Traffic World articles from January 2004

Traffic World archives from January 2004

Renewing DOT.(Editorial)
January 5, 2004... Is the Department of Transportation relevant any longer? That certainly has come up at the DOT as regulatory functions are peeled away to the country's burgeoning security regulatory apparatus. That is evident in the restructuring that...

'There is a claim'.(Commentary)
January 5, 2004... Crushed cartons, wet product, frozen product, hot product, shortages, late arrival, no arrival. We have all been there. Among the worst words you can hear from a customer are "there is a claim." In a lot of situations it is relatively easy...

McDonald's tall order: lean may be the way to go in logistics, but how to do it when you don't own your own supply chain?(Cover Story)
January 5, 2004... When McDonald's a few years ago offered to slap an extra strip of bacon on its burgers for 35 cents, it misjudged customer appetites. The promotion proved so popular the fast-food giant had to rush order a few more rashers, triggering a bit of...

Restructuring DOT: Mineta proposes a revamp after loss of TSA, Coast Guard; plan would sharpen focus on technology.(Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta, Transportation Security Administration)
January 5, 2004... Following the loss of security-related transport functions, the Department of Transportation plans an overhaul of the cabinet department that would realign the missions and names of some agencies and examine DOT's role in maritime oversight....

AStar A-OK: airline citizenship case in DOT's hands, judge says DHL provider is U.S.-controlled.(Washington)(AStar Air Cargo )
January 5, 2004... The citizenship case of AStar Air Cargo is in the hands of the Department of Transportation along with a ruling by regulatory judge that the subservice flier for DHL is not illegally owned or controlled by non-U.S, interests. DOT...

DLA fires up for change: Defense Logistics Agency expects $3 billion annual sales under BSM program by spring.(Logistics)(Systems Modernization)
January 5, 2004... Big ticket, enterprise-wide transformation projects may be out of fashion in the corporate world but not at the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency. The government agency is pushing a major project that already has yielded efficiencies for its $25...

Wood fiber and mulch products.(Garick Corp. opens terminal)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Wood fiber and mulch products maker Garick Corp. opened a terminal in Parsons, Tenn., for barge loading and outbound truck shipments. Located on the Tennessee River, the Perryville Wood terminal buys bark, virgin scrap wood, wood fiber, wood...

In a national survey of pharmacies and their customers carried out by medical products distributor AmerisourceBergen.(barcode scanning systems used to reduce medical error rates)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... In a national survey of pharmacies and their customers carried out by medical products distributor AmerisourceBergen, the top option for reducing medical error rates was barcode scanning systems for medications and patient bracelets....

The Rush System for Health.(contract with MedAssets HCA)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The Rush System for Health, a health system that serves about three million people, selected St. Louis-based MedAssets HCA and its exclusive outsourced group purchasing/supply-chain services organization. The five-year contract requires...

Shelbyville, Tenn.-based Goggin Warehousing LLC, a 3PL that operates 12 warehouses in the states of Tennessee and Mississippi.(implements Delfour Corp. software)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Shelbyville, Tenn.-based Goggin Warehousing LLC, a 3PL that operates 12 warehouses in the states of Tennessee and Mississippi, has implemented software from Delfour Corp. The activities covered include warehouse management and fulfillment, the...

Smithfield Foods.(joins Nistevo Network)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor and hog producer, joined the Nistevo Network. Smithfield will use the web-based collaborative network to connect for the first time the logistics operations from its ten independent business...

A new distribution center.(Witron Integrated Logistics contract for CVS)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... A new distribution center for CVS in Ennis, Texas, is nearing completion. Witron Integrated Logistics, Arlington Heights, Ill., was awarded the order to design and build the 350,000-square-foot facility that will use the material-handling...

Philadelphia-based logistics.(BDP International to implement screening process for U.S. job applicants)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Philadelphia-based logistics services company BDP International will implement an enhanced screening process for U.S. job applicants, in line with best practices set forth by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's Customs-Trade...

Financial supply-chain.(TradeCard, Tradelink Electronic Commerce introduce solutions in Hong Kong)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Financial supply-chain services provider TradeCard and Tradelink Electronic Commerce introduced in Hong Kong an integrated solution for handling customs-declaration procedures for imports and exports. According to the companies the new offering...

The Council of Logistics Management.(conference proceedings)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The Council of Logistics Management published its 2003 Annual Conference Proceedings. More than 3,100 logistics executives worldwide participated in the three-day Chicago event held Sept. 21- 24, 2003. Of these executives, over 400 served as...

Aftermarket supply-chain.(Reverse Logistics Trends beta tests online job posting service)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Aftermarket supply-chain association Reverse Logistics Trends finished beta testing an online free job posting service. The service aims to make it easier for companies to find good candidates in the fields of marketing, sales, program...

Global 3PL Exel.(won a three-year $10.6 million transportation contract from Brighthouse)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Global 3PL Exel won a three-year $10.6 million transportation contract from British retailer Brighthouse, which sells home entertainment products, domestic appliances and furniture at 120 U.K. stores. Exel and Brighthouse have worked together...

A winning combination: integration of CRM, SCM could push down inventory levels, cut transportation costs for all parties.(Technology)(customer relationship management, supply chain management)
January 5, 2004... Large shippers will be closer to their goal of improved supply-chain visibility by the year's end, thanks to the increasing integration of customer relationship and supply-chain technology. By 2005 cutting edge shippers will have integrated...

ALK Technologies.(Tolls software beta version released)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... ALK Technologies released a beta version of its Tolls software scheduled for full release in January. Tolls calculates the cost of tolls along routes in the its ALK/FleetSuite software and allows truckers to determine whether it is more...

Richardson, Texas-based.(Integrated Decision Support Corp. acquired TransSoft Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Richardson, Texas-based Integrated Decision Support Corp. acquired TransSoft Corp., a fleet management software company specializing in IBM AS/400 software for truckload carriers. The TransSoft Suite can help truckers comply with the new...

Tideworks Technology, Seattle.(Spinnaker Planning Management System version 3.4 released)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Tideworks Technology, Seattle, released Spinnaker Planning Management System version 3.4, an integrated terminal operating and planning software system for marine terminals, intermodal yards and container depots. Tideworks says the new version...

Hard work ahead: Yellow-Roadway hits pavement in search of $125 million in first-year 'synergy' savings.(Trucking)
January 5, 2004... Now that the merger of Yellow Corp. and Roadway Corp., the largest trucking merger ever at $1.05 billion in cash and stock, is consummated, there is just one question shippers and the rest of the trucking industry want answered: Now what?...

Merging signals: Ryder gains capacity by adding Ruan, General; USF in Mexico.(Trucking)
January 5, 2004... An end-of-year flurry of acquisitions and one partnership south of the border could be a harbinger of trucking consolidation in 2004. Miami-based Ryder System made two acquisitions while Chicago-based regional LTL trucker USF is in a...

Advantage Transportation.(acquired certain assets of Carrier Information Exchange of Arizona, and the e-commerce capabilities of Backhauler.com)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Advantage Transportation, Eagan, Minn., said it acquired certain assets of Carrier Information Exchange of Arizona, and the e-commerce capabilities of Backhauler.com. The acquisition of CIE provides Advantage Transportation with a larger...

Melton Truck Lines.(licensed Netwise, Netwise400 and Netgraf from the suite of Integrated Decision Support Corp.'s planning software)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Melton Truck Lines, Tulsa, Okla., licensed Netwise, Netwise400 and Netgraf from the suite of Integrated Decision Support Corp.'s planning software to take advantage of technology that improves efficiency in customer service to shippers while...

Fuel for thought: truckers play every angle to cut diesel costs.(Special report: fuel update)
January 5, 2004... Every morning Roy Carswell reports to work at his office in Richmond, Va., and tries to save his company a few thousand dollars. The chief fuel buyer for Overnite Transportation is responsible for buying some of the 48 million gallons of fuel...

Wheat's unhappy harvest: STB considers sanctions against BNSF to jump-start grain service that is running up to 40 days late.(Rail & Intermodal)(Surface Transportation Board, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway)
January 5, 2004... Not since Union Pacific Railroad's rail network nearly collapsed in 1997 has the Surface Transportation Board stepped in to help manage a railroad. But that's exactly what STB chairman Roger Nober is considering on behalf of grain shippers. ...

Derailing the D&H: New York senator's criticism of D&H sale to shortline is offbase, says rail lawyer.(Rail & Intermodal)(Delaware & Hudson Railway)
January 5, 2004... Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., needs to get his facts straight about railroad line sales before opposing a sale before the Surface Transportation Board, according to a Washington railroad attorney. Schumer, who's up for reelection this...

Norfolk Southern.(plans to spend $810 million in 2004 for capital improvements)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Norfolk Southern plans to spend $810 million in 2004 for capital improvements to its railroad operations and subsidiaries. The investment includes $384 million for rail, cross tie, ballast and bridge programs. It also includes $178 million to...

NS subsidiary Modalgistics.(transportation management system combined with TransWorks)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... NS subsidiary Modalgistics and transportation management company TransWorks have combined their transportation management systems to create a new web-based application that NS says will help shippers track shipments across transportation modes....

Shortline operator RailAmerica.(bought Central Michigan Railway)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Shortline operator RailAmerica bought Central Michigan Railway for an undisclosed price. The Bay City, Mich.-based CMGN operates 100 miles of track from Midland to Durand, Mich., and moved approximately 30,000 carloads in 2002 that generated...

Genesee & Wyoming.(acquires shortline railroads from Georgia-Pacific Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Genesee & Wyoming, one of the largest shortline operators in the United States, purchased three shortline railroads from Georgia-Pacific Corp. for $55.6 million. GWI, which operates more than 20 railroads in five countries, signed a 20-year...

Union Pacific Railroad.(intermodal service with Ferrocarril Mexicano)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Union Pacific Railroad and Mexican railroad Ferrocarril Mexicano have started a seven-day ramp-to-ramp intermodal service from Los Angeles to Guadalajara and Mexico City, Mexico. UP will interchange traffic with the Ferromex over the El...

A new interim rule.(Federal Railroad Administration to establish "quiet zones")(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... A new interim rule of the Federal Railroad Administration establishing "quiet zones" makes it even more critical to increase funding for surface transportation under the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century, said Association of...

Norfolk Southern.(to record a pretax charge of approximately $80 million to its fourth-quarter, 2004 earnings)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Norfolk Southern will record a pretax charge of approximately $80 million to its fourth-quarter earnings to recognize the impaired value of its telecommunications assets. The charge will reduce fourth-quarter net income by approximately $50...

Express winners, losers: FedEx domestic express air business down in contrast to rosy results reported by UPS.(Air & Express)
January 5, 2004... The latest financial results suggest UPS is turning the tables on FedEx and taking away domestic traffic. FedEx Express reported a second quarter drop in its core U.S. domestic express air volume. That loss compares to rosy domestic air results...

FedEx freighter burns: widebody runs off runway in Memphis, crew escapes but fire engulfs plane.(Air & Express)
January 5, 2004... A FedEx widebody freighter that ran off the runway and burned on landing in Memphis is likely a total loss although the two pilots and five jumpseating FedEx employees escaped unharmed. The National Transportation Safety Board is...

Northwest Airlines' Cargo.(is now offering customers Internet-based technology)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Northwest Airlines' Cargo is offering customers Internet-based technology to help comply with the new U.S. Customs and Border Protection advance notification rules. NWA has three options for its freight forwarder customers, with the preferred...

AMB Property.(cargo/logistics centers planned)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... AMB Property bought cargo/logistics centers at Frankfurt International Airport and near Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport. The San Francisco-based real estate company also won exclusive developmental rights for cargo centers at Madrid Barajas...

Teamsters are protesting.(Menlo Worldwide's decision to shut down a San Jose operating center)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Teamsters are protesting Menlo Worldwide's decision to shut down a San Jose operating center. They also extended their protests to Los Angeles and planned to also target other sites across the country. The union said it was protesting the...

China Southern Airlines.(cargo from Europe)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... China Southern Airlines reported its best month of cargo lift from Europe to China for November when it moved nearly one million kilos. The airline flies cargo service on Boeing 747s on a code-share agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines four...

Concert Group Logistics.(opened an office in Dallas)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Concert Group Logistics opened an office in Dallas, giving the forwarder 13 offices in the United States. The company plans to open more offices during the first quarter. Six months ago, CGL opened a San Antonio office, and the management team...

Phoenix International Freight Service.(opened an office in Ningbo, China)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Phoenix International Freight Service, opened an office in Ningbo, China. The Wood Dale, Ill.-based forwarder's office will provide full-service logistics offerings. Ningbo is on the ocean in China's Zhejiang province. The office is Phoenix's...

Virgin Atlantic Airways.(ground handling contract)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Virgin Atlantic Airways will have provide ground handling and other services for at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The contract will begin in February when Virgin Atlantic moves to Terminal 4 at the airport. Orlando-based...

Breakbulk breakthrough: S.C. Ports Authority settles dispute with evicted partner over terminal, clears way for expansion.(Maritime)
January 5, 2004... Plans to add breakbulk capacity and relieve congestion at the Port of Charleston should move more quickly now that a battle for control of a new terminal has been resolved. A dispute between the South Carolina State Ports Authority and its...

CSX World Terminals.(new China operations)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... CSX World Terminals, the maritime terminal management unit of CSX, started operations at the Phase III container terminal in Yantai, China. The company has a joint venture agreement with the Yantai Port Authority in which the two entities share...

The Port of Portland.(Hyundai sedans and SUVs shipment)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The Port of Portland said its total container traffic was up 33 percent in the first 11 months of 2003 with nearly equal balance between imports and exports. The Oregon port said a Dec. 6 shipment of 4,571 Hyundai sedans and SUVs set a Portland...

The Chinese Port.(container traffic at Port of Shenzhen)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The Chinese Port of Shenzhen saw container traffic slip from October to 980,000 TEUs in November. It was the first time in three months Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, failed to reach 1 million TEUs but it was 40 percent better than the...

The first phase of an expansion of the harbor at the Port of Antwerp was completed last month a year behind schedule.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The first phase of an expansion of the harbor at the Port of Antwerp was completed last month a year behind schedule. Started four years ago, the first step in the three-step project to create the Deurganck Dock that added a wall on the western...

TNT Post Group.(People Watch)(named Marie-Christine Lombard group managing director of its express division)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... TNT Post Group named Marie-Christine Lombard group managing director of its express division. Lombard, 45, had been managing director of TNT Express in France and will now oversee its express business worldwide. She succeeds Alan Jones, a...

ABF Freight System.(People Watch)(Gerald Pirpich, vice president of marketing and pricing, is retiring)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Gerald Pirpich, vice president of marketing and pricing of ABF Freight System, Ft. Smith, Ark., announced his retirement, effective Jan. 31, 2004, concluding 38-years with the company. He will be succeeded by Chris Baltz, vice president of...

D.F. Young Inc.(People Watch)(appointed John Luludis vice president of information technology)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... D.F. Young Inc., a freight forwarder and international logistics provider, appointed John Luludis vice president of information technology. Luludis will be based in the company's Jersey City, N.J., headquarters. Most recently Luludis served as...

Midland Manufacturing.(People Watch)(named Larry Gorman vice president of engineering)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Midland Manufacturing, a rail equipment manufacturer in Skokie, Ill., named Larry Gorman vice president of engineering. Gorman has held management and product director positions at McCanna Valve, Worcester Controls and the Industrial Vale...

Tibbett & Britten Group.(People Watch)(named Coen van der Maarel business development director for Europe)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Tibbett & Britten Group named Coen van der Maarel to the new post of business development director for Europe. Maarel, 39, is a 17-year industry veteran who worked at Nedlloyd and Danzas before becoming managing director for contract logistics...

TGAX Logistics.(People Watch)(named Joan M. Padduck head of business development throughout New England)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... TGAX Logistics, a Hong Kong-based air and ocean freight forwarder, named Joan M. Padduck head of business development throughout New England. Padduck, a 30-year logistics industry veteran, most recently was vice president of global logistics...

Neologex.(People Watch)(appointed Mike Osborne director of supply-chain solutions)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Neologex, a provider of technology-based logistics and transportation services, appointed Mike Osborne director of supply-chain solutions. Osborne has more than 20 years' experience in logistics management and consulting and previously worked...

Norfolk Southern Corp.(People Watch)(Burton M. Joyce elected a director)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Burton M. Joyce was elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corp. Joyce is chairman of the board of IPSCO, an electric-furnace, flat-rolled steel producer.

0ptum.(People Watch)(Mary Haigis appointment)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... 0ptum, a supply chain solution provider, named Mary Haigis chief marketing officer. Haigis, a 20-year veteran, held CMO positions at Clarkson Consulting, Viewlocity and American Software as well as senior marketing positions at companies...

Swiss World Cargo.(People Watch)(named Oliver Evans executive vice president of its passenger sales business unit)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... Oliver Evans, head of Swiss World Cargo, the air freight division of Swiss International Air Lines, was named executive vice president of Swiss's passenger sales business unit. Evans will continue in his duties at Swiss WorldCargo. He joined...

TW calendar.(listing of various transportation industry events)(Calendar)
January 5, 2004... JANUARY 2-6. National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association 2004 Conference and Exhibition, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (202) 638-7790. 11-15. Transportation Research Board's 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (202) 334-2934...

Update.(diesel fuel prices)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 5, 2004... DOE Diesel Price Index (cents per gallon) National Average 150.4 REGION 1 151.5 REGION 2 147.6 REGION 3 145.7 REGION 4 152.7 REGION 5 * 163.5 California ...

Contract v. common carriage.(Q&A)
January 5, 2004... Q: A carrier (ourselves) picks up a shipment from ABC Co. consigned to XYZ Co. The carrier has a contract with XYZ that subjects it to full-value liability. The original bill of lading on which the carrier picked up the shipment named JKL...

Synchronicity.(The Back Page)
January 5, 2004... Synchronicity. The latest buzz phrase from the land where they make up such things is "synchronized prioritization." Sort of like when you haven't paid a bill--it's just synchronized prioritization.

Cake.(The Back Page)(Canada's Air Transport Security Authority is telling holiday travelers not to have fruitcake as carry-on luggage)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... We thought it was dangerous only if you ate it. Fruitcake, that is. Canada's Air Transport Security Authority is telling holiday travelers not to have fruitcake as carry-on luggage. "I guess you would be wondering why we have something against...

Spicy.(The Back Page)
January 5, 2004... Thailand's government is proposing to pay for new Airbus aircraft with frozen shrimp. This is absolutely, really true. And the country's commerce minister says if Airbus doesn't go along, Thai Airways "will talk to the United States about...

Tolls.(The Back Page)(bills owing to New Jersey Turnpike Authority E-ZPass system)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... This time they mean it. An unnamed offender stole money 7,315 times since March 25 but this time he'll have to pay. The offender owes $79,520 in tolls and fees to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority E-ZPass system and the bills have been turned...

Take that!(The Back Page)(Fox Television of America Corp.'s program upsets postal workers)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The U.S. Postal Service says a recent Fox-TV show depicting violent behavior by postal workers is "scurrilous and abusive." Postal spokesman Azeezaly S. Jaffer says, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." He also urges postal...

Congested.(The Back Page)(highway capacity and miles)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2004... The Federal Highway Administration says insufficient capacity and bottlenecks account for 40 percent of traffic congestion in America. The FHWA says highway capacity increased just 4.4 percent while vehicle miles of travel rose 71.8 percent...

In the eye of ...(The Back Page)
January 5, 2004... Our favorite New York tabloid reports that workers at the Hungarian branch of DHL had set aside $430,000 worth of art photography to destroy after mistaking it for pornography. A Budapest gallery rescued the work of a Japanese photographer...

Oceania.(nonvessel-operating common carriers seek exemption from bar on confidiential contracts)(Editorial)
January 12, 2004... It has such a progressive name and was passed with such forward-looking intent as kind of a coda to the age of transportation deregulation but the truth is the Ocean Shipping Reform Act is a vestige of another era. Passed in 1998, this...

Rethinking DOT.(Commentary)(Department of Transportation)
January 12, 2004... In its Jan. 5 editorial, Traffic World poses this question: Is the Department of Transportation relevant any longer? Perhaps a better question is whether the Department of Transportation ever has been relevant. The Department was...

Searching for shippers: acquisition of Kinko's puts FedEx in new business; FedEx sees opportunity, analysts see 'distraction'.(Cover Story)
January 12, 2004... The cargo carrier search for shippers is breaking boundaries with FedEx's buy of Kinko's. Looking to go beyond kiosks and drop boxes in the bid to build retail volume, FedEx Corp. will buy office services giant Kinko's in a $2.4 billion...

High noon for highway bill: U.S. Chamber pressing hard for Congress to get transport funding bill moving before election season.
January 12, 2004... The nation will pay a "horrific price" for inaction on the stalled highway infrastructure funding bill if Congress continues to ignore ways to pay for it, the nation's top business lobbyist warns. It's probably now or next year for...

Mad cow quandary: thousands of shipments stranded, containers stockpiled, truckers lose business as beef exports plummet.
January 12, 2004... Companies at all points in the meat industry supply chain--from cattle ranchers to trucking companies, beef producers and ocean shipping lines--were hit hard when the first case of mad cow disease in the United States was uncovered Dec. 23. ...

T&B's Sprague resigns.(Mike Sprague, president of Tibbett & Britten Group North America)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2004... The president of Tibbett & Britten Group North America, Mike Sprague, resigned to pursue other interests after leading the company for 12 years. Sprague, 57, played a key role in building up Tibbett & Britten's North American business, which...

Setting DOT priorities: with budgets tight, DOT's inspector general says safety, financial management are linked.(Washington)(Kenneth Mead)
January 12, 2004... The Department of Transportation's inspector general wants the agency to step up safety enforcement on the roads and in the skies during an era of lean budgets. In a report looking at DOT priorities for 2004, Inspector General Kenneth Mead...

Anti-missile program launched: BAE, Northrop Grumman, United Airlines to study anti-missile technology for commercial airplanes.(Washington)
January 12, 2004... Two aerospace companies and an airline will receive up to $120 million to determine whether anti-missile technology used by the military can be harnessed for use on commercial airplanes. The Department of Homeland Security awarded research...

'Dead end' route: opponents promise DOE's 'preferred route' for nuclear waste in Nevada will die in birth.(Washington)(Department of Energy)
January 12, 2004... The Department of Energy's "preferred route" for a rail line to the proposed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain won the kind of bipartisan agreement rare in Washington these days, but it's not what the line's backers had hoped for....

Storing up an upturn: vacancy rates at distribution centers seen falling this year as recovery, space demands grow.(Logistics)
January 12, 2004... In a forecast offering critical support for the nation's improving economic health, vacancy rates for warehouse and distribution sites are set to fall this year, says industrial facilities provider ProLogis. Demand for warehouse space "is...

Boosting logistics dosage: new prescription drugs are coming to the market with new needs for outsourced distribution.(Logistics)
January 12, 2004... Biotechnology companies are rolling out a "wave" of new drug products creating market opportunities for third-party logistics providers. "I think we're at the leading edge of the wave," said Todd Applebaum, managing partner, Boston-based...

Outsourcing returns: environmental regulation may bring in more revenue for companies handling returns, reverse logistics.(Logistics)
January 12, 2004... Logistics operators may find new business coming their way as environmental regulations place more stringent recycling requirements on manufacturers worldwide. The province of Ontario has approved a controversial plan that requires...

Pill-popping expansion: U.S. demand for lower priced generic drugs drives warehouse, supply-chain expansion in Canada.(Technology)
January 12, 2004... The Niagara-like flood of low-priced prescription drugs into the United States from Canada may be controversial but it's also lucrative--and a logistical challenge for shippers. The cross border trade in drugs is growing so fast that...

Learning curve: logistics schools expand existing supply-chain degree, executive programs to include cargo security training.(Special report: logistics education)
January 12, 2004... If you want to learn about cargo security, the World Trade Institute of New York's Pace University is a good place to start. WTI was located at One World Trade Center until its offices and classrooms were destroyed in the September 11 terrorist...

Give it a rest: truckers get another 60 days of warning before HOS enforcement starts in earnest.(Trucking)
January 12, 2004... It's been 65 years since the government last changed truck driver hours-of-service regulations, so what's another 60 days? That seems to be the federal government's logic in creating a new 60-day "discretionary period" when only the most...