Transportation Broker Survey Results

Some of the results actually shocked me, while others didn’t. But here are the results: 1) ... they broker to a carrier who has their own outfit (truck and trailer)? Percentage Power ... What percentage of profit do you think a Broker aims for? Percentage 10 [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 01:42:21

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Declining trans-pacific import traffic

I was told yesterday by one of my readers that Peter Mansbridge of the CBC had done a story on the expansion of container facilities at Long Beach, ... up bulk vessel charter rates to historic levels, causing shippers to shift more U.S. grain exports [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 19:05:34

DrumBeat: April 26, 2008

UK: It’s time to relocalise our lives FACED WITH panic at the pumps, ... of it, the better. break Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World Under longstanding trade agreements, fuel for international freight carried by sea and air is not taxed. Now, many [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 13:30:47

DrumBeat: April 26, 2008

UK: It’s time to relocalise our lives FACED WITH panic at the pumps, ... of it, the better. break Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World Under longstanding trade agreements, fuel for international freight carried by sea and air is not taxed. Now, many [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 13:30:47

Environmental Impact:Food Transportation

Adam returned from a few days away. One of the first things he came across was this extremely disturbing article in the New York Times on the ... . But then consider this:- Under longstanding trade agreements, fuel for international freight carried by sea [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 08:28:44

FREE Express Post, 25% off Winter clothing, and FREE Bubbles offer at ShopHouse

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Date: 2008-06-20 01:21:51

The resuscitation of distance

OVER the course of the twentieth century, the cost of shipping manufactured goods fell by some 90% ... that carry a high ratio of freight costs to the final sale price. But a new report has determined ... : What is also of interest to me is the trend in air freight, which was critical to so much [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 16:53:11

Your Stuff and How It Got Here

When you ride your bike from downtown to West Seattle, you share the road with train tracks and loaded semi trucks. There’s a fishing pier where you can watch the tugboats tie up and the freight shops coming ... you can continue on your way. There’s a swing bridge to let large shipping traffic navigate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 15:34:00

Oil: The Weapon Generator

With news of the falling price of a barrel of oil, Russia, Venezuela, and Iran are experiencing spending hardships (3 Oil-Rich Countries Face a Reckoning). The United States seems to reap the benefit of a lower price at the pump, and the world seems to be a safer place, because oil is so cheap. Well, you would [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 22:17:55

Is Your Salad Bad for the Environment?

There's a good article at the New York Times, "Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag," on the issue of CO2 emissions resulting from the delivery of foodstuffs around the world. The article discusses at some length how international fuel tax breaks have facilitated this trade [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 17:35:52

Is Your Salad Bad for the Environment?

There's a good article at the New York Times, "Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag," on the issue of CO2 emissions resulting from the delivery of foodstuffs around the world. The article discusses at some length how international fuel tax breaks have facilitated this trade [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 08:08:55

Sorry Tom, It's not that flat!

By Ron Beasley In 2005 the pompous and erudite Thomas Friedman told us the world is flat ... that this is perhaps changing because of the cost of fuel. The cost of shipping a 40 foot container ... will once again make it rounder.” The new tariff Shipping costs to and from Asia have risen so much [more...]

Date: 2008-06-04 02:51:29

The Green Computing Update

This article was written by Jeremy Faludi in November 2007. We’re republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. This is the last installment in our green computing update. Part 1 dealt with data centers, Part 2 was about components, Part 3 covered whole machines, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 18:44:01

The Green Computing Update

This article was written by Jeremy Faludi in November 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. This is the last installment in our green computing update. Part 1 dealt with data centers, Part 2 was about components, Part 3 covered whole machines, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 18:44:01

DrumBeat: August 25, 2008

Abandon 19th Century Fuels and Move Toward 21st Century Reponses (Calif. Dem. Candidate Debbie Cook) Every American needs to understand that the world has now experienced three years of flat oil production and during those three years, another 230 million energy consumers were added to the population of the world [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 14:15:39

Oil prices raise transport costs, eroding advantages of globalization: CIBC

Canadian Press A short, pithy piece which once again points out the folly of our port managers, ... , the report says, the explosion in transportation costs caused by the record levels in the price of oil ... was US$20 a barrel, the cost of transportation was the equivalent of a three per cent U.S. tariff [more...]

Date: 2008-05-27 16:40:57

the stuff we use to create stuff.

Jump to Comments Friend MarkHB and I were sort of comparing notes on our respective creative processes yesterday. He’s an animator (the kind what spins pixels on a computer screen, not the kind what tries to get overweight tourists off the pool chairs at Club Med) [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 19:21:54

Concern for nations outside magic circle

Concern for nations outside magic circleBy Krishna Guha and Alan Beattie in WashingtonPublished: October 30 2008 23:25 | Last updated: October 30 2008 23:25Moves by the Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund to make dollars available quickly and without conditions to a select group of emerging markets raise questions about the impact on [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:48:00

Alienware m17x laptop touching down nationwide

Filed under: Laptops whether your neighbor ordered one of these monstrosities, you probably felt the ground shake when the freight carrier dropped that poor boy off ... news flash: Alienware’s brawny m17x gaming laptop is shipping right now…. networking news [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 08:42:13

$4 Gas and $8,000 Shipping Containers.

As usual, Americans and the politicians who pander to them are focusing on the obvious, ... . The costs of shipping materials, parts and products around the world to exploit cheap labor are starting to count in the price. Cheap oil, the lubricant of quick, inexpensive transportation links across [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 15:28:06

The Weekly Carboholic: anti-oil speculator resolution useless political theater

On June 26, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 6377, a resolution that requires the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use all of its authority, including emergency powers if appropriate, to manage energy commodities. The resolution passed the House 402-19. This resolution is political theater [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 12:30:32

Private equity firms eye shipping goldmine

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Date: 2008-11-10 15:18:21

Transportation Headlines for Saturday September 20, 2008

A look at the agency called MetrolinkBottleneck BlogArchiving Angeles (AA): P.E ... NewsGov. Palin opposed shipping mitigation planSan Francisco ChronicleHearings to be held on RTA's ... is shared with freight trains. Even some board members say they lack expertise on some of the problems [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 13:22:00

DrumBeat: April 14, 2008

Fears emerge over Russia’s oil output Russian oil production has peaked and may never return to current levels, one of the country’s top energy executives has warned, fuelling concerns that the world’s biggest oil producers cannot keep up with rampant Asian demand [more...]

Date: 2008-04-14 13:06:18

DrumBeat: April 14, 2008

Fears emerge over Russia’s oil output Russian oil production has peaked and may never return to current levels, one of the country’s top energy executives has warned, fuelling concerns that the world’s biggest oil producers cannot keep up with rampant Asian demand [more...]

Date: 2008-04-14 13:06:18

Infrastructure, the Economy: Hello! — They’re Linked!

I recently wrote the following article for the Citistates Group, a network of journalists, speakers and civic leaders which I belong to ... . Major East and West coastal ports have turned into huge bottlenecks and our national freight shipping [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 21:14:31

Wal-Mart, Food, and the Environment

The New York Times has a really interesting story about the environmental costs associated with the way we eat. It's easy to think of food as coming from the grocery store, but that tomato had to be grown somewhere, processed somewhere, and then sold to you [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 21:20:48

Key Hot Wholesale Tips You MUST Follow!

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Date: 2008-11-03 03:39:00

Online Snowboard Shops

Online Snowboard Shops A couple years ago for snowboard.com I helped put together a comprehensive list of online snowboard shops that people could purchase gear from and hear other member's feedback. I posted that list down below. The three shops that I consistently purchase from are Evo, Dogfunk/Backcountry, and Wave Rave [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 16:59:00

US rail network facing congestion ‘calamity’

US rail network facing congestion ‘calamity’ May 30th, 2008 CHICAGO—Railway executive Matthew Rose stood before fellow industry leaders, pointing to a map meant to tell the future of the U.S. rail freight network. It was drenched in red — east to west, north to south [more...]

Date: 2008-05-29 23:54:48

Is Your Dinner Destroying Environment?

Is Your Dinner Destroying Environment? Scientists take control of flies’ brains to make females behave just like males Study: ... from transporting the food. Under longstanding trade agreements, fuel for international freight [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 16:17:44

AP IMPACT: US freight rail congestion a concern

AP IMPACT: US freight rail congestion a concern May 30th, 2008 CHICAGO—Railway executive Matthew Rose stood before fellow industry leaders, pointing to a map meant to tell the future of the U.S. rail freight network. It was drenched in red — east to west, north to south [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 09:34:40

Ann Vileisis: Eat Less Freight

Ann Vileisis: Eat Less Freight June 24th, 2008 by Ann Vileisis With gas prices rising to over $4 ... with higher prices at the supermarket checkout. The legacy of once-cheap oil, petroleum ... , for processing into cans and boxes, and, of course, for shipping foods from distant farms to our market [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 16:47:31

Global Trade Recession Indicators Redline - It’s Going To Hurt

As mentioned in an early post, there are no clear signals that the global economy is skidding to a violent halt ... became tightly inter-connected, and everyone enjoyed the massive cheap credit wave that swept the world [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 15:01:34

7 Best Sandpaper Brands: Klingspor vs. Norton vs. 3M in the Sanding Supplies Showdown

7 Best Sandpaper Brands: Klingspor vs. Norton vs. 3M in the Sanding Supplies Showdown. As luck would have it I stumbled on the SawmillCreek thread “Finishing Supplies: Must Haves.” I like how the OP (original poster) has realized that improving his finishes may well boost him to “the next level [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 15:28:00

BusinessWeek Opinion: Welcome to the Frozen Economy

I read this interesting opinion piece in BusinessWeek last night; it strikes on many chords we've been both predicting and outlining over the past year+ of time in the blog. I always like to know the background of the writer of opinions soShoshana Zuboff is the author of The Support Economy: [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 09:30:00

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Date: 2008-11-07 11:29:06

Stock Market news: Rate cuts and job losses

US Federal Reserve cut key interest rate to 1% while Indian companies prepared plans to lay off 25% of work force in the next 10 days ... in all sectors. 2. USA: Consumer confidence fell to lowest level in 40 years (lowest reading [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 02:31:00

Reuters: Russian Companies Now Own 10% of U.S Steel Industry

The July/August issue of Foreign Policy ( ... American analysts describe U.S. steelmaking as a sunset industry that cannot compete with cheap steel ... , perceive value. The weak dollar has made many U.S. companies cheap in comparison [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 07:07:02

10 Ways To Doing Wholesale and Dropshipping Business

10 Ways To Doing Wholesale and Dropshipping Business Monday 28 April 2008 @ 10:49 pm by Thomas Griffin 1 ... , you need to add the shipping cost and insurance, eBay fees (or equivalent for other advertising), Paypal ... order first, use secure payment methods, get shipping insurance for 110% of the cost of the items [more...]

Date: 2008-04-29 03:49:12

Cheap-Ass Tools: MalletHead

You own enough hammers to outfit a construction crew, ... job. Instead of buying yet another hand tool, you might consider today’s featured Cheap-Ass Tool ... . Mallethead Coupon The corporate site asks $10 plus $8 shipping and handling for a set of MalletHeads [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 17:39:59

DrumBeat: June 1, 2008

Ending dollar peg won't solve Gulf inflation - Paulson ABU DHABI, June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday leaders of Gulf oil producing states had told him that abandoning their currency pegs to the dollar will not solve their inflation problems [more...]

Date: 2008-06-01 13:00:49

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Date: 2008-10-20 23:02:41

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Date: 2008-09-29 15:40:57

End The Fed Demonstrations November 22

10/22/2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis The confiscations of systems and wealth generating locations is beginning. The US has opened yet another window into the awful nothingness of the Cave of Wealth and Death. The 'rescue' amounts are now well over $2 trillion and rising weekly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 13:13:29

Money and Business news 20th October 2008

Money and Business news 20th October 2008 Time for bankers to risk an apology? LONDON (Reuters) - No-one expects a fallen Master of the Universe to say sorry. But academics say an apology -- for all the litigation risk it entails -- can be the basis of revitalized confidence and trust [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 11:30:37

Beginning of the End for Age of Oil

Beginning of the End for Age of Oil October 23rd, 2008 By David L ... % on Higher Freight Revenue Union Pacific reported a 38% jump in profit in the third quarter, beating ... said Jim Young, Union Pacific chairman and CEO. The company saw its average freight revenues jump [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 17:44:25

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Date: 2008-04-29 03:51:55

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Date: 2008-06-03 00:18:28

Finding Out More About The ATA

I remember first hearing about the ATA in truck driving school. The instructor told us that they were for trucking companies, not drivers ... ? Their Chairman is Ray Kuntz, a freight broker. That’s right, a broker. Need I say more? The ATA puts [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 17:54:15

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