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A few weeks back, XPO Logistics bought Con-way. I had suspicions then that things may not go smoothly. Now we find out that XPO’s stock lost nearly a third of its value post-acquisition. This article looks at the XPO-Con-way acquisition from an investor point of view but it’s also interesting from a customer’s point of view. […]

The American Trucking Association released a report predicting that the industry will have a 50,000 driver shortage by the end of 2015. In a related scenario, driver-turnover has reached alarming rates at some companies. As we head into the heart of fall; and into the busiest season of our industry, these two articles combine to show a cloudy forecast. A shortage

I’ve written previously about our government’s attempts to increase safety and the measures they have taken that may or may not actually improve safety. So I want to take this time and space to applaud Danella Companies for the efforts and expense that they’ve put forth to accomplish actual safety gains. Kudos! For real, long-term safety gains that will be

Both FedEx and UPS are adopting “dimensional weight” for their package services billing. In this article A&A Global Industries suggest using less-than-truckload (LTL) or full truckload (FTL) shipments to cut down on shipping costs. As someone with experience in the LTL market, I was frequently discouraged when my customers consolidated orders and sent them out FTL via

What is the right kind of logistics company for your business to partner with? Should you work with an asset-based carrier? Or does a broker house that is “asset light” make more sense? XPO Logistics recently decided to go “asset heavy” by acquiring Con-way. Was that the right call? Wall Street insiders are critical of

A reoccurring theme of this blog is to encourage you to do business with carriers and brokers you can trust. This story out of Vancouver, BC underscores that, where the “…conclusion of six audits [of] licensed PMV container trucking companies […showed that none] of the companies had met retroactive pay rates, a violation of recent law passed

“Drivers’ supervisors may request that a driver make edits to correct errors, but the driver must accept or reject such requests,” FMCSA says in the Federal Register entry announcing the change. This announcement of change underscores the inherent problems within the e-log (Hours of Service) systems. Even when they log automatically there may be reasons

According to industry leaders, the retail market will be hurt by the drop in unemployment. As unemployment drops there will be fewer people to draw from as seasonal or temporary warehouse workers for the holiday season. This will complicate and add expenses to their supply chain. What challenges are you experiencing in your supply chain and

In the Bible there’s a story of a man named Achan. Achan was one of the men involved in the plunder of Jericho. If you know Bible history, Jericho is the city where God supernaturally made the walls fall down. After God’s intervention, the Israelites plundered the city. But God had told them not to

The clock is ticking. On October 30, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will announce that Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) will be mandatory for commercial motor vehicles for the logging Hours of Service (driving time) and driver vehicle inspection report information. Teletrac (the company to whom I link this report) is advertising the benefits,