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by Tom Moore on Nov 19, 2018 7:00:00 PM
Moving from Intermodal back to the truck is normally driven by service needs. A recent discussion with a transportation manager… Moving from Intermodal back to the truck is normally driven by service needs. In a recent discussion with a ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 13, 2018 7:00:00 PM
While US companies are looking to build plants closer to customers to offset record-high trucking costs and seek out pockets of available workers in a tight labor market, India, a source of plentiful labor and a fast-growing economy, is building and ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 6, 2018 9:07:00 PM
Intermodal: Revenue per load is up 7.5 %, and the average length of haul is down 1% Intermodal was 68% of the profit in JB Hunt Brokerage (ICS): Gross margins holding at ~14.4%, loads up 5% with the carrier base up 15%…up to 44 branches and still ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 6, 2018 8:59:00 PM
I spent a week in Europe and can report: Shortages of labor in Western Europe are as concerning as they are here High labor costs in Western Europe are driving increased automation of items such as layer picking. Migrants are seen as ready labor ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 29, 2018 8:00:00 PM
Loss: In a ruling that will cost shippers more, an Arkansas court ruled drivers must be paid for all time worked – including waiting. Win: Like Trump or not, the decision to pull out of the postal agreement that allowed China, among others, to ship ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 15, 2018 8:00:00 PM
The Amazon generation is driving significant supply chain inefficiency. It used to be that only “high value/pound” products like cameras and electronics went by air. Now, to meet the two-day or next-day delivery schedules demanded by consumers, more ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 11, 2018 8:51:00 PM
At the CSCMP conference in early October, a trucking company owner said that in order to reduce the shortage of trucks, the industry needed to increase driver wages – his take was $85-$100K. This is not out of line with what I hear Walmart is ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 9, 2018 8:00:00 PM
At the CSCMP conference, I heard a lot about the need for good relationships with carriers. Given that more than 50% of the for-hire trucks are in fleets of less than 20 trucks, having a relationship is impractical. (It is like one girl wanting to ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 2, 2018 8:00:00 PM
Access to capital for the majority of the 700,000 carriers that have fewer than 20 trucks is coming at a hefty price. FreightRover Inc. plans to factor $500 million in freight bills as soon as the carrier sends the data from a phone app. But fast ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 24, 2018 8:00:00 PM
Oil prices look to increase as OPEC and Russia seem reluctant to grow shipments to fully meet… Oil prices look to increase as OPEC and Russia seem reluctant to grow shipments to meet both growth and the loss of Iranian oil fully. While the US is now ...
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