Becoming a Better Trucking Customer
- Topics:
- Transportation
- Tags:
- Carrier,
- Inbound Logistics
- Source:
- Inbound Logistics
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Overview: This past year brought more than a few bumps in the road. Union battles, driver shortages, rising insurance premiums, carriers, and supply chain partners to plug expectation gaps and choke operating costs. The trucking industry is heading in a new direction. Many regional owner-operators -- throwbacks to the post-war automobile boon -- have been decimated by the economy and Sept. 11 fallout. Larger, more financially stable and diversified carriers, with national networks and strategic interests in targeting new markets, have grabbed the wheel away from smaller operators. Deliveries delayed while truck drivers fight traffic frustrates both carriers and transport buyers. Wendell Cox, a transportation veteran who has studied traffic and gridlock issues for 25 years, believes freight rail is the solution for reducing traffic congestion. Tank truck safety and security has never been more critical. But it is more than just the carrier's concern. it has been urged to shippers and carriers to work together. ths it has also provided 10 suggestions on ways to collaborate.
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Format: HTML | Date: Sep 2002 | Pages: 1
