Mark Szakonyi

Associate editor, Rail/Intermodal, Regulation, Policy

  • Sen. Al Franken, a Friend to Captive Shippers
    Mark Szakonyi |
    Mar 29, 2012 3:34PM GMT
    It’s hard out there for captive shippers, or railroad customers who have access to only one rail service. Congressional attempts to curb railroad pricing power have faltered, and the Surface Transportation Board kicked a request for tougher switching rules down the road. And in November,...
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  • Double Brokering, Vicarious Liability, Oh My
    Mark Szakonyi |
    Mar 26, 2012 3:24PM GMT
    Your brokerage firm has contracted a load out to a carrier, but that carrier has passed on the shipment to another trucking company. Then that third-party is involved in a fatal accident, opening your firm to a myriad of legal ramifications, which could even ratchet up to include your shipper....
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  • Manufacturing's Overhyped Recovery?
    Mark Szakonyi |
    Mar 21, 2012 8:56PM GMT
    From President Obama trumpeting its resurgence to economists praising the sector for leading the U.S. economic recovery, domestic manufacturing hasn’t looked this good for years. But a recent study by a non-partisan think tank suggests that economics, pundits and policymakers are getting an...
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  • E-Commerce Booms Abroad
    Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor |
    Mar 15, 2012 8:15PM GMT
    As it seems with most trends these days, the U.S. market for e-commerce will be big but China’s will be bigger. If the European Commission can create a “digital single market,” our cousins across the Atlantic could give us a run on online spending, considering their love of...
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  • US Manufacturer Provides Reshoring Lesson
    Mark Szakonyi |
    Oct 14, 2011 8:19PM GMT
    A Seattle manufacturer’s decision to expand in the U.S. instead of China provides an excellent case study on the advantages American businesses can find reshoring. “The lead time for orders coming from China is three weeks, and all of our brewery clients want our products faster...
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  • Transport Plans Ring Hollow
    Mark Szakonyi |
    Sep 15, 2011 9:29PM GMT
    The logic behind the two competing proposals for a long-term transportation spending plan sound pretty good unless you go outside the Beltway’s infrastructure circles. A luncheon debate this week between Ken Orski, editor and publisher of Innovation NewsBriefs, and Bill Millar, American...
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