Traffic World articles from November 2005

Traffic World archives from November 2005

Scaling up.(Editorial)
November 28, 2005... In looking at the massive consolidation underway in the logistics world, shippers may look at comments that they are driving the merger mania and wonder why they have to shoulder the blame. After all, they may wonder, have they really been...

General Motors.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... General Motors' massive restructuring plan announced last week will reverberate across a freight transport world already feeling the pain of auto manufacturing cutbacks. The automaker said it will lay off about 30,000 of its North...

When exactly does the price of diesel fuel qualify as cheap again?(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... When exactly does the price of diesel fuel qualify as cheap again? U.S. diesel prices dropped nearly nine cents to $2.513 per gallon last week, the Energy Department said. For the week ending Nov. 21, prices are still 39.7 cents above...

Good news, bad news.(This Week)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... U.S. manufacturing levels rose in October, but that's little consolation for an industry facing its slowest recovery in 30 years. The National Association of Manufacturers said October production recovered to its prerecession peak of...

"Economic growth continues on a healthy and sustainable pace.".(This Week)
November 28, 2005... With the holiday season officially here, UPS and FedEx drivers gearing up for their busiest days of the year. With retail estimates for the holiday season soaring, FedEx and UPS are both predicting record years for shipping during the...

Consolidation goes global: the impending move of Exel into the Deutsche Post fold sets a new standard for scale in the logistics world.(Cover Story)
November 28, 2005... With a big thumbs-up from Exel shareholders and an encouraging slap on the back by U.S. regulators, Deutsche Post World Net's record-setting $6.7 billion bid for the UK.-based logistics provider is on its way to becoming a done deal and, not...

Cargo's security lapse: report criticizes TSA inaction on air cargo, blasts efforts at industry's self-oversight.(Government & Regulation)
November 28, 2005... Critics of government efforts of air cargo security are pointing to a new report that blasts the nation s key transportation security agency as a key sign that anti-terror efforts should be overhauled. The report issued by the Government...

Shippers praised for Katrina work: lawmakers point to private supply chains as model for government disaster response.(Government & Regulation)
November 28, 2005... Senators urged the federal government to model its supply chain on those of the private sector. Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee lauded Wal-Mart, Home Depot, IBM and other companies for moving...

Former FHWA chief joins consulting firm.(Government & Regulation)(Mary Peters appointed at HDR Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Recently departed Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters signed on with the Phoenix office of the HDR consulting firm. Peters is the national director for transportation policy and consulting. Peters returns to her home state of...

Almost open skies: U.S.-EU open skies agreement depends on passage of DOT's rule on foreign investment in U.S. airlines.(Government & Regulation)
November 28, 2005... Negotiators from the United States and the European Union may be ready to strike a historic agreement with each other, but they'll have to win approval at home first. In a deal that's won high praise from cargo operators, the United...

FRA, BNSF test alerts.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... The Federal Railroad Administration and Burlington Northem Santa Fe Railway are testing new technology to remotely alert train dispatchers to improperly positioned switches. The wireless communication devices are being installed on 49...

Re-Tooling FEMA.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... A top Department of Homeland Security official said the Federal Emergency Management Agency will borrow the play book of the military and private sector to upgrade its logistics system. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael Jackson...

RFID's lagging applications: job applications, that is, as tagging tech faces labor shortage amid widespread rollout.(Logistics & Technology)
November 28, 2005... While shippers and logistics operators are focused on getting the most out of new radio frequency identification applications, experts say they are missing a looming problem: the people factor. These industry leaders say that the...

Exel to operate Cereal DC.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... U.K.-based third-party logistics provider Exel will provide Cereal Partners Worldwide its first dedicated warehousing and distribution services in Mexico. Exel will operate a 107,600-square-foot distribution center in Leon, Mexico, for...

Fashioning solutions: retailer Saks uses technology to streamline, accelerate logistics of its $6.7 billion empire.(Logistics & Technology)
November 28, 2005... Don't let anyone tell you a business must invest in lots of expensive supply chain technology to be successful. After all, fashion merchandiser Saks built a $6.4 billion retail empire around distribution centers with virtually no inbound...

Indian logistics company plans IPO.(Initial public offerings)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... TM International Logistics, a subsidiary of Tata Steel in India, plans to an initial public offering within six months to boost its logistics profile in the region, according to local reports. Managing Director SC Saxena said he hopes TM...

Combining security, efficiency: IBM effort seeks to bring often conflicting disciplines together in improved trade flows.(Logistics & Technology)
November 28, 2005... IBM thinks its new Global Movement Management initiative can improve the "security and resilience" of international supply chains without sacrificing the "privacy or efficiency" of world commerce. The initiative, announced Nov. 16 along...

Schenker tabs MD.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Schenker will use Management Dynamics' Web-based, on-demand BridgePoint visibility system as the technology underlying its Global visibility and control service. "With the rapid growth in global sourcing, companies are managing supply...

K + N buys forwarder.(Logistics & Technology)(Kuehne and Nagel UK acquires Ziegter & Co. )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Kuehne + Nagel acquired Danish forwarder Ziegter & Co. for an undisclosed sum. extending Swiss logistics company's capabilities in the wine and spirits business. "It is our objective to play a leading role in the niche market of wine and...

Riding the wave: those planes draw the attention, but a steady stream of distribution expansion is turning Memphis into a logistics powerhouse.(Special Report: LOGISTICS HUBS: MEMPHIS)
November 28, 2005... The growing talk of congestion on one coast, poor infrastructure on another and the search for alternative distribution sites in the face of capacity constraints doesn't go very far in Memphis, Tenn. While most of the attention to supply...

Safety's virtual enforcement: state police add technology to watch truckers, help target enforcement with limited resources.(Transportation: Trucking)
November 28, 2005... In a sign of future efforts to ensure safety on increasingly heavily traveled highways, state police say they are turning to technology to help monitor the millions of truck and vehicle trips they must watch amid tightening resources. ...

Highways' triple double.(Transportation: Trucking)(trucking industry prefer triple trailers to improve productivity, increase capacity and control fuel costs)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Some trucking industry executives would like triple trailers to improve productivity, increase capacity and control fuel costs, but police responsible for highway safety have their own concerns. "We have found through our testing and our...

Auto haulers stall: major pullback by GM has transporters reeling; Performance Logistics retreats from rating agency.(Transportation: Trucking)
November 28, 2005... Car haulers and suppliers have been the canaries in the coal mine of an automobile industry in the throes of a deep restructuring and one operator is finding itself gasping for air after the latest shock wave. Performance Logistics Group,...

Trucking's 'mature' approach: AARP recognizes Schneider National for hiring, trucker says older workers figure in new recruiting.(Transportation: Trucking)(American Association of Retired Persons)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... With new studies saying the aging of the U.S. population cuts into the driver pool, Schneider National is moving with the trends instead of fighting them. The American Association of Retired Persons this month recognized the nation's...

ATA, shippers fight passport plan: groups say requiring drivers to carry documents would deter them from moving cross-border freight.(Transportation: Trucking)
November 28, 2005... Truckers and shippers are fighting a requirement that truck drivers carry passports to cross the United States-Canadian border, saying the rule could have a chilling effect on drivers and international trade. The American Trucking...

Millican retires from CNF.(Transportation: Trucking)(Bryan Millican )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Five months after announcing his promotion, Con-Way Transportation Services parent CNF announced the retirement of Bryan Millican as senior vice president of sales and marketing. Millican's retirement, effective Oct. 28, was reported in a...

Low-sulfur fuel delayed.(Transportation: Trucking)
November 28, 2005... Fuel terminals and retail outlets have another 45 days to make ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel available. After hearing from the fuel industry, the Environmental Protection Agency revised transition dates for distributing diesel fuel with 15...

Conrail's short line deal: interline agreements with short lines seek to plug 'black holes' and open up much-needed capacity.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
November 28, 2005... CSX, Norfolk Southern and Conrail codified interline freight exchange parameters with nine New Jersey short lines that the railroads say will bolster service by making better use of available capacity. Interline service agreements, or...

CSX extends interline pricing.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... CSX is rolling out a process that allows customers to get rates quickly through the Internet by providing access to prices on interline shipments with Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific railroads. CSX began giving customers access to...

CP looks to fill space: railroad tells Wall Street its Western network expansion may be slower than expected to fill up.(Canadian Pacific)
November 28, 2005... Canadian Pacific, Railway told Wall Street analysts it s less certain about when it can fill recently added capacity to its western network. "Management indicated that new capacity from its western corridor expansion would be roughly 50...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
November 28, 2005... Fitch's recently affirmed a 'BBB' rating for Norfolk Southern, not 'BBB-', as report: ed in the Nov. 21 issue of Traffic World

Union Pacific names Young president.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(appointment of Jim Young )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Union Pacific named Jim Young president and CEO of the company effective Jan. 1. Dick Davidson, who holds both titles as well as chairman of the board, will remain chairman. Young will also remain president of Union Pacific Railroad, the...

Rail's husky grain decline: Gulf Coast transportation network still reeling from storms despite rail recovery.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
November 28, 2005... Hurricanes of historic scale and limitations on rail capacity appear to be cutting in the gains in grain business railroads had been showing in 2005. Although grain traffic was up 0.6 percent over 2004 in the first 45 weeks of this year,...

CN, UTU strike deal.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(United Transportation Union)(Canadian National Railway Co.)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Canadian National Railway and the United Transportation Union agreed to an eight-year tentative labor agreement covering 300 conductors on former Wisconsin Central lines in Wisconsin, Illinois and Northern Michigan. Management and labor...

BNSF expands LOGs.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... BNSF Railway is giving forest products shippers more time to hid on 73-foot centerbeam cars in the railroad's loading origin guarantees (LOG) equipment reservation program in an effort to make more capacity available to more customers. ...

Pilots seeking release: UPS flight crews set deadline in contract talks, raise strike rhetoric specter as shippers watch.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
November 28, 2005... UPS pilots are turning up the rhetoric on the company and they're hoping shippers are listening. Frustrated by negotiations that have gone on for nearly three years, the Independent Pilots Association are asking the National Mediation...

Rates in a steep climb.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(freight rates)
November 28, 2005... Air express prices are on their way up in 2006. UPS is matching FedEx's announced rate increase for air shipments, coupling a 5.5 percent rate increase with a two-percentage point cut in the fuel surcharge index for an effective 3.5...

Kitty Hawk builds on ground.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Kitty Hawk Cargo is extending its ground services network as it presses the overhaul of a business that had been built entirely on overnight freighter operations. The Dallas-based carrier will add seven cities along the Eastern seaboard this...

Wooing AirNet.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... With a private equity firm set to take control of AirNet Systems, the specialized express carrier has another suitor on its doorstep. Richard Altomare, CEO of niche forwarder Universal Express, says he is prepared to pay some 35 percent...

Evergreen grows.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Evergreen International Airlines has new leadership to go along with new freighters and improved financial health. Tim Wahlberg moved from president of the airline to chairman of the board and Brian Bauer, a 16-year EIA veteran, will...

Containers galore: lower costs, more efficient ports led to surplus ocean containers, but demand keeps rising.(Transportation: Maritime)
November 28, 2005... Ocean containers are starting to pile up at yards and terminals in the United States and Europe as the price of containers drops and demand eases. Demand for containers soared in 2004 when the volume of U.S. and European imports from...

NYK, MOL to build auto port in China.(Transportation: Maritime)
November 28, 2005... Nippon Yusen Kaisha Group, parent of NYK Line, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., parent of MOL, are teaming up with several Chinese companies to build one of China's largest port facilities for shipping automobiles. The Japanese news service...

West Coast's hot properties: despite freight diversion to other regions, Southern California is still choice for DCs.(Transportation: Maritime)
November 28, 2005... Although retailers continue to build import distribution centers on the East Coast and carriers are introducing more all-water services from Asia, Southern California remains the favorite location for developers of industrial property. ...

ILA strengthens ethics safeguards: embattled union makes ethics code permanent, extends tenure of counsel, adds appellate officer.(International Longshoremen's Association)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... The International Longshoremen's Association, facing a federal racketeering lawsuit, moved to strengthen its ethics code by making it permanent and by retaining a former federal judge to hear appeals of ILA Executive Council decisions on...

Port projects to improve Seattle air quality.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... The Port of Seattle will retrofit cargo-handling machines at Terminal 18 on Harbor Island with diesel oxidation catalysts to help reduce air emissions. The port is working with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Puget Sound Clean Air...

Watkins Motor Lines.(People)(appointment of Chad Bohymer )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Watkins Motor Lines promoted Chad Bohymer to district sales manager at its Pacific Northwest district. Behymer has over six years of transportation experience. Steven Wiehl joined Watkins as account executive at its Portland, Maine,...

American Commercial Lines.(People)(appointment of Rich Mitchell)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, Ind., appointed Rich Mitchell, a 20-year veteran of UPS, as senior vice president corporate strategy. Mitchell had been vice president of corporate strategy at UPS. The company also named Michael P....

Lynden International.(People)(appointment of Martyn Hughes )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Lynden International, Seattle, named Martyn Hughes a manager in the forwarder's project group in Eurasia, overseeing key operations in Russia. A 20-year industry veteran, he was based in the Middle East with Logenix International. Also,...

Frozen Food Express Industries.(People)(appointment of Stoney R. "Russell" Stubbs )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, named Stoney R. "Russell" Stubbs as a director of the company. Stubbs was also promoted to senior vice president of the company. Since 1999, Stubbs was president of Lisa Motor Lines, a Fort Worth,...

Intermodal Transportaion Institute.(People)(appointment of Kathryn D. Waters )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Kathryn D. Waters was elected to the board of directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver. Waters is vice president, commuter rail & railroad management for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

BNSF Railway.(People)(George Duggan, Katie Farmer and Rick Margl promoted)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... BNSF Railway made several appointments in its sales and marketing departments. George Duggan, who has been with BNSF since 1990, was named vice president, domestic intermodal. Katie Farmer, who has been with BNSF since 1992, promoted to vice...

Wilbur Smith Associates.(People)(apointment of James L. Zimmerman Jr.)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... An engineering consulting firm, Wilbur Smith Associates named James L. Zimmerman Jr., the firm's senior vice president and group manager of the Western group, based in Seattle. Zimmerman has rejoined Wilbur Smith Associates after beginning...

Pacer Stacktrain.(People)(Peter Mettra and Adriene Bailey promoted)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Pacer Stacktrain, Concord, Calif., promoted Peter Mettra to executive vice president for transportation purchasing and marketing. Adriene Bailey, also an executive vice president, was reassigned to lead the development of new, wholesale...

Hilldrup Moving & Storage.(People)(appointment of Craig Socolow and John Warlick )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Hilldrup Moving & Storage, a subsidiary of United Van Lines, named Craig S0colow operations manager at its Orlando, Fla., office. Socolow has been with Hilldrup for two years. The company also named John Warlick vice president of Hilldrup...

FedEx Ground.(People)(David L. Gerschultz )(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... David L. Gerschultz will retire as senior vice president of operations for FedEx Ground, effective Jan. 1. Gerschultz, a 34-year industry veteran, has led the company's field operations since 2001. Michael P. Mannion, vice president of FedEx...

Samuel Shapiro & Co.(People)(appointment of Maureen Toomey)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Samuel Shapiro & Co., the Baltimore-based forwarder and customs broker, named Maureen Toomey director of Northeast sales, based in New York. She has 32 years' experience in transport sales.

Spirit Airlines.(People)(appointment of Tony Lefebvre)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Spirit Airlines, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., named Tony Lefebvre, the former head of cargo at US Airways, as senior vice president of customer service regional passenger airline, a position overseeing all ground operations and airport services....

The National Waterways Conference.(People)(appointment of J. Scott Robinson, Gary P. LaGrange and Worth Hager)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... The National Waterways Conference, the nation's "umbrella" water resources organization, elected new officers. J. Scott Robinson, port director, Muskogee-City County Port Authority, Muskogee, Okla., is chairman; Gary P. LaGrange, executive...

Dangerous Goods Advisory Council.(People)(appointment of Michael Morrissette and Frits Wybenga)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Michael Morrissette, formerly vice president of the Dangerous Goods Advisory Council, Washington, was elected president, at DGAC's conference. He succeeds Al Roberts, who was elected vice president of DGAC. Frits Wybenga, staff associate, was...

TW calendar.(Calendar)
November 28, 2005... NOVEMBER 28-30. Annual North American Logistics Conference Defense Logistics 2005 (Worldwide Business Research), Washington. (888) 482-6012 or www.defenselog.com. 28-Dec. 1. North American Cress-Service Logistics Conference (Defense...

Logistics seminars & courses.(TW Calendar)(Calendar)
November 28, 2005... NOVEMBER 28-Dec, 9. Facility and Vessel Security Program (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Global Maritime and Transportation School), Kings Point, N.Y. (516) 773-5165 or www.usmma.edu/gmats. 26-Dec. 9. Strategic Intermodal...

DOE diesel price index.(Update)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 28, 2005... National & Regional Averages: November 21, 2005 United States $2.513 East Coast $2.491 Midwest $2.477 Gulf Coast $2.491 Rocky Mountain $2.654 West Coast $2.652 ...

Claim denied because shrink wrap intact.(Q & A)
November 28, 2005... Q: My question for you is, how does a shipper handle freight claims when it's possible that a carrier has reshrink-wrapped material that may have been pilfered while in transit? This claim involves a shipment that left our facility bound...

Need two?(The Back Page)
November 28, 2005... Parcel industry analysts are beside themselves trying to figure out the meaning behind the location of the next contract talks between UPS and its pilots. The federal mediator scheduled the session for Dec. 19-23 in that great winter...

Retiring.(The Back Page)(Roger Nober resigns from Board of Surface Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Outgoing STB Chairman Roger Nober claims to have injected a little youth into the aging board and its staff. However, one look at all the retirement party posters papering the board's offices tells us the transition is far from complete.

Thanks.(The Back Page)
November 28, 2005... The Port of Seattle held its Sixth Annual Trucker Appreciation Day, a festive event highlighted by port workers handing out commemorative water bottles to the truckers and thanking them personally. Listen guys, the bottle is nice, but nothing...

NITL.(The Back Page)
November 28, 2005... T. Peter Ruane, head of ARTBA, took a little heat at the NITL/IANA/TIA annual meeting when he told one meeting that the source of recent problems with the highway bill was the media. Shippers and carriers were impressed: the idea that people...

Transcomp.(The Back Page)
November 28, 2005... Speaking of the NITLIANATIA, the best badge was worn by Jerry Hempstead, who is retiring from DHL after a long career going back years at Airborne Express. That's why his badge read, "Just Jerry."

Problematic.(The Back Page)
November 28, 2005... "At Wal-Mart, we do not use the word 'problem,' we prefer to say 'opportunity,'" a Wal-Mart executive said told a recent congressional hearing. Freight carriers should take note. Next time a load to Wal-Mart is delayed, call and tell them,...

Shipper costs: as chairman of the National Industrial Transportation League, Mick Barr doesn't need much of a reminder each day about the matters pressing the leading group representing shippers in the public policy arena.(Editorial)(Editorial)
November 21, 2005... Barr's job as head of Procter & Gamble's international logistics has him concerned on a daily basis with the issues confronting logistics managers in the United States, as well as the larger concerns and trends in the broader supply chain...

Departing Customs and Border.(Weekly Perspective)( Robert Bonner to partner Gibson, Dunn and Crutcber)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Departing Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert Bonner has found a new home back in the private sector. Bonner is returning to his hometown of Los Angeles as a partner in his old law firm, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcber. ...

UPS pilots.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... UPS pilots began informational picketing at UPS Stores around the country last week, the Independent Pilots Association said. The two sides, which entered their fourth year of contract talks, are scheduled to hold another round next...

Hearty holiday.(This Week)(transportation industry sales)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... The holiday season is shaping up to be a busy one for shippers and retailers, as consumers take to the stores for early bargains. The National Retail Federation said October sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants,...

"This holiday season will be a blockbuster in terms of Xbox sales.".
November 21, 2005... Just in time for the holiday season, Microsoft chartered 80 747 freighters from now until the holiday season to move their new and highly anticipated Xbox 360 gaming system from Asia to the United States and Europe. The new video gaming...

Beyond the highway bill: call for stronger national transportation strategy growing louder as shippers lament inadequate infrastructure.(Cover Story)
November 21, 2005... Anaheim, Calif. -- With Santa Ana winds whipping off the mountains in Southern California, three intermodal cranes were working simultaneously at a BNSF Railway yard, stacking J.B. Hunt, Schneider National and other containers two deep even...

Indiana targets tolls: state wants to double charges on Indiana toll road to help pay for $10.6 billion transportation plan.(Government & Regulation)
November 21, 2005... Truckers traversing Indiana east-west are likely to pay higher tolls in the near future, but those heading north-south could see a new route option on the horizon. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican, and the Indiana Department of...

Putting it in writing: senate bill would beef up C-TPAT, CSI, recast Customs' regulatory programs as law.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)(Container Security Initiative )
November 21, 2005... A pair of senators is seeking to write into law many of the cargo security programs created by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. The bill, introduced last week by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., would...

U.S., Canada OK Open Skies: cargo carriers will benefit most when aviation pact takes effect in September 2006; E.U. talks resume.(Government & Regulation)
November 21, 2005... The Canadians make it look easy. Nine months after announcing the intention to reach a U.S.-Canada open skies aviation agreement and after three days of talks earlier this month, the two countries signed an agreement that greatly expands...

Doing it their way: shippers with biggest, best-run supply chains rely on in-house technology, not 3PLs, AMR finds.(Logistics & Technology)
November 21, 2005... When Wal-Mart needs software for transportation, warehousing and other supply chain needs, it doesn't issue requests for proposals or look for software providers it goes to its own IT department. "All of our software is developed by...

ProLogis 3Q revenue jumps: Catellus acquisition boosts distribution developer's real-estate portfolio, North American market share.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Slowing commercial lease, occupancy and rental rates in recent months didn't slow ProLogis. The industrial property developer's earnings from continuing operations jumped 38.8 percent in the third quarter, leaping to $91.7 million from...

RedPrairie's dream customers.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... If, as AMR Research's Kevin O'Marah said, top supply chain performers often prefer to develop custom software, where does that leave big off-the-shelf vendors such as RedPrairie? "We would sell part of the company to have one of these...

TNT 'not interested': CEO Bakker rebuffs Geber's buyout bid, says TNT has its own acquisition plans.(Logistics & Technology)
November 21, 2005... The European third-party logistics market took another turn for the turbulent in mid-November after German investor Cornelius Geber said he might buy Dutch post and transport company TNT. No sooner had TNT's share price posted a...

Verde buys space on U.S.-Mexico Border.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Verde Corporate Realty Services' acquisition of 430,000 square feet of logistics space at Sharyland Business Park in McAllen, Texas, makes it the largest owner of corporate facilities in the McAllen-Reynosa, Mexico border market. It's...

Day later, dollar saved? Deferred services growing faster than overnight as high costs divert expedited freight from planes to trucks.(Special Report: AIR CARGO UPDATE: EXPRESS DELIVERY)
November 21, 2005... As fuel prices and transportation costs increase across the board, the definition of "expedited" is beginning to shift from "I want it yesterday" to "maybe tomorrow (or the day after)" That's good news for expedited carriers that have...