in 2012. His speech focused on the issues facing the trucking industry, based on the results of a survey that was conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute. He also talked about the impact of consumer spending on the economy.WEBER...
Top issues of concern for trucking industry stakeholders are identified by the American Transportation Research Institute's (ITRE's) annual survey. There has been a dynamic shifting of priorities over the past ten years. Emerging concerns include the lack of available truck parking, the upcoming El...
The cardboard shortage is vexing, but fairly intuitive. And surely you can grasp how craft breweries are affected by anoverburdened, underpaid trucking system. But some supply chain problems are more off the wall. Consider CO2. “Early in the pandemic, oil prices dropped really low, so ethano...
Hosted a bipartisan roundtable with industry leaders on the ongoing supply chain crisis and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Visited the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and discussed lack of container access for agriculture exporters, significant backlogs and congestion, and burdensome trucking rest...
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In an industry facing challenges from social inflation, court backlogs, and evolving risk landscapes, the importance of timely and accurate reserve practices cannot be overstated. By focusing on consistency in reserving and leveraging the power of trend analysis, insurers can navigate these challenges ...
Farmer-to-farmer efforts are popping up across the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest to assemble donations of hay, feed, fencing, and other livestock related items and to secure funds and trucking to get the items to drop points manned by local contacts, churches, FFA chapters, extension, and ...
Marsh and Guy Carpenter are businesses of Marsh McLennan. Industries are still facing some limiting factors, such as driver shortages in trucking, but additional investments in structural changes to the supply chain offer signs for encouragement. At the same time, organizations are looking throughout...
On May 7, 2020, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, issued its COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Logistics and Warehousing Facilities, which provides detailed guidance to logistics and warehouse facilities on how to support a safe and clean work...
Equally important is to solve two stubborn problems facing the aviation education community – recruitment (starting at a young age) and retention. This is no easy task and AEPA seeks to destroy the massive roadblocks the industry itself imposes on aspiring pilots, aviation maintenance technicians an...