doing to the World of Logistics?
Since the early 1990s, global trade agreements have divided the world up into larger and larger chunks of trading blocks where goods can flow virtually unimpeded across national borders that once protected their precious industries from outside competition with tariffs, duties and penalties. The Free Trade Agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico was signed […]
STB OKs plan to increase CSX traffic between Indianapolis, Louisville
The Surface Transportation Board approved on April 10 a joint proposal by Louisville & Indiana Railroad (L&I) and CSX Transportation to upgrade a key freight corridor between Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky.
Non-manufacturing activity in April down slightly but remains solid, reports ISM
Even with a very slight decline, the non-manufacturing activity for the month of March was strong, according to data issued today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in its Non-Manufacturing Report on Business
If History Is Any Guide, Big Deals Signal the Oil Market Is Bottoming
Oil companies have a knack for picking the bottom in crude prices, and history may be about to repeat itself. Traders and analysts are speculating that Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s takeover of BG Group Plc for $70 billion announced Wednesday may be the first in a wave of acquisitions as Big Oil seeks to drive […]
ILWU delegates vote to recommend tentative agreement to rand-and-file
(This article required registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.) U.S. West coast shippers are taking a much-needed sigh of relief after International Longshore and Warehouse Union delegates voted in favor of recommending the tentative five-year agreement with waterfront employers to rank-and-file members
Driver shortage only getting worse, HireRight survey reveals
Amid a perfect storm of increasing market demand requiring more drivers, a declining number of drivers due to an aging workforce, and fewer younger drivers being hired, the driver shortage is only getting worse, according to the HireRight 2015 Transportation Spotlight.
Locomotive manufacturers offer power technology enhancements to help railroads drive operating efficiencies
Talk to freight locomotive manufacturers, and they’ll tell you that increased demand for operator safety and operational efficiency are driving today’s innovations. They’ll also say they are continuing to develop environmentally friendly generator sets (GenSets) and testing the viability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology. Moreover, they’re testing and fine-tuning units that comply with the […]
Turnover Still Over 90 Percent at Truckload Fleets
Turnover at truckload fleets remained high in the fourth quarter of 2014, according the American Trucking Association’s chief economist, Bob Costello. Costello considers turnover at truckload fleets to be a barometer of the driver shortage