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June 20, 2012 |
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May 1, 2003
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September 1, 2007
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Logistics Costs Are Trending Downward Although rail costs are up, trucking costs continue to decline. |
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Why You Need to Avoid All Shipping Companies Right Now The slow recovery in global trade has not been able to fuel the growth of the shipping industry. |
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Recovery Not Reaching Supply Chain Yet ' Weak growth' is about the best we can expect through the end of 2011. |
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September 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
U.S. Logistics Costs Hit Record High Good supply chain practices are helping keep a rough situation from getting worse. |
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January 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Transportation Costs Trending Down In 2007 The cost of shipping goods by truck this year will grow much more slowly than in recent years. But don't expect much to change when shipping by rail. |
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May 1, 2006
Michael Arndt |
Globalization In A Can "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" makes a strong argument that without the box, the global economy might not exist today. |
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Michael Grothaus |
Amazon Is Expanding Into The World Of Ocean Freight Shipping Amazon's ongoing efforts to use drones to deliver packages have made headlines over the past year, but the company has also taken steps to move goods via much more traditional means: ocean freight shipping. |
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Ship Shape You can't have a successful eBay business without a way to ship your goods. Here are some tips and tools to help you do it right. |
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July 1, 2008
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Transportation Outlook: Back to the Rails Manufacturers are finding price relief by shipping more products via the railroads. |
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February 1, 2010
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Starting a New Business Cooperative Howard Brodsky of CCA Global Partners on choosing a co-op partner. |
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Transportation Costs are Down -- Will the Economy Follow? In the short term, manufacturers will enjoy cheap and readily available transportation. |
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July 28, 2011
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1 Stock That Proves the U.S. Is Recovering Do Union Pacific's outstanding second-quarter results make it a worthwhile buy? |
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10 Strategies to Drive Down Your Transportation Spend Learn how to reduce overall transportation spending while increasing the efficiency of your supply chain. |
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October 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-in-Class Transportation Management When it comes to transportation management, a manufacturer's customers basically care about one thing, and one thing only: Get the products delivered on time. |
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September 26, 2005
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Sounds Great -- It Floats Why Thailand's plan to build a national merchant fleet is laden with risk. |
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January 1, 2009
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Big Shifts Underway in Transportation Many manufacturing companies anticipate major increases in rail usage. |
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November 2005
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Railroads Buckling Under Record Traffic Amid rising fuel prices, more companies are turning to railroads as a cheaper way to transport goods. The surge in freight is so pronounced that it threatens to create a capacity crunch. |
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April 1, 2008
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Nov/Dec 2006
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Carrying the Cargo Intermodal transportation facilities spur industrial development in U.S. markets. |
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December 14, 2009
Stephen Mauzy |
Trucking Keeps On ... Well, You Know As the economy improves, so will trucking stocks. |
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September 1, 2006
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Delayed in the USA Infrastructure woes aren't just a Third-World problem, they also pose a major "last-mile" headache for American businesses from coast to coast. |
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November 14, 2007
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Ship Your Presents Free! To help make the most of Cyber Monday, the online retailer's answer to Black Friday, look around for the best shipping deals to cut your holiday costs. |
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March 16, 2011 |
The Recovery Is Going to Cost You Manufacturers should plan now to pay more for transportation as the economy improves. |
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June 1, 2007
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How To Make Better Transportation Decisions TMS technology has evolved to become a popular tool throughout entire supply chains. |
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February 13, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Wabash Unabashed The truck trailer company faces hurdles in a slowing industry. Investors, take note. |
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November 25, 2006
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Amy Gunderson |
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July 22, 2008
David Lee Smith |
UPS: Not Going Down Just Yet The economy and fuel prices are putting a squeeze on UPS. |
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June 13, 2006
Mike Norman |
Sunken Shippers Look Ready to Float Again Investors, the best time to climb aboard is when everyone else has jumped ship. |
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September 22, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Bursting Excel Maritime's Bubble Sales figures just don't measure up to the shipping company's valuation. |
Fast Company
January 2002
Chuck Salter |
On the Road Again After suffering through the worst years in its history, Yellow Freight System hired Bill Zollars to drive an old-economy company in a new direction. Now, almost six years later, Yellow is faster and more reliable and caters to customers like never before. |
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May 1, 2000
Jane Tanner |
Meals on Wheels (and Rails and Water) Paul Robbins looked at a run-down Florida neighborhood and beheld a transportation utopia |
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Christopher Barker |
My Big Fat Greek Shipper Diana Shipping offers plenty of attributes to write home about, particularly an 8%-plus annualized dividend. |
