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Chris Brooks of The Journal of Commerce penned an article that begins, “There may be no better indicator of how shippers view the transportation landscape than how they see freight rates tranding through next fall.” His article goes on to point out that there is excess capacity in ocean-freight as well as domestic trucking and intermodal […]

On Thursday the House of Representatives passed their Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act. It still needs to be normalized with the Senate’s DRIVE bill and re-voted upon by both houses and signed by President Obama. So it’s not law, yet. But it is interesting. Particularly the portions that deal with “auto safety,” (worth noting: the bill claims

On Tuesday I wrote about the amendment Rep. Duncan (R-Tennessee) had submitted to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act that would give unrated companies the same allowances (i.e. would not punish small companies who had not been rated) as companies that had “Satisfactory” ratings under the “Interim Hiring Standard” provision. That amendment was withdrawn on

The House of Representatives voted down Rep. Reid Ribble’s (R – Wisconsin) amendment to increase the weight load allowed on federal roads. Rep. Ribble was seeking to increase the allowable weight threshold to 91,000 lbs. Hypothically the move may have be beneficial for customers of the freight industry as higher density cargo shipments could be consolidated

This is one reason why it is so important for us to stay politically aware of what is happening within and to our industry: I have reported several times on the pending legislation regarding the Senate’s and House of Representatives’ bills that would affect us. Yet despite my level of awareness, I missed this important

September 6-12 was Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Brake Safety Week. According to Matt Cole of the Commercial Carrier Journal, 18,817 trucks were inspected that week. 2,321 were placed out of service for brakes violations. The math works out to 12.3%. To put that in easier to understand numbers: based on those results, roughly 1 out of every

At Zion Transport we are so grateful to you, our customers, for the difference you are making through us! To date, though the organization Buy 1GIVE 1, we have provided 3650 days worth of grain seeds to nourish people in need, 885 days of access to life-saving clean water, and 50 learning tools to children.

Tractors and trailers, vans and reefers, forklifts and pallets, CB radios and cell phones, million-mile engines and manual transmissions… Our industry has resisted technology advances unlike most others. Now various tech companies are seeking to propel the freight industry into the 21st century whether it wants to or not. Telogis had its annual conference this week

Washington Republican Dave Reichert and New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler combined to form the bipartisan Congressional Freight Caucus which launched on Oct. 26. According to Material Handling & Logistics, the caucus is made up “…of more than 60 public and private organizations dedicated to increasing federal investment in America’s intermodal freight infrastructure.” This is a good thing,

The U.S. Senate has passed their long-term deal, “The DRIVE Act.” The House of Representatives appears to be on the verge of passing their version, called the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act. Assuming both deals get passed the two bills will need to be normalized into one bill then re-voted upon by each house. Despite