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Comment on Acquiring Options by Logistical Management

Logistical Management — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:12:56 +0000

[...] Acquiring Options To bring the intermodal option into focus, we are combining our freight brokerage operations (Dedicated Services) with the McCann's acquisition to form a new company, Freight Management Solutions (FMS). Dedicated Services and McCann's … Acquiring Options [...]

Comment on Rates are Down, But Shippers Can’t Afford to Be Shortsighted by Capacity Tightens, Carriers Return to the Driver’s Seat « LMS

Capacity Tightens, Carriers Return to the Driver’s Seat « LMS — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:27:11 +0000

[...] eight months ago, I wrote a blog about shippers being in the driver’s seat (“Rates are Down . . .”). Capacity was loose, carriers were competitive and rates were low. But now, all that has [...]

Comment on LA Port: Harboring Reregulation? by Denny Schoemehl

Denny Schoemehl — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:31:42 +0000

Jeff – I completely agree, let’s hope it’s not the start of reregulation.

Comment on LA Port: Harboring Reregulation? by Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:20:27 +0000

Agree with you on this topic. My concern is that the ban will further lead to rate regulation in these lanes. The ban would deminish the supply pool, thus causing rates to inflate. The Gov’t may then come back in to control rates, and we will be back where we started (pre 1980).

Comment on Capacity is Shrinking, Rates are Rising by David Whittle

David Whittle — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:06:52 +0000

I appreciate you thought, Truck and transport factoring provide a great option for the companies that keep our economy moving forward.

Comment on Capacity is Shrinking, Rates are Rising by Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:03:23 +0000

Thanks for all the information. It will be an interesting summer to say the least. Q1 2010 GDP growth was below analysts’ estimates, which would lead one to surmise that part of the tightening in the market place is due to inventory right-sizing after the holidays. Banks unwillingness to lend coupled with carriers’ hesitance to rehire drivers will keep the supply side of the market stagnate for the near future.

I guess only time will tell whether the demand side of the market is true marked improvement in the economy or a spike in demand as companies replenish their depleted inventories.

Comment on Mexican Trucking Controversy: Thinking Beyond the Border by UnionReview

UnionReview — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:20:06 +0000

There are a few things that I thought you should point out in your blog; things that are active on my mind as a trade unionist, activist and pro-labor blogger, but also things that affect me as an American citizen.

For starters, I am mostly alarmed that there is a blatant breaking of the law taking place by the current administration around this program. The Teamsters pushed out a press release about this on January 7th. In that release they write, “Congress passed an omnibus budget, signed into law December 26, that includes a provision banning funds “to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones.”

While I believe that we need to act globally as well, we should do so with the citizens of the country’s full safety taken as a top consideration. In addition, I don’t like the fact that the administration has broken the law, again. I think that if you or I were to interpret laws to our liking we would probably be spending time in jail.

There is a tremendous safety issue, and I keep alluding to that. From what I understand the Mexican drivers are not held to the same standards as American drivers. I am not sure what, if any, training thy have, but that is not even the point. The point is that if a Mexican driver runs you and your family over (G.d forbid), nothing will happen to that driver. He will get a fine and sent back to Mexico. The chances are that he will be back behind the wheel roaming the American roads within three – six weeks, this is unacceptable. If I, an American driver, was involved with the same heinous scenario, do you know what would happen to me? Among other things, I believe I would be facing vehicular manslaughter. (Not sure, I am not an attorney, a driver).

There are other things involved. For instance, the Mexican drivers are totally being exploited. They are given trucks that are often not up to snuff for the kind of driving they’d be doing in the US. They are not liable to follow out 11 hour days and … if they are pushed, they are obviously putting their own lives in jeopardy, and that is not cool either.

I think that Mary Peters, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, should be indicted on breaking a federal law. I think that she is totally responsible for any of the above scenarios potentially happening …

Anyway, this is my point of view and wanted to share it with you.

Comment on TMS Shop Talk by John

John — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:58:55 +0000

I was working at a client of LMS, so had the oppurtunity to work on TOTAL. I would agree that TOTAL offered the complete logistics solution that other TMS failed to delivered. Yes, Tracy & her team did the right decision in building TOTAL.

Comment on Growing Forward by johnebel

johnebel — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:33:45 +0000

It is my professional opinion that we definitely need to open up an office in South Florida. And then another in Hawaii. Also, Denny, have you considered growing offshore? It might take a month or two for us to set it up, but an Italy office would be really nice, wouldn’t you agree?