Traffic World articles from April 2002

Traffic World archives from April 2002

Read his lips. (Editorial).
April 1, 2002... International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa has got to sell his 1.4 million members on a big dues increase. And he's got to sell United Parcel Service on the idea that a resulting increase in union strike benefits will make...

Plotting a comeback: CF chief Blake predicts second-half recovery despite 'fair-game' competition in LTL market. (Up Front).(Consolidated Freightways)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Consolidated Freightways knows about hard times. Founded in the depression year of 1929 by a dreamer named Leland James, CF has thrived through good times and bad. So last year's $104 million loss has to be put in the context of a...

USPS's downward spiral: GAO report finds outlook 'increasingly dire,' business model 'increasingly problematic'. (Washington).(United States Postal Service)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The U.S. Postal Service is begging for money and clinging to life. Its business model is "unsustainable" and its financial outlook is "increasingly dire," according to a wide-ranging report issued by the General Accounting Office. The...

Pain game: Study says strategy that caused semiconductor glut will persist. (Logistics).(Semiconductor industry)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... What goes around comes around. In the semiconductor industry that means inventory gluts as channel masters push the pain of supply-demand imbalances onto other trading partners. A study of these strategies published by the Rancho Santa...

Euro optimism: Stinnes, Kuehne & Nagel bucked 2001 trend, look forward to even better 2002. (Logistics).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Major European logistics providers are managing to weather the economic storm and looking forward to a brighter outlook for growth this year. German logistics group Stinnes AG said the record performance it achieved in fiscal 2001 was...

Computrex targeted: 'We're going after them' for taking assets owed to shippers, bankruptcy trustee says. (Logistics).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The trustee for bankrupt freight payment bureau Computrex Inc. says a proposed settlement with a related company, third-party logistics firm Computrex International, will not prevent lawsuits against the officers, directors and shareholders of...

Cross-Border balancing act. (e-Strategies).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The survivors of the e-tailing shakeout are a hardier bunch and much more savvy about key services such as order fulfillment. The early theory was that just offering products over the Internet would change consumer behavior. Numerous online...

Ford picks GE: GE Fanuc to install worldwide automated manufacturing solution, calls project 'huge'. (Technology).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Ford Motor Co. is automating its manufacturing with supply-chain software from GE Fanuc Automation North America, a joint venture between GE and FANUC Ltd. of Japan. The application suite will automate production scheduling, routing and...

Transportation service provider Associated Global Systems is using Apriva's Freight Tracker solution. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Transportation service provider Associated Global Systems is using Apriva's Freight Tracker solution. Freight Tracker is a wireless solution that provides shipping data, package tracking and driver communications. The two companies worked...

The Armour Swift Eckrich. (Briefs).(software contract)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Armour Swift Eckrich division of ConAgra implemented Vertex Interactive's Java-based warehouse management system, eWMS, at its facility in Quincy, Mich. The division distributes a variety of processed meats. The software will be used to...

Supply-chain software. (Briefs).(introduced by Manugistics Group)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Supply-chain software provider Manugistics Group released a new Service and Parts Management solution suite. The solution is geared for aerospace and defense, automotive, construction and farm machinery, chemicals and energy, communications and...

WTS Agencies. (Briefs).(application software launched)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... WTS Agencies, previously the North American liner business of lnchcape Shipping Services, released WTS-i, an application suite for ocean carriers, freight forwarders and shipping agents over the Internet. The software includes "customer...

TruckStops Routing. (Briefs).(software from Micro-Analytics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... TruckStops Routing and Scheduling Software version 2.7 has new Gantt Charts, the standard bar graphs used to represent the sequences and timing for each routing activity. The new software also now has a onestep process for importing data into...

Electric and gas utility company PSE&G is using SAPConsole from Vertex Interactive. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Electric and gas utility company PSE&G is using SAPConsole from Vertex Interactive. SAPConsole will allow PSE&G users to transfer data from their enterprise software program SAP in real time to their radio frequency devices. Vertex also is...

Advent, New Providence, N.J. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Advent, New Providence, N.J., released HazDocs, a central registry for hazardous document management that can be accessed over the Internet by all supply-chain members. The company currently is working with carriers, shippers and regulatory...

SATO America. (Briefs).(launches new online order processing system)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SATO America introduced SADIe, for SATO direct Internet e-business, its new online order processing system. SADIe is available to authorized resellers through the SATO America website. Resellers now can place and review orders and check...

E-Solution: After the dot-com implosion, Ryder transforms e-Channel service to focus on J-I-T shippers. (Special Report: Trucking Technology).
April 1, 2002... Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a magical way to make money: become a dot-com. That fantasy has vanished and with it many services that were developed to help these companies become even richer. Ryder System's own service for...

Talk is 30 cheap: Nextel makes move into trucking arena; nirvana is promise of freight 'visibility'. (Special Report: Trucking Technology).
April 1, 2002... Wireless communication is not new. Back in the Stone Age, shippers that needed an on-time pickup from their carriers used to send out smoke signals in order to bargain for the lowest rate and fastest delivery from their caves. That was...

Funding a strike?: Teamsters chief Hoffa wants hefty dues hike to build up strike fund, international finances. (Trucking).
April 1, 2002... The Teamsters union, turning up the heat on United Parcel Service in its current contract talks, is seeking an immediate 25 percent dues increase from its 1.4 million members. Teamsters union President James P. "Jimmy" Hoffa, who would be...

Pacer Transport. (Briefs).(announces alliance with Parry Trucking)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Pacer Transport, the flatbed, van and specialized heavy-haul trucking unit of Pacer International, has announced an alliance with Northeast regional van carrier Parry Trucking. Nicholson, Pa. The arrangement provides Pacer Transport, DeSoto,...

The Federal Highway Administration. (Briefs).(2000 edition of Highway Statistics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Federal Highway Administration has released the 2000 edition of Highway Statistics, an annual publication that contains a wide range of information on the nation's roads and highway users. "Highway Statistics is a comprehensive report that...

Phoenix-based Knight Transportation. (Briefs).(quarterly report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Phoenix-based Knight Transportation, a truckload carrier, reported quarterly revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31, before fuel surcharge, increased 15.5 percent to $65.1 million from $56.4 million for the same quarter of 2000. For the 12...

ATA's 'Trucking Army': Trucking will be nation's eyes, ears on the highways, Canary pledges. (Trucking).(American Trucking Association)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The American Trucking Associations is offering the nation's 3.1 million or so long-haul truck drivers to help be the nation's eyes and ears for security on the highways. In a letter to Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, ATA President...

Fuel prices Via E-mail: EIA sends weekly national, regional retail diesel price data over Internet. (Trucking).(Energy Information Administration)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Energy Information Administration, the statistical agency for the Department of Energy, is offering a new wireless e-mail service to the public for receiving weekly national and regional retail diesel fuel price data. The retail diesel...

DAC Services. (Briefs).(merges with STAUnited)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... DAC Services, Tulsa, Okla., a provider of screening services for the trucking industry, recently acquired and merged with STAUnited, a leading provider of drug and alcohol testing services. To reflect the merger, the company has changed its...

Atlanta-based Home Depot has named New England Motor Freight as a core carrier for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Atlanta-based Home Depot has named New England Motor Freight as a core carrier for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. NEMF originally was selected as a Home Depot core carrier in 1907. NEMF picks up both prepaid and collect merchandise...

LeanLogistics. (Briefs).(names Dr. Donald Bowersox to board)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... LeanLogistics, Holland, Mich., a web-based private transportation marketplace, has named Dr. Donald Bowersox to its board of directors. Bowersox has more than 30 years' experience as a consultant to business and government and has authored more...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Elogex. (Briefs).(Hannaford Bros. selects Elogex logistics solution)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Charlotte, N.C.-based Elogex, a provider of collaborative logistics solutions, said that Hannaford Bros., Scarborough, Maine, a grocery retailer, has selected the Elogex solution to optimize its transportation operations while maximizing usage...

Langham. (Briefs).(opens branch office in Newark, N.J.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Langham, an Indianapolis-based transportation, logistics and warehousing company, has opened a branch office in Newark, N.J. According to co-founder and President Cathy Langham, "This is an opportunity for us to expand our tangible presence...

Settling the score: KCS, TMM resolve differences that could include long-rumored buyouts. (Rail & Intermodal).(Kansas City Southern Railway and Grupo Transportacion Maritima Mexicana)
April 1, 2002... Kansas City Southern Railway confirmed last week that it has resolved its lawsuit with Mexican partner Grupo Transportacion Maritima Mexicana "pending procedural matters" that still have to be finalized in Mexico. In addition, the lawsuit may...

Shortline vision: RailAmerica enjoys advantages of world's largest shortline company. (Rail & Intermodal).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... RailAmerica is not out to dominate the shortline industry. Gary M. Spiegel, executive vice president and chief executive officer of shortline company RailAmerica, likes to make that clear when talking about his company's vision for growth...

Duxbury Dead at 80: Former speaker of Minnesota House, 'Dux' lobbied against deregulation. (Rail & Intermodal).(Lloyd Duxbury Jr.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Retired Burlington Northern lobbyist and Harvard-educated Lloyd Duxbury Jr., died March 23 at age 80. Dux, as he was known, was the first Republican elected speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, a post he held for eight years until...

Flying high: FedEx reports $120M profit for its 3Q, despite recession; express volume weak. (Air & Express).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Fueled by tremendous growth at FedEx Ground, FedEx Corp. roared through its fiscal third quarter with improvements in sales and earnings despite a very weak operating environment. The third quarter, ended Feb. 28, produced revenue of $5.02...

What recovery?: Atlas furloughs more pilots, waiting for end of recession, new program payoff. (Air & Express).(plans to release 40 crewmembers )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The U.S. economy may be coming out of its recession but in the international airways where Atlas Air makes its living the picture remains bleak. Atlas Air announced its second round of pilot furloughs last week with plans to release 40...

The WOW factor: Sky Team Cargo and WOW offer cost synergies and global reach beyond that of individual carrier. (Air & Express).(cargo alliances)
April 1, 2002... Cargo alliances finally may be getting it right. After a decade of slow starts and quick deaths among cargo alliances, SkyTeam Cargo and WOW, the new name for NewGlobalCargo, are doing more than just talking. WOW, the alliance of Lufthansa...

DHL returns to Afghanistan: Express carrier to begin weekly service, combining expansion, relief efforts. (Air & Express).(DHL Worldwide Express)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... DHL Worldwide Express returned to the war-torn nation of Afghanistan on March 14 to provide express service after a 15-year hiatus. DHL, the market leader in the Middle East, will begin a weekly freighter service using a Russian-built Antonov...

Airline mechanics reject proposal: Over 80 percent of Teamsters-led mechanics at UPS Airlines vote no on first contract offer. (Air & Express).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The airline mechanics at UPS Airlines rejected the company's first contract offer by a huge margin on March 22, sending both parties back to the bargaining table. The contract offer, hailed as the best in the industry, would have given the...

Gemini Air Cargo. (Briefs).(pilots vote for Air Line Pilots Association representation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Gemini Air Cargo pilots joined competitor Atlas Air by voting for union representation with the Air Line Pilots Association. Of the 286 eligible pilots, 170 voted for ALPA. "Our crewmembers believe membership in ALPA will help to bring needed...

Tea for two: Lipton brews up a new global supply chain, cutting number of shipping line partners. (Maritime).(Company Profile)
April 1, 2002... Tea and global ocean shipping share a long history. The Portuguese may have been the first to bring tea from Asia to Europe, in the 16th century. Tea was the product that transformed the British East India Co., founded in 1600, into an economic...

Bad year, officially: FMC's report to Congress confirms 2001 as among liner shipping's worst; consolidation inevitable. (Maritime).(Federal Maritime Commission)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... It's official. The Federal Maritime Commission's annual report to Congress on the state of the ocean shipping industry confirmed that 2001 was one of the worst on record for carriers. The financial stability of the industry has been shaken to...

Recovery on the way? (Maritime).(Pacific cargo traffic rebounds in early 2002)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... A surge in container traffic through some key ports involved in the Pacific trades is raising hopes that international trade maybe ready to stage a dramatic comeback this year after a disastrous 2001. The Port of Los Angeles recorded a 52...

P&O Nedlloyd posts $20 million loss: Fourth-quarter reversal blamed on falling rates, load factors; 1,000 to be laid off. (Maritime).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Falling rates and load factors are being blamed for the $20 million loss posted by P&O Nedlloyd in the fourth quarter of 2001. The result represented a dramatic reversal from PONL's third-quarter performance when it earned $31 million, and has...

The Japanese shipping company NYK Line. (Briefs).(to use three major ocean shipping e-commerce portals)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Japanese shipping company NYK Line has decided to join all three major ocean shipping portals, Cargo Smart, GT Nexus and INTTRA. According to the company, participating in all three will allow it to offer shippers maximum flexibility in...

Volvo Cars of North America. (Briefs).(to import cars through Brunswick, Georgia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Volvo Cars of North America will move an estimated 30,000 vehicles per year into the United States through the Port of Brunswick, Ga. The automaker plans to start importing cars from Europe through Brunswick's Colonel's Island Auto Facility in...

People Watch.(various hirings and promotions)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... United Parcel Service named David A. Bolger director of public relations in its Washington public affairs office. Safetran System Corp. announced the appointment of Richard Klein as manager of projects and system reliability. N.I....

DOE Diesel Price Index. (Update).(Monday, March 25)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... DOE Diesel Price Index (cents per gallon) Regional Prices for Monday, March 25 REGION 1 128.7 REGION 2 125.9 REGION 3 125.1 REGION 4 129.0 REGION 5 138.6 National Average - 128.1 March 25, 2002 (*)Includes...

Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads. (Update).(table)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads for the week ending March 16, 2002 Traffic Originated Week 11 Ending March 16, 2002 ...

Part of claim remains unpaid. (Q&A).
April 1, 2002... Q: We are a motor carrier broker. Some time ago we had a letter from an authorized motor carrier (Carrier A) stating that another authorized carrier (Carrier B) had "partnered" with it and "has authority to haul under the (Carrier A) name." (We...

Neutered. (The Back Page).
April 1, 2002... The venerable London-based shipping newspaper, Lloyd's List, plans to end a 286-year-old tradition of referring to ships with the pronoun "she" and begin using "it" instead, the Associated Press reported March 20. The change is scheduled to...

Sensible. (The Back Page).
April 1, 2002... A 60-year-old woman in London, who had lived in a Ford Consul automobile for 26 years, recently was evicted and her rusting wreck of a home was towed away as a possible health hazard. The story, as reported by Reuters news service, has a happy...

On the road. (Editorial).(highways need to grow)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 8, 2002... Last month I journeyed back to upstate New York to visit my 80-year-old Dad who is recovering from heart bypass surgery at his home in the Adirondack foothills. It was a slightly disconcerting visit, as I saw the first big change in his...

Muffin mania: Otis Spunkmeyer revamps its supply chain, saves 'millions,' improves customer service. (Up Front).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Three years ago when Todd Stillwell joined Otis Spunkmeyer, a manufacturer and distributor of baked goods, the company did not have a logistics group. "Part of the challenge was how to create that group;' said Stillwell, vice president of...

Framing the debate: chamber study, others face TEA-21 renewal with added security concerns. (Washington).(Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century )
April 8, 2002... As Congress and the administration prepare for next year's reauthorization of the law that determines funding for the nation's surface transportation programs, various policy organizations are getting into position to try to frame the debate....

Bennis joins TSA: USCG Rear Adm. Richard Bennis takes seaport, land transport security portfolio at DOT agency. (Washington).(Transportation Security Administration)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... The U.S. Coast Guard admiral who helped evacuate 500,000 people from lower Manhattan Sept. 11 has been named associate undersecretary of transportation with responsibility for maritime and land security. Rear Adm. Richard E. Bennis, retired,...

Deal breakers: about 70 percent of mergers, acquisitions fail to deliver on value, profit promises, study says. (Logistics).
April 8, 2002... In terms of size and the degree of acrimony involved, the merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. is in a league of its own. However, the continuing battle to bring the two high-tech giants together also underlines the...

Ready, steady, go. (Logistics).(Quaker Oats, PepsiCo merger)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... The Quaker Oats Co. may have merged officially with PepsiCo last year but the fun isn't over yet. The two companies are in the process of revamping their supply chains and changing technology to bring them closer together. It's a merger of...

Food-grade market: Dairy.com online transport market aims at seasonal fluctuations, empty backhauls. (Logistics).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Dairy industry e-marketplace Dairy.com has launched an online transportation market. Shippers of food-grade fluid commodities can post loads on the market and get quotes from a nationwide network of carriers. "At times lack of (carrier)...

Wheatland Tube Co. (Briefs).(contracts with Ryder System Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Wheatland Tube Co., New Jersey-based manufacturer of continuous weld and electric weld tubular products, has selected Ryder System to design and implement a transportation management program. The program is designed to cost-effectively...

Supply-chain services company Strategic Distribution Inc., based on Bensalem, Pa. (Briefs).(cancels contract with Kraft Foods North America)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Supply-chain services company Strategic Distribution Inc., based on Bensalem, Pa., and Kraft Foods North America plan to terminate their industrial supply services agreement that has been in place since 1997. The organizations were unable to...

Des Plaines, Ill.-based third-party provider DSC Logistics has been chosen by the Solo Cup Co. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Des Plaines, Ill.-based third-party provider DSC Logistics has been chosen by the Solo Cup Co. to manage its nationwide supply-chain network. Starting in the first quarter, DSC became the sole logistics provider for Solo's North American...

Nutrinova, Somerset. (Briefs).(partners with ChemPoint.com)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Nutrinova, Somerset, N.J.-based international supplier of specialty ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, has extended its relationship with ChemPoint.com to include Nutrinova's Caromax product line. ChemPoint will...

Soap products manufacturer The Dial Corp. (Briefs).(subscribes to Nistevo Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Soap products manufacturer The Dial Corp. has subscribed to the online logistics network Nistevo. As a member of the network, Dial aims to leverage Nistevo's multitenant software for improved cross-supply-chain visibility, online contract...

GeoLogistics Americas. (Briefs).(moves regional office)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... GeoLogistics Americas, a division of GeoLogistics Corp., has moved its Southern California regional office and logistics center to new and expanded facilities within greater Los Angeles. The new facility, in Torrance, replaces the company's...

Global provider. (Briefs).(ProLogis in Le Havre, France)
April 8, 2002... Global provider of distribution facilities and services ProLogis has completed a sale and lease-back transaction for two buildings totaling 161,458 square feet occupied by 3PL Daher and located at ProLogis Park, Le Havre, France. In addition,...

Houston-based SYSCO Corp. (Briefs).(acquires SERCA Foodservice)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Houston-based SYSCO Corp., North America's largest food service marketer and distributor, has completed the acquisition of SERCA Foodservice from Sobeys Inc. SYSCO and Sobeys also jointly announced the completion of the sale of SERCA's British...

TNT Express. (Briefs).(contract with BMC Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... TNT Express, the Garden City, N.Y.-based express arm of TNT Post Group, has secured a multimillion-dollar distribution contract with BMC Software, one of the world's largest independent software vendors. TNT will be responsible for transporting...

Who gets the dough? (Logistics & the Law).(after bankruptcies are filed)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Bankruptcies have been very much in the news over the past several months. As reported in Traffic World, Computrex and WorldPoint recently have shut down operations, owing millions to carriers in unpaid freight charges. In Computrex, we are...

Slow growth. (e-Strategies).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... In the wood industry, the cutting edge tends to be on the workbench rather than on the frontiers of information technology. But even in this industry, supply-chain collaboration is gaining ground. In terms of e-business the industry is...

Rum running: Brown-Forman uses online Digital Freight service to pare down costs, reduce number of carriers. (Technology).
April 8, 2002... Did pirates worry about rum-running expenses? We don't know, but we do know Brown-Forman Corp. spent a significant amount of time and effort redesigning its distribution network for rum and other alcoholic beverages. Brown-Forman is a...

Visibility software program FedEx InSight now provides visibility for FedEx Ground shipments. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Visibility software program FedEx InSight now provides visibility for FedEx Ground shipments. Customers are notified by e-mail, fax or wireless device of shipping events as they occur. The software provides information on shipment contents,...

Enterprise and supply-chain software provider Baan released iBaan Service Scheduler 2.0. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Enterprise and supply-chain software provider Baan released iBaan Service Scheduler 2.0, an interactive planning and scheduling solution for equipment-related service and maintenance management. The Business Communications unit of Royal Dutch...

Portal and website. (Briefs).(from Sales Online Direct; check out http://www.auctioninc.com/info/page/ship_calculator)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Portal and website developer Sales Online Direct released an online shipping calculator for the U.S. Postal Service and other carriers. Called Alship, the tool calculates package shipping and insurance rates with multiple carriers when an item...

Clicklogistics. (Briefs).(released version 3.0 of Clicklogistics Online)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Clicklogistics released version 3.0 of Clicklogistics Online, a web-native transportation management system. Part of the release is the company's Dynamic Carrier Selection module, which allows shippers to automate their carrier tendering and...

Schneider Logistics. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Schneider Logistics released a new version of its supply-chain management software, MySumit. MySumit functionality included rating, optimization, transportation management and inventory visibility over the Internet. Schneider Logistics is a...

Water distributor. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Water distributor Pure Fact is using UPS Logistics Technologies' Territory Planner software to plan and develop sales territories and routes. The St. Joseph, Mich.-based company expects the software to reduce transportation costs, balance...

Paper and forest. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Paper and forest product exporter to Asia PacMil Logistics is using BridgePoint's ocean-booking module. PacMil is a subsidiary of the logistics solutions subsidiary of the International Paper Pacific Millennium Ltd., a joint venture between...

Insight Network Logistics. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Insight Network Logistics will use software from Simulation Dynamics to reduce delivery times of DaimlerChrysler vehicles. Insight, formed by Union Pacific July 31, 2000. will integrate Supply Chain Builder with Insight's vehicle management...

Trucking company. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Trucking company Venezia Transport Services is using TMW Systems' enterprise software. The software replaces technology from Innovative Computing Corp. and a financial package. Venezia provides dry bulk, tanker, flatbed and van services with...

FuckedCompany. (Destinations).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... http://www.fuckedcompany.com You'd better hope your company doesn't get on this list. This site features rumors and innuendoes about companies that may be about to go under or are otherwise experiencing problems. Mostly there are postings...

Wayback Machine. (Destinations).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... http://www.waybackmachine.org The Wayback Machine is an archive of the Internet put out by the Internet Archive, a public nonprofit created to build a library of the Internet. The site receives data donations from Alexa and others. Too bad...

Efleetmgmt. (Destinations).(advertisement)
April 8, 2002... http://www.efleetmgt.com It's a bird, it's a plane -- it's a training and information resource for transportation professionals. Efleetmgmt.com offers seminars, job postings, news, research, equipment maintenance resources, load matching,...

Bucking heads: OOIDA, Teamsters differ with ATA on best way to screen truck drivers. (Trucking).(Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association, American Trucking Association)
April 8, 2002... The Teamsters union and representatives for the nation's owner-operators are sharply opposing a proposal by the American Trucking Associations that the truck group be given direct access to FBI databases in order to conduct criminal background...

PATT, CRASH team up. (Trucking).(Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... The American trucking lobby faces two of its biggest nemeses in one new Washington-based package. Parents Against Tired Truckers, Lisbon Falls, Maine, and San Francisco-based Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways have created the Truck...

Pacer Transport. (Briefs).(alliance with Parry Trucking)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Pacer Transport, the flatbed, van and specialized heavy-haul trucking unit of Pacer International, has announced an alliance with Northeast regional van carrier Parry Trucking, Nicholson, Pa. The arrangement provides Pacer Transport, DeSoto,...