Traffic World articles from February 2002

Traffic World archives from February 2002

You've got junk. (Editorial).(spam messages in electronic mail advertising)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... I was chatting with a number of marketing folks from logistics technology companies in Chicago two weeks ago when the conversation turned to marketing via e-mail. In the Windy City for a supply-chain executive roundtable organized by my friends...

Where's the money?: Auditors say Computrex was on brink 2 years ago; juggling of carrier payment float funds kept firm alive. (Up Front).(cash flow problems lead to bankruptcy)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2002... Bankrupt freight payment bureau Computrex Inc.'s former logistics division, which was spun off last spring as a separate company called Computrex International Inc., was responsible for substantial losses at the combined company. Computrex...

DM&E a done deal?(Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad rail line)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Last week the Surface Transportation Board gave its final approval for the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's 280-mile rail line into the Powder River Basin coal fields. But the project isn't quite in the clear as there will be at least one...

Making a wish list: ATA seeks 'commonsense' changes in 2003 highway reauthorization volley. (Washington).(American Trucking Associations seeks transportation agency regulations)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2002... Throwing out a wish list that it hopes will stick when the highway reauthorization bill is finalized next year, the American Trucking Associations said it is seeking reform of current regulations on truck sizes and weights. Largely frozen...

Adding value. (e-strategies).(profile, Synergy Brands Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2002... It seems like an age since dot-coms were threatening to disintermediate distributors. The argument was that the new breed of online traders, unencumbered by inventory and lots of physical assets, would provide buyers with a direct route to...

Promoting new growth: Small but flexible Mohawk Paper Mills invests in technology to stay ahead of curve. (Logistics).(contracts with Logility to implement planning and management software)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Consolidating markets tend to favor big players but small companies can compete providing they have the flexibility and agility to find the gaps in demand. Mohawk Paper Mills, a Cohoes, N.Y.-based privately owned manufacturer of premium...

BAX Global. (Briefs).(hires executives from DSL)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... BAX Global is expanding its ocean forwarding services with a new consolidation product for U.S. importers in the Asia Pacific trades. To help direct the expanded ocean services, BAX has hired three executives from DSL, an ocean freight...

Exel is expanding its sea freight forwarding business through the acquisition of U.S. Consolidation Ltd. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Exel is expanding its sea freight forwarding business through the acquisition of U.S. Consolidation Ltd., one of Asia's largest consolidators, specializing in services to U.S. importers sourcing goods from Hong Kong and southern China. No...

Online ocean freight service INTTRA increased its coverage in the African trades with the signing of Hamburg-based Deutsche-Afrika Linien. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Online ocean freight service INTTRA increased its coverage in the African trades with the signing of Hamburg-based Deutsche-Afrika Linien. The 100-year-old shipping line, which offers regular liner services between Europe and most of the...

The Body Shop and Danzas North America have expanded their global logistics alliance to include surface transportation and import brokerage services throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Hair and skin products retailer The Body Shop and Danzas North America have expanded their global logistics alliance to include surface transportation and import brokerage services throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Under the new...

Looking for an edge. (Career Advancement).(advice for people seeking employment in the logistics industry)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... In response to a recent column about logistics careers and what a disastrous year 2001 was for recruiters and job seekers, William Conroy, president of Tyler Search Consultants, wrote to make a salient point: that in tough economic times, both...

'Dismal' economy's toll: LTL earnings plummet in 2001 freight recession; Overnite bucks trend with slight rise in net income. (Motor).
February 4, 2002... Not many Americans would rank 2001 as a great year. Certainly most LTL carrier executives are glad it's over. As most of the major publicly held LTL carriers report fourth-quarter and full-year results, it's clear that a combination of...

Big changes at USF: Daylight president, Coo Waggoner moves in as senior exec reporting to Skinner, Fasso resigns. (Special Report: LTL Update).
February 4, 2002... There are major managerial and operational changes at USFreightways, Rosemont, Ill., a group of five regional trucking companies that collectively is the fifth-largest LTL operation in the country. USF President and CEO Samuel K. Skinner said...

A shell of its former self: Emery to focus on profitable international freight with just enough domestic business to support it. (Air).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Emery Worldwide has suffered through its share of dismal years but none quite so dismal as 2001. Emery is now a shell of its former self, just an operating subsidiary inside a fledgling new company. Its airline is gone (save contract...

It's good to be UPS: UPS closes on 2nd most profitable year in its history despite recession, Sept. 11.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... A late burst in holiday buying sent United Parcel Service's fourth-quarter results soaring above expectations to close out the second most profitable year in its history -- this in a deep recession coupled with the events of Sept. 11. UPS...

Los Angeles International Airport. (Briefs).(cargo handled at LAX is the same amount as 1998)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2002... Los Angeles International Airport handled the same amount of cargo last year as in 1998. Cargo traffic fell 13 percent to 1.95 million tons in 2001 from 2.25 million tons in 2000. The airport handled approximately 80 percent of the air freight...

Atlas Air. (Briefs).(expected to sign its first labor contract with pilots)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Atlas Air is one step closer to having its first union contract. The airline and its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, signed a tentative agreement on Jan. 25 after 21 months of hard negotiations. The airline characterized...

Priority Mail. (Briefs).(usage dropped after September 11, 2001)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Priority Mail volumes fell 17 percent and revenue tumbled nearly 4 percent, according to first-fiscal-quarter (Sept. 8-Nov. 30) data released by the U.S. Postal Service. In the wake of Sept. 11 and the subsequent anthrax scare, USPS saw...

Scraping the barrel: Railroads hold their own in 4th quarter but analysts wonder whether efficiencies have been tapped out. (Rail).(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
February 4, 2002... Despite a recession and low freight volumes, most Class 1 railroads again were able to lower operating ratios in the fourth quarter while continuing to make service improvements. But the ability to extract efficiencies from operations is...

Texas proposes to build a multiuse transportation corridor that would incorporate roads. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Texas proposes to build a multiuse transportation corridor that would incorporate roads, high-speed freight and commuter rail, water lines, oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and telecommunications lines. The Trans Texas...

Union Pacific Railroad. (Briefs).(possible lay-offs predicted)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Union Pacific Railroad said at its recent fourth-quarter analysts meeting that it would eliminate up to 2,000 positions this year depending on how the economy fares. "Labor as a percentage of revenue is still running higher than before" the...

Rail shippers contributed $600,000 of the $6 million needed to restore 94 miles of track owned by the Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority between Nor-wood and Hanley Falls, Minn. (Briefs).(Twin Cities & Western Railroad)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Rail shippers contributed $600,000 of the $6 million needed to restore 94 miles of track owned by the Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority between Nor-wood and Hanley Falls, Minn. The Minnesota state government provided the bulk of the...

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's plan to construct a 7.5-mile rail line between Seadrift and Kamey. (Briefs).
February 4, 2002... Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's plan to construct a 7.5-mile rail line between Seadrift and Kamey. Texas, 120 miles south-west of Houston, was approved by the Surface Transportation Board. The line will give a Union Carbide Corp....

Twelve AFL-CIO rail unions have filed suit to block a recent Amtrak Reform Council assessment report to Congress on the nation's passenger rail system. (Briefs).
February 4, 2002... Twelve AFL-CIO rail unions have filed suit to block a recent Amtrak Reform Council assessment report to Congress on the nation's passenger rail system, asserting that ARC has "acted in an arbitrary and capricious" manner. ARC recommends...

Raising the flag: New Marad chief Schubert vows to reverse decline, restore vitality of merchant marine. (Water).
February 4, 2002... The newly installed head of the Maritime Administration has pledged to move the U.S. shipping industry forward and reverse the unprecedented decline in the U.S. merchant marine over the last 10 years. "The vitality of U.S.-flag shipping is...

Cargo security challenge: Villalon calls for sharper focus by logistics infrastructure against 'cargo terrorism'. (Water).
February 4, 2002... Global logistics service networks can play a critical role in helping shippers improve security of shipments to protect against terrorism, according to an APL Logistics executive. "The logistics infrastructure is principally designed to...

Tougher stowaway rules: IMO says crackdown on stowaways not an excuse to violate human rights. (Water).(International Maritime Organization )
February 4, 2002... The International Maritime Organization has established new, tougher regulations to prevent stowaways from gaining access to commercial vessels. The new rules, which will go into effect at the beginning of 2003, require IMO member states...

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (Briefs).(offers transatlantic service)
February 4, 2002... Mediterranean Shipping Co. began a new transatlantic service and Latin American service from the Port of Savannah, Ga., Feb. 1. The first service links Savannah with ports in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe; the second calls on Freeport,...

The Port of Long Beach. (Briefs).(throughput declines)
February 4, 2002... The Port of Long Beach posted a 3 percent decline in container throughput last year, including a substantial 8.8 percent decrease in exports. But according to Richard D. Steinke, the port's executive director, December's figures, which showed a...

Buying its own: PeopleSoft to acquire spun-off Momentum Business Applications for $90 million. (Technology).
February 4, 2002... Enterprise application provider PeopleSoft is purchasing spin-off Momentum Business Applications for approximately $90 million in stock. The transaction is expected to close March 31. According to Momentum's website, the company was formed...

Rail technology advances: Major railroads announce new technology releases, implementations and services. (Technology).
February 4, 2002... Technology subsidiaries of several railroads -- Union Pacific Railroad Corp., CSX Corp. and Canadian National Railway -- recently announced new technology releases, implementations or services. Timera, formerly known as PS Technology, is...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. (Traffic World Destinations).(new services)
February 4, 2002... January may be the month for air transportation. Several companies announced new services for their customers, including those at right, In addition, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines hired Accenture to jointly develop and maintain web-enabled...

Pilot Air Freight. (Traffic World Destinations).(new Internet services)
February 4, 2002... http://www.pilotair.com. Pilot Air Freight, a transportation and logistics company based in Lima, Pa., announced a new online service, Co-Pilot. Customers can get quotes, book shipments, track their shipments, receive automatic e-mail...

Hassett Air Express. (Traffic World Destinations).(courier launches Web site)
February 4, 2002... http://www.hassettair.com Elmhurst, III.-based Hassett Air Express has launched a new website. That includes My H-Trac, an area of the site for customers to request pickups, get quotes, track freight and create reports online 24 hours a...

Boing Co. (Traffic World Destinations).(offers aircraft owners' web site)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... http://www.myboeingfleet.com The Boeing Co. has launched a new website geared for airplane owners and operators and maintenance, repair and overhaul operators. The site, created by Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, provides customers...

Shipping exec John Farrell dies.(former president of International Terminal Operating Co.)(Obituary)
February 4, 2002... John Joseph Farrell, 71, former president of International Terminal Operating Co., New York, died Jan. 21 at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick, N.J. Born in West Orange, N.J., Farrell lived in Millburn, N.J., for 35 years...

Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads Traffic Originated Week 3 Ending January 19, 2002 ...

Time limit for overcharge claims. (Q & A).(railroads overcharging for delayed shipments of goods)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Q: We have discovered that a major railroad has been overcharging us on demurrage for some time due to their inaccurate record keeping and computation of demurrage expenses. They have acknowledged their error and agree with us that we have a...

Good defense. (The Back Page).(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... The Coast Guard h d a game plan of its own Super Bowl Su day. To prevent terrorist attacks, the Coast Guard set up a 5.6-mile security zone on the Mississippi River and took several steps to control river traffic from 5 p.m. Feb. 1 through 9...

Lost. (The Back Page).(Chinese tanker lost in the English Channel with 30,000 tons of aviation fuel)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Remember Wrong Way Corrigan? He may have a successor in "Wrong Way Zheng," the Chinese captain who took a tanker filled with 30,000 tons of highly explosive aviation fuel the wrong way up the English Channel. Zheng, captain of the Asia Lion,...

Future is bright. (TW Editorial).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 11, 2002... You might not know it from reading the rest of this issue of Traffic World, but I think the worst of this recession is over and total recovery will be on the way by summer. Whenever I speak with readers or advertisers, I am asked my...

Black eye: Intermodal marketing company's bankruptcy has carriers fighting shippers for payment. (Up Front).(bankruptcy of RISS/USSI and its parent, WorldPoint Logistics Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... Fresh on the heels of the Enron collapse and the Computrex Inc. failure, the bankruptcy of intermodal marketing company RISS/USSI and its parent, WorldPoint Logistics Inc., has turned into a financial debacle of its own. With WorldPoint...

Budget brouhaha: Congress, truckers, road builders promise fight to restore $9.1 billion in 'lost' highway funding. (Washington).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... In words that even President Bush might understand, the highway and trucking lobby in Washington had this reaction to his proposed $2.13 trillion budget: "Over our dead bodies." It's not that the highway lobbyists object to the $2.13...

Shipper's day at STB: Atlanta court orders Levolor, UPS to resolve collection dispute at STB.(Surface Transportation Board)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... A federal court in Atlanta has stayed a lawsuit by United Parcel Service against a shipper and ordered both parties to resolve the collection dispute before the Surface Transportation Board. Judge G. Ernest Tidwell of U.S. District Court...

Ready, get set: Teamsters, UPS differ on contract duration, promise 'reasonable' dialogue as talks begin. (Washington).(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... Representatives from the Teamsters union and United Parcel Service met in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11 to launch negotiations for a new contract. The first element of discord between the Teamsters and UPS is the length of that contract, which will...

Taking stock: Wal-Mart's entry into the grocery business prompted many supply-chain changes. (Logistics).
February 11, 2002... Beyond today's specials, a visit to the supermarket holds few surprises. But behind the shelves, change is the order of the day in a fiercely competitive market. As Kmart's recent bankruptcy under-scores, in the retail market laggards are...

U-Freight. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... U-Freight has launched a dedicated logistics subsidiary headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., that initially will target customers in the electronics and computer industries. U-Freight Logistics will utilize the parent group's computerized...

Seven major e-marketplace operators have come together to form the Global Interoperability Group. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Seven major e-marketplace operators have come together to form the Global Interoperability Group, a network of horizontal marketplaces within the Global Trading Web Association. The GTWA is the world's largest business-to-business Internet...

International marketer. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... International marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural and food products, Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc., has formed a joint venture with supply-chain consulting firm Radian Group, called Radian Group LLC. In addition to owning a...

Worcester, Mass.-based TI Logistics. (Briefs).(expansion program)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Worcester, Mass.-based TI Logistics, a transportation and distribution company, has embarked on a $12 million expansion program with the purchase of a 37-acre tract of land in Oxford, Mass. TI is developing a 380,000-square-foot food-grade...

Exel is expanding its sea freight forwarding business through the acquisition of U.S. Consolidation Ltd. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Exel is expanding its sea freight forwarding business through the acquisition of U.S. Consolidation Ltd., one of Asia's largest consolidators, specializing in services to U.S. importers sourcing goods from Hong Kong and southern China. No...

BAX Global. (Briefs).(expanding services)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... BAX Global is expanding its ocean forwarding services with a new consolidation product for U.S. importers in the Asia Pacific trades. To help direct the expanded ocean services, BAX has hired three executives from DSL, an ocean freight...

Still the same: i2, Manugistics continue to lead as supply-chain software providers. (Technology).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... i2 Technologies and Manugistics Group continue to lead the pack as supply-chain software providers. Although both have experienced rocky times as the economy turned south, the fortunes of the two appear to be slowly changing for the better....

Not a quick fix: AMR Research details the slow pace of implementing supply-chain software.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... It's not a quick fix. After surveying 100 U.S. companies with supply-chain management applications, AMR Research concluded that for most users it takes time to implement and see results from supply-chain software, with typical projects taking...

Automatic payment: Freight payment systems fit the bill in increasingly complex information age. (Special Report: Technology Report).(Use of automated freight-payment systems)
February 11, 2002... What does a company do when it has too little time and too much paper? Answer: automate. Many companies have automated their freight-payment systems after a frustrating time trying to get their bills paid on time. The result is better data at a...

United service front: Cargo chief Gibson's job is to fix service, redefine division as year-long slide continues. (Air).(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... United Airlines Cargo lost 36 percent of its revenue in the fourth quarter, continuing on a downward slide that has gripped the company for the last year. United's transition from a combination carrier with a freighter fleet to a belly-only...

Correction.(FedEx Ground's volume growth at 10.8% in second quarter)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
February 11, 2002... FedEx Ground's volume growth was up 10.8 percent in its second fiscal quarter United Parcel Service's average daily volume for deferred air was 1,089,000 . Both were misstated in a chart on page 25 of the Feb. 4 issue. We regret the errors.

BAX bouncing back: Retooled and profitable for first time since 1999, BAX is ready for economy to turn up. (Air).(BAX Global reports $2 mn profit in fourth quarter on $457.3 mn in revenue for 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... BAX Global made a profit (albeit a small one) in the fourth quarter, the first since the final quarter of 1999. While the economy and the events of Sept. 11 certainly took their toll on BAX, the company believes it is in the right position once...

Airborne up for quarter: Small profit doesn't overcome loss of $19.5 million for year, but it helps. (Air).(Chairman Robert S. Cline and vice-chairman Robert G. Brazier will retire)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... It is the end of an era. After more than a combined 70 years with Airborne Express, Chairman Robert S. Cline and Vice Chairman Robert G. Brazier are retiring. Clime and Brazier created the Airborne Express of today and have steered the...

'Modest expectations': Atlas Air flew into a $62.9 million loss in 2001 but believes it is set to weather 2002 challenges. (Air).(Reports 2001 operating revenue of $763.8 mn)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... Atlas Air closed the books on the most difficult year in its history; ending 2001 with a $62.9 million loss. In 2000 the company made $85.3 million. Year-end operating revenue fell to $763.8 million from $790.5 million in 2000. The...

Waiting for a rebound: USF's Skinner 'cautiouly optimistic' on recovery in mid-year; Werner defies truckload dip. (Motor).(USFreightways reports earnings of $43.4 mn on $2.46 bn revenue for 2001)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... When is it coming? Trucking executives, who privately say they see nothing resembling an economic recovery in their weekly January freight figures, now are betting on a midyear recovery to boost the industry's sagging fortunes. Some...

Getting connected: STB approves DM&E coal transportation project; court appeals, financing await. (Rail).(Surface Transportation Board approves Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's coal transportation service)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... On Jan. 30 the Surface Transportation Board gave its final approval for the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's 280-mile rail line into the Powder River Basin coal fields. The next step for DM&E is to secure financing and partnerships for...

Olympic hazard: UP says Teamsters using rail safety at Olympics to stir up Overnite debate. (Rail).(Hazardous materials transport safety)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Rail cars filled with hazardous materials are passing over Union Pacific Railroad tracks within blocks of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which began Feb. 8. Is this unsafe in light of the heightened security concerns following...

A really big deal: Nortel outsources global logistics management to Swiss-based Kuehne & Nagel as 4PL. (International).(Kuehne and Nagel buys global logistics management business from Nortel Networks)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Canada's largest technology company, Nortel Networks, is selling its global logistics management business to Swiss-based Kuehne & Nagel, which will operate it as a fourth-party logistics provider, overseeing the communications equipment maker's...

A steel curtain?: Ports, steel users say protecting U.S. steel industry would hurt far more than it helps. (Water).(American steel companies, jobs undermined by imported steel)(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... A trade dispute over imported steel could create widespread "collateral damage" in other U.S. industries, including the loss of thousands of jobs in the maritime sector, according to the Free Trade in Steel Coalition. The group, which includes...

Piracy gets organized: Pirate attacks decline but highjackings double indicating rising involvement of organized crime. (Water).(Organized crime adds to ship hijackings)(International Pages)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... The number of pirate attacks against commercial ships fell 27 percent last year to 335, and the number of seafarers killed dropped even more dramatically from 72 in 2000 to 21 last year. But maritime officials still are not ready to claim they...

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (Briefs).(New transatlantic service from Port of Savannah, Ga)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Mediterranean Shipping Co. began a new transatlantic service and Latin American service from the Port of Savannah, Ga., Feb. 1. The first service links Savannah with ports in the United Kingdom and northern Europe; the second calls on Freeport,...

United Arab Shipping Co. (Briefs).(Buys stake in online shipping industry portal)(International Pages)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... United Arab Shipping Co., which joined Inttra last November, has decided to take an equity stake in the online shipping industry portal. The company, based in Kuwait, joins major container lines such as Maersk-Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd, as well...

The U.S. Customs Service. (Briefs).(Cocaine seizures double)(Government Activity)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... The U.S. Customs Service reports that seizures of cocaine have more than doubled and the amount of heroin confiscated has increased twenty-fold since the agency went on its highest state of alert following the Sept. 11 attacks. "The increased...

Online ocean freight. (Briefs).(Deutsche-Afrika Linien joins Inttra)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Online ocean freight service Inttra increased its coverage in the African trades with the signing of Hamburg-based Deutsche-Afrika Linien. The 100-year-old shipping line, which offers regular liner services between Europe and most of the...

American President Lines. (Briefs).(New subsidiary at Riga, Latvia)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... American President Lines has established a subsidiary, APL Latvia SIA, and opened a new office in the Baltic port of Riga, Latvia, which "underscores the growing potential" of the region, according to APL executives. "We are firm believers that...

Market report. (Update).(diesel fuel, crude oil)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... Market Report DOE Diesel Price Index (cents per gallon) National Average -- 114.4 February 4, 2002 REGION 1 117.1 REGION 2 111.9 REGION 3 111.2 REGION 4 112.4 REGION 5 (*) 122.4 (*)...

TW Calendar.
February 11, 2002... FEBRUARY 10-11. How to Redesign Supply Chains (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Madison, Wis. (800) 292-8964 or www.uwexeced.com/supplychain. 10-14. Logistics and Supply-Chain Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...

Who pays air charter fee? (Q & A).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Q: If I may, one more nagging question on Section 7. My company had a supplier that had serious manufacturing problems as well as financial difficulty. Because they were behind schedule and were going to shut one of my plants down, they...

The back page.(transportation news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Rolling the dice. Atlas Air has struck on a novel way to bring its employees up to speed on corporate finance: playing games. Nearly 75 employees are playing "Zodiak: The Game of Business Finance and Strategy" to increase their financial...

'Blind devotion': Highway interests win congressional support to restore proposed $8.6 billion cut in funding. (Washington).(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... Several key Washington legislators are backing legislation that would restore some $8.6 billion in highway funding that President Bush has proposed to cut in the administration's fiscal 2003 budget. One senator also has assailed the...

Maritime security survey launched: DOT interviewing USCG, customs, shipping lines, ports to gauge box inspection adequacy. (Washington).(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... The Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General is conducting a security survey to determine if the current container inspection program for hazardous materials at the nation's seaports offers adequate protection from potential...

The Roanoke Times of Roanoke. (Briefs).(selected Ryder System to handle its distribution)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... The Roanoke Times of Roanoke, Va., selected Ryder System to handle its distribution as a dedicated contract carrier. Under a three-year contract, Ryder will manage delivery of The Roanoke Times from its printing plants to its circulation...

MegaSys Inc. (Briefs).(contract with Western Hoist Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... MegaSys Inc. signed a logistics contract with Western Hoist Inc., National City, Calif. Western Hoist manufactures automotive and heavy-duty lifts. MegaSys is based in Greenwood, Ind.

The Warehousing Education. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... The Warehousing Education Research Council, based in Oak Brook, III., has released a new book titled "Private Warehousing: A Snapshot" that it said is the first publication focused exclusively on the critical link of private warehousing within...

Schwan's Sales Enterprises. (Briefs).(client of LeanLogistics Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... Schwan's Sales Enterprises, the Marshall, Minn.-based company that delivers frozen foods and dairy products to homes, has become a client of the private transportation marketplace LeanLogistics Inc. Freight settlement and transportation...

Crowley Logistics Inc. (Briefs).(ISO 9001 certification)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... Crowley Logistics Inc., a unit within Crowley Maritime Corp.'s Liner Services group, has added ISO 9001 certification for supply-chain design and execution at its headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. The certification covers cargo booking,...

East Orange. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... East Orange, N.J.-based Transportation Logistics International Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent to sell the operations of HumanaForce Logistics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of TLI's HumanaForce LLC, to a management team led...

Sud-Chemie Performance. (Briefs).(www.s-cpp.com)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2002... Sud-Chemie Performance Packaging updated its website, www.s-cpp.com. New features include downloadable product profiles, multilingual e-brochures, desiccant performance data and industry links. The site was designed to simplify selection of the...