Supply Chain Optimization

Norfolk Southern is Under Attack

Activist investor Ancora Holdings is trying to put seven directors on the Norfolk Southern (NS) board, claiming that NS has significantly and consistently underperformed its peers. Ancora has been joined by three unions and GlassLewis, a proxy ...

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Manifesting Good Stuff

There were lots of vendors at the Manifest conference, BUT there were fewer shippers. I did see two interesting things: Shared trailer pools. Not like Chep pallets, but I’d say a combination of that and how the railroads share box cars Relay ...

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Breaking down silos to fill the gap between transportation planning and execution

Bridging the gap saves businesses millions on transportation spend. "Kimberly-Clark expects a supply-chain technology upgrade will save the consumer-goods supplier millions of dollars annually while improving product availability."(Logistics ...

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[VIDEO] JB Hunt 3rd Quarter Report - a tough year for trucking

JB Hunt has announced its Revenue yesterday for the third quarter. Intermodal which represents about half the business so year over year, excluding fuel, down 14% in terms of Revenue. Dedicated which is about 28% decline in Revenue, Brokerage really ...

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California Air Resources Board Mandates— We Suffer

The mandate: Port drayage contractors can't register Diesel trucks after this year By 2035, all drayage + package delay + box trucks need to be zero emissions My guess is impossible to implement with current technology: Today California has 272 ...

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Fix the Egos, Then the Highway Infrastructure. How far will Special Interest Groups (FORB) Take their Agendas?

Bismark Bridge

Infrastructure does need to be fixed. Unfortunately, a lot of things stand in the way. Take this example: BNSF wants to spend its own money to replace a 140-year-old Bismarck Rail Bridge over the Missouri River. A special interest group has tied ...

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Infrastructure In Disrepair— Fixing It Is Totally Broken

Infrastructure does need to be fixed. Unfortunately, a lot of things stand in the way. Take this example: BNSF wants to spend its own money to replace a 140-year-old bridge over the Missouri River. A special interest group has tied this up for five ...

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