Commentary

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Eno Center for Transportation

Lillian Borrone, Chairman

When Congress passed MAP-21 last summer, the legislation offered a much-needed commitment to transportation infrastructure funding for the next two years.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Distribution-Publications

James E. Devine, Jr., President

For those of us in the shipping industry’s regulatory sector, we expect the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to continue its efforts to increase efficiency and to encourage innovative business strategies in 2013.

Peter T. Leach

As if planning and managing a seamless supply chain weren’t tough enough, a group of gremlins put their heads together last year to find more fiendish ways to bedevil logisticians.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: DHX - Dependable Hawaiian Express DGX - Dependable Global Express DAX - Dependable AirCargo Express

Brad Dechter, President

There are two major changes that if they occur this year would be a good thing for us in future years.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Damco North America

Jeremy Haycock, President

Although some may argue that there is gradual stability in the transportation and logistics market, I remain only cautiously optimistic and contend there is still a great deal of uncertainty and unforeseen hurdles in our future.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Dachser USA

Frank Guenzerodt, President and CEO

As we look out into 2013, we see enough economic concerns to make us cautious about our optimism for growth.

Progress? What Progress?

Barry Horowitz

2013 has arrived, but you may not have fully adjusted to the turning of the calendar. Some of you are just coming to accept that the world didn’t end on Dec. 21; others are still breathing sighs of relief that U.S. waterfront labor is still at work, although no one knows how long this will last.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Intermodal Association of North America

Joni Casey, President and CEO

Judging from the number of calls and inquiries I receive from analysts and experts, intermodal is no longer a stranger to transportation cognoscenti.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: IBM

Keith Dierkx, Global Industry Leader, Rail; Global Rail Innovation Center Director

Railroads are no strangers to operational efficiencies or being on the leading edge of new technologies.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: CSX

Michael J. Ward, President, Chairman and CEO

As 2013 begins, economic indicators suggest a more moderate pace of growth.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Canadian Pacific

E. Hunter Harrison, President and CEO

The railroad industry has made some progress in seeking out costs and eliminating them.

Q&A: In This Storage War, There Is No Set-Off

Colin Barrett

A shipper claims a set-off against a broker for storage charges incurred after a later-than-requested pickup of a less-than-truckload shipment. Is the shipper on solid legal ground?

A New Day for Same-Day Delivery

Satish Jindel

Each year brings challenges and opportunities to the global transportation sector born out of events beyond its control. So much of the sector’s fate depends on the U.S. economy and the changing global trade market.

Annual Review & Outlook 2013: YRC Worldwide

James Welch, CEO

Two seismic events occurred in the fourth quarter of 2012 that will have a lasting impact well into 2013 and beyond. The first event — a $6 billion, four-year push to bring dramatic change to our gridlocked political system — never materialized and the end result was a November vote for the status quo.

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