Traffic World articles from August 2006

Traffic World archives from August 2006

Not so slow?(industry sales and revenue)
August 7, 2006... Reports of a current or pending economic slowdown are piling in faster and faster: someone should tell the nation's LTL carriers, logistics companies and railroads. Despite dire warnings from economists of all stripes, most of the...

Intermodalism for the 21st century.(Commentary)
August 7, 2006... Congestion, competition, capacity, conservation and connectivity are the major challenges facing the U.S. transportation system that can be met with the adoption of a serious commitment to intermodalism. Increased congestion on our...

National Air Cargo.(price gouging investigations)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... National Air Cargo said allegations that it overcharged for military air freight shipments "have no merit" and it is cooperating with an ongoing investigation. Federal agents are looking into accusations by a "whistleblower" former...

Seattle-based forwarder.(Expediters International's sales and earnings)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Seattle-based forwarder Expediters International saw profit jump 53 percent in the second quarter to $56.3 million, on revenue of $1.13 billion. That was slowed from a 70 percent gain in the first quarter, but "you take results like these any...

Manufacturing optimism.(industry forecast)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... The U.S. economy may be headed toward a slowdown, but the manufacturing industry seems to be chugging along, providing a sign of optimism for the second half of the year for the shipping community. While fuel costs are still a concern for...

Worlwide PC shipments hit nearly 55 million units, 11 percent higher than a year ago.(This Week)
August 7, 2006... The market for personal computers looks like it is rebooting, which may lead to more shipping in coming quarters as inventories are cleared out. The research firm Gartner says aggressive inventory clearance and price slashing by the big...

Stepping up: Deutsche Post says DHL has 'stabilized' after stumbling in the U.S., but analysts say it must 'step up' to compete.(Cover story)(Company overview)
August 7, 2006... For most of the past year, DHL Express has been hammered in the United States by service problems stemming from a difficult hub consolidation that cost the company customers and revenue. Now the world's largest expedited carrier says it has...

OOIDA on the border: as DOT prepares pilot program, owner-operators oppose opening U.S. border to Mexican truck drivers.(Department of Transportation)(Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association)
August 7, 2006... Independent truckers are marshalling opposition to a soon-to-be-released Department of Transportation plan-to give Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways. The Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association told the International...

Commissioner Nottingham? Burns, other Senators grill STB nominee on agency's job to stand up for shippers.(Government & Regulation)
August 7, 2006... Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., warned Surface Transportation Board nominee Charles Chip Nottingham that he has low expectations of Nottingham bringing meaningful change for shippers. But, Burns said that wouldn't keep him from voting to...

Arrest at the border.(marijuana smuggling at Texas border crossing )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... It wasn't regular cargo the border dogs smelled. And that wasn't the floor of the truck that the customs inspectors saw. Earlier this month, Customs and Border Protection workers at the Kingsville, Texas, border crossing uncovered 4,227...

Small carriers eye training.(Government & Regulation)
August 7, 2006... Under the microscope following an investigative series by the Miami Herald on air cargo safety, small air cargo carders say they are working to improve pilot training for their industry. The Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association started a...

Brokers want customs attention.(National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Customs brokers want Customs and Border Protection to pay more attention to the little guy. National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America President Mary Jo Munio told a House subcommittee that CBP's popular supply chain...

Wal-Mart fined for hazmat.(Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration fines Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for violating hazardous materials transportation )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Wal-Mart is facing a large federal fine for hazardous materials transportation violations even as the retailing giant faces a separate federal investigation into the way it transports hazmats. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...

Senate passes waterways bill.(water transportation)
August 7, 2006... The Senate this month passed a long-stalled bill that includes funding for numerous inland waterways projects. The barge industry and shippers who move goods on the water are anxious to see the $11.7 billion spending plan move forwarder....

Secure shipments, savings: integrating security, supply chain practices yields maximum efficiency, ROI, says Stanford University.(Logistics & Technology)
August 7, 2006... Supply chain security not only costs shippers--it pays them back, says a study of major shippers and logistics providers. Post-September 11 security initiatives heightened awareness of the vulnerability of modern, extended supply chains to...

ProLogis expands; after projects in Germany, Japan, China, real-estate giant invests nearly quarter of a billion in Mexico.
August 7, 2006... Logistics and distribution real-estate behemoth ProLogis is getting even bigger, announcing huge purchases in Mexico that propel it to the top of that country's logistics industry. ProLogis, a globe-spanning behemoth of industrial real...

Print, send.(Advanced Marketing Services Inc. establishes new division)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Advanced Marketing Services, a custom wholesaling and contract distribution services provider based in San Diego, is launching a new division to offer supply chain expertise to retail and publishing customers. Bluefin Global Logistics will...

Building E2E.(RedPrairie Corp. acquires BlueCube Software)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... RedPrairie completed its acquisition of BlueCube Software. The combined company will integrate and support all products and services from both organizations under RedPrairie's "E2e" (for "end-to-end") optimization software. The company said...

Logistics ramps up; despite fears of slowdown, 3PLs report strong demand for contract logistics, supply chain services.(third party logistics)
August 7, 2006... The slowdown many economists expect hasn't held up the contract logistics industry. Lower-than-expected second quarter profits stung UPS, raising concerns on Wall Street and at many carriers, but third-party logistics providers are...

TransCore buys IntelliTrans.(Logistics & Technology)
August 7, 2006... Commercial vehicle tracking provider TransCore completed its acquisition of IntelliTrans, a track and trace software maker specializing in rail and intermodal applications. Terms of the deal--one of three announced by TransCore parent...

Building room for growth: fast-growing airports are adding new runways, facilities to handle bigger planes, expanding trade with Asia.(Special Report: AIR CARGO UPDATE: TOP AIRPORTS)
August 7, 2006... Airports all over the United States are kicking up dust in a push to add or expand runways, reshape their infrastructure and move up on the list of for cargo as well as passengers. This month, it's the turn of Los Angeles International, the...

Gemini cleared for takeoff; bankruptcy judge approves reorganization plan, but company still faces struggles with freighters, pilots.(Gemini Air Cargo Inc.)
August 7, 2006... Gemini Air Cargo was cleared to take off out of bankruptcy, after a judge overrode objections to approve the company's plan to reorganize under new ownership. However, the Dulles, Va.-based carrier still faces hurdles as it upgrades its...

FedEx renews USPS pact.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
August 7, 2006... FedEx Express and the U.S. Postal Service jumped the gun on renewing their seven-year contract to haul massive volumes of mail by air. On Aug. 1, the two groups said they agreed to a new $8 billion seven-year contract for domestic mail service....

Forward on logistics.(Forward Air Corp.'s sales and earnings)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Air freight trucker Forward Air saw net income jump 8.9 percent to $13.02 million, and said its 12 percent gain in operating revenue to $86.8 million was helped by a big gain from its logistics business. The company operates a national...

More credit for Kitty Hawk.(PNC Financial Services Group Inc. finances Kitty Hawk Aircargo Inc.)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Air cargo carrier Kitty Hawk arranged an expanded $20 million credit line with PNC Bank, saying it will tap the funds both for working capital and to build its expanding expedited airport-to-airport ground freight network. The carrier also...

Atlas Air Worldwide pays off obligations.(Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., credit obligations)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of the Atlas and Polar cargo airlines, said it is tapping into its available cash to pay off aircraft credit obligations on 15 of its 747 freighters. "We are taking advantage of our healthy cash...

No slowdown here: LTL carriers pick up speed in 2Q as demand remains high, capacity tight; benefiting from truckload 'spillover'.(transportation: trucking)(less than truckload)
August 7, 2006... Trucking companies usually are leading indicators of the economy. If freight flow slows, it stands to reason that markets are stagnating and shippers are cutting back. There are various indicators the overall economy, indeed, is cooling,...

Trying turnaround: restructuring at Covenant involves change in freight mix, regional cutbucks, improved truck utilization.(Covenant Transport Inc.)
August 7, 2006... Covenant Transport's year-old effort to improve its operating results remains a work in progress, testing management's pledge to turn things around. The Chattanooga-based truckload carrier is in the midst of an operational restructuring...

IBT prepares UPS freight drive; teamsters will begin push to organize UPS Freight at Indianapolis terminal with 120 drivers, dock workers.(Transportation: Trucking)
August 7, 2006... The Teamsters' first and far only agreed organizing effort at UPS Freight will begin at the carrier's Indianapolis terminal. The launch site of the crucial unionization drive was revealed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters July...

Laboring against rails: locomotive conductors seek shipper alliances in response to one-man crew dispute with railroads.(United Transportation Union)
August 7, 2006... Rail labor is threatening for the first time to break rank with management and support captive shipper efforts to increase competition in the rail industry. The United Transportation Union, which represents locomotive conductors, brakemen...

Loaded tracks: railroads head toward $60 billion year as revenue, volume show no sign of weakening in 2Q results.(transportation: rail and intermodal)
August 7, 2006... Record revenue and volumes show no signs of stopping, according to the second quarter financial results from North America s freight railroads. In addition, analysts say, the railroads' robust financial reports are evidence that a slowing...

Andrew Card joins UP board.(Union Pacific Corp. appoints Andrew H. Card Jr. )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Union Pacific elected former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to its board of directors, a move that added clout to the railroad's already impressive Washington connections but dismayed shippers who feel besieged by UP's market power. ...

STB to assess grain pain.(Surface Transportation Board helds public hearing over grain transportation rates )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public hearing to address grain transportation rates after a government report found grain rates have increased significantly, bucking rail industry trends over the past two decades. A...

Railroads' coal boost.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Report)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... The railroad industry cited positive reports from the Energy Information Administration as evidence of improved performance and in response to sharp criticism from some of their biggest customers. According to the EIA, coal stockpiles at...

Rail's win truckers loss.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Port related opportunities for West Coast truckload carriers could decline due to increased use of the Alameda Corridor by intermodal shippers, according to a recent analyst report by Wachovia Securities. Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF...

Slow recovery for Gulfport: Mississippi port recovers nearly half of pre-Katrina revenue, but reconstruction efforts run short on funds.(Transportation: Maritime)
August 7, 2006... Eleven months ago, the Port of Gulfport was razed by Hurricane Katrina's storm surge. Today, the port has made phenomenal progress toward a comeback, but it now faces a critical shortage of money in its reconstruction efforts. On Aug. 29,...

OOIL to sell terminal unit; growing division has assets at ports of Vancouver, New York; price, timeline for sale not announced.(Orient Overseas International Ltd. to sell its division)
August 7, 2006... Amid a red-hot seller's market, Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. unveiled plans to sell its terminal division. The Hong Kong-based parent of Orient Overseas Container Line said following a strategic review of its terminal assets, it...

Boxes shift south on West Coast.(marine terminals and railroads forecast)
August 7, 2006... The shift in West Coast container volume from the Pacific Northwest to California could serve as a warning to railroads and marine terminal operators that additional capacity will be needed in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland as the peak...

Container line fined for damage in California.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fines All Oceans Transportation, Italia Marritema and Yang Ming Transport)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... A container ship company that damaged a marine ecosystem when a ship lost 15 containers overboard will pay a record $3.25 million fine for the damage. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration levied the fine on the owners of Mud...

VHI.(David A. Gee appointed)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... VHI, a Chester, Va.-based a third party transportation management firm, named David A. "Bruce" Gee its new president. Gee previously served as chief financial officer of the company. Before that he was general manager for five years.

American Road and Transportation Builders Association.(Jerry Doremus promoted)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... The American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, promoted Jerry Doremus to the newly created position of chief information officer. Doremus joined ARTBA in 2000 and most recently served as director of internet services....

Associated Global Systems.(Ken Goich appointed)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Associated Global Systems, New Hyde Park, N.Y., named Ken Goich district manager in Newark, N.J. Goich had been a station manager for DHL Express in the Philadelphia region and worked for UPS in New Jersey before that.

Samuel Shapiro & Co.(Wayne Marlin, and Mary Miller appointed)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Samuel Shapiro & Co, Baltimore, named Mary Miller director of people strategy, a position running human resources at the customer broker and forwarder. She had been president of Equinox Group, a consulting firm in human resources based in...

BDP International.(Richard J. Bolte Jr. promoted, Albert J. Fenaroli appointed)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... BDP International, a Philadelphia-based global logistics and transportation services company, named Richard J. Bolte Jr. chief executive officer in addition to his responsibilities as president. Albert J. Fenaroli was named chairman emeritus of...

Air Tiger Express USA.(James Demoney and Art Samuelson promoted)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Air Tiger Express USA, the New York-based forwarder, named James Demoney vice president of sales and marketing USA. Demoney has more than 21 years of airline and freight forwarding experience, and most recently served as its Phoenix station...

JDA Software.(Philip Boland promoted)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... JDA Software, a provider of supply chain management software, promoted Philip Boland to senior vice president for worldwide consulting services. Boland will be responsible for the company's Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa and...

U-Freight.(David Dai and Alex Wong promoted)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... U-Freight, the international freight forwarding and logistics group, promoted David Dai to vice president, corporate accounts, of U-Freight China. Alex Wong has also joined the China team as senior project manager. Wong has worked for U-Freight...

MOL.(promotions and appointments)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... MOL named Louis Tang general manager of the Asia Regional Center for Europe-Mediterranean trade. Tang succeeds Shoji Okamoto, who will transfer to MOL's Strategic Planning and Asset Management Group in Tokyo. David Prado was named general...

"K" Line.(appointment of Shigeru Soda as a managing director )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... "K" Line appointed Shigeru Soda managing director and chief executive of London-based "K" Line (Europe) and "K" Line Holding (Europe). Soda previously served as managing director for "K" Line's coal and iron ore carrier group. He replaces...

American Commercial Lines.(appointments)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, Ind., named W.N. Whitlock executive vice president, government affairs. Whitlock has been with the company since 1982, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief operating officer of ACL....

U.S. Lines.(appointments)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... U.S. Lines, Santa Ana, Calif., beefed up its commercial team as it prepares to start its U.S. West Coast/Australasia/Asia service. Tom Lynch has been appointed vice president of sales for the Midwest and Gulf regions. Lynch has held management...

Yeager receives doctorate.(Phil Yeager received an honorary doctorate from the Intermodal Transportation Institute )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Hub Group Chairman Phil Yeager received an honorary doctorate from the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver this month for creating and building what is considered the first intermodal freight marketing company, or...

National & regional averages: July 31, 2006.(DOE Diesel Price Index)
August 7, 2006... United States $2.980 East Coast $2.958 Midwest $2.988 Gulf Coast $2.925 Rocky Mountain $3.052 West Coast $3.066 Note: Table made from bar graph.

TW Calendar.(Calendar)
August 7, 2006... AUGUST 7. 9th Annual NEOTEC Logistics Conference and Golf Open (Northeast Ohio Trade & Economic Consortium), Kent, Ohio. (330) 672-4080 or www.neotec.org. 23-24. WCBF's 3rd Annual Six Sigma Sales and Marketing Conference, Chicago....

Shipper billed on freight collect shipment.(Q&A)(Interview)
August 7, 2006... Q: I received notice from a collection agency asking for payment on a freight bill from May 2004. We sold a load of goods f.o.b. origin, freight collect. We shipped it as a customer pickup since the customer arranged for the carrier. We...

Wal-Mart.(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... WAL-MART. Tough shopping day recently for a Central Florida man at a Wal-Mart. He reached into a plant at the garden department and got bit by a snake. We know a logistics provider who knows how he feels.

Fusion.(The BackPage)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... FUSION. The Department of Homeland Security is hard at work creating 38 "fusion" centers where analysts will try to push intelligence toward other agencies, law enforcement officials and others. This is the latest success story from the DHS...

Behave.(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... BEHAVE. The two young children of Surface Transportation Board nominee Chip Nottingham were almost too good to be true. The boys, both younger than 10, were impeccably dressed in classic preppy attire and sat quietly and still for more than...

Sir.(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... SIR. Speaking of Nottingham, thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Nottingham, wherever they are, for naming their son Chip Nottingham. At his old Virginia DOT home, they prefer to call him Sir Chip. We prefer Lord Nottingham. No one has yet called him...

Sit Down.(The BackPage)
August 7, 2006... SIT DOWN. DHS officials love to talk about "standing up" the TSA. In the interest of simplifying government, we propose moving to the word "creating."

Sour Grapes.(The BackPage)(National Association of Manufacturers)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... SOUR GRAPES. The National Association of Manufacturers, representing many large shippers, saw fit to tell the world it was pulling its sponsorship of the National Manufacturing Week trade show. Why? Because the trade show was sold and the new...

Transport politics.(safety of logistics and transportation industry)
August 14, 2006... It's said politics and religion are two topics best avoided in polite conversation. They're also topics best left at the loading dock door as far as transportation and logistics is concerned. That's worked well for the modern history of...

A seven-cent increase in diesel prices last week may be only the start of bad news.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... A seven-cent increase in diesel prices last week may be only the start of bad news at the pump for transportation operators and shippers. With the price of oil shooting up toward $79 a barrel last week in the wake of the shutdown of a key...

New York's Republican Gov. George Pataki.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... New York's Republican Gov. George Pataki, wants commercial trucks to play a key role in addressing the nation's energy concerns. Pataki said transportation uses 70 percent of the fuel consumed in the United States and called on the federal...

Imports to grow slow.(This Week)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... High oil prices and rising interest rates are putting the brakes on a robust economy and will eventually slow the growth of imports hitting U.S. ports. In its Mid-Year Outlook for Containerized Trade, PIERS said containerized imports will...

Semiconductor users are placing smaller, more frequent orders to capitalize on dropping prices.(This Week)(Intel Corp.)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Semiconductor giant Intel's overstock of chip is causing global stockpiles to rise to their highest levels in two years, but unlike in previous years, the industry doesn't seem too worried. iSuppli, in its Semiconductor Inventory Tracker...

Wal-Mart tags up; retailer touts RFID program's success, says more suppliers joining inventory tracking project.(Cover story)
August 14, 2006... Radio frequency identification technology promises shippers and their logistics partners better inventory management, reduced stockouts and shrinkage, protection from counterfeiting and many other benefits across the supply chain. Too often,...

Congress passes pension bill; carriers hail pension reform plan, but Teamsters decry 'red zone' impact on retiring workers.(Government & Regulation)
August 14, 2006... Trucking companies are praising a pension bill that awaits a signature from President Bush. Not so pleased are many truck drivers, particularly unionized drivers who had hoped for an early retirement. The pension reform bill marked the...

Airlines blast security rule; Cargo Airline Association, others say expense, timing of Dec. 1 rule weigh on air carriers.(Government & Regulation)
August 14, 2006... As the Transportation Security Administration closed the door on comments on its new air cargo security rule, a key segment of the industry protested the rule's haste and its cost. The Cargo Airline Association, which represents industry giants...

GAO studies transport financing.(Government & Regulation)(Government Accountability Office)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... At the direction of a key member of Congress with influence on transportation, the Government Accountability Office will study the future of the federal role in financing freight infrastructure projects. The GAO is just beginning work on...

Senate OKs nominees.(Government & Regulation)(transportation officials)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... The Senate this month confirmed four nominees for transportation-related positions in the Bush administration. Several of the nominees had been under a "hold" reportedly placed by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. John Hill, already a top official...

Shippers back security bill.(Government & Regulation)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Hoping to end congressional gridlock, a coalition that includes many shippers is asking the Senate to take action on its port security bill. The Supply Chain Security Coalition sent a letter to the Senate's two top leaders, Majority Leader Bill...

Fishbone or wishbone? Study says new warehouse layouts can improve pick efficiency 20 percent, but warehouses resist change.(Logistics & Technology)
August 14, 2006... Two university professors who developed warehouse layout designs they claim can improve pick efficiency 11 to 20 percent are trying to get major retailers to give their ideas a test drive. However, they're finding innovation can be a hard sell...

Middle East logistics threat: broader Middle East conflict would threaten Persian Gulf logistics investments, facilities.(economic aspects of logistics and shipping)
August 14, 2006... The war between Israel and Hezbollah could affect logistics and shipping well beyond the battle zones in Lebanon and Israel, a British transportation research firm warns. Plans to turn the Persian Gulf into a major global logistics hub...

I2 revenue dips.(Logistics & Technology)
August 14, 2006... I2 Technologies' gross revenue for second quarter plunged almost 30 percent, to $64.7 million, compared with the same period last year, and the company said it expects full-year revenue to be lower than last year. Software licensing and...

DP Partners expands Chicago DC.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Expressing confidence in the health of Midwest U.S. distribution markets, developer DP Partners broke ground on a second speculative building at its LogistiCenter at the Chicago-area Sauk Village industrial park. The new...

Buying a jumpstart: refrigerated truckload giant FFE Industries plans trucking acquisitions as it tries to defrost revenue.(Transportation: Trucking)
August 14, 2006... Frozen Foods Express Industries, fresh from an internal billing practices investigation and boasting a clean balance sheet, is looking for a few good companies to buy. "We're in a good position to finance a reasonably sized acquisition or...

A 'sinfully profitable' business.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... There's nothing like a government job to stoke revenue. As with other trucking companies, refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries provided critical freight capacity for the Gulf Coast following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita last...

Fuel shortages rattle truckers; shortages in several Western states blamed on distribution difficulties, preparations for ULSD.(Transportation: Trucking)(ultra low sulfur diesel )
August 14, 2006... Truckers in several Western states came up high and dry at the fuel pump in early August as refinery and pipeline troubles led to diesel shortages and rationing. For shippers, that could mean another unwelcome bump in fuel surcharges. Carriers...

Pricing power lifts quality: net income doubles in 2Q despite flat volumes, costly chemical release at QualaWash facility.(Transportation: Trucking)(Quality Distribution Inc.)
August 14, 2006... Strong pricing drove Quality Distribution further down the road of consistent profitability in the second quarter. Company officials said an average price increase of 7 percent, year over year, in trucking operations was behind the...

ATA unveils small carrier program.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Small trucking companies will be eligible for fuel and equipment rebates and various discounts under a new membership program unveiled by the American Trucking Associations. The ATA Small Carrier Program targets motor carriers earning $11...

Truck tonnage slips.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Truck tonnage slipped at the end of the second quarter after two months of gains in a new sign of a slowing freight economy. The American Trucking Associations said its seasonally adjusted, for-hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.7 percent in...

Logistics in demand: with supply chains a competitive weapon, corporations are scouring campuses for talent to manage everything from global networks to regional distribution chains.(Special Report: LOGISTICS EDUCATION GUIDE & DIRECTORY)
August 14, 2006... Waves of inbound containers crowding into U.S. ports are sending ripples all the way to the classroom, raising the profile of logistics education programs nationwide. As manufacturers extend supply lines, craft global procurement...

'06 Logistics education directory.(Special Report: LOGISTICS EDUCATION GUIDE & DIRECTORY)(Directory)
August 14, 2006... Many universities and colleges now offer programs in supply chain management, transportation and logistics. This directory is a state-by-state listing of schools that offer specific degrees relating to logistics or supply chain management and...