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Dear Mr. President: The Nation's Transportation Infrastructure Needs Serious Attention

When Tony Earley was asked recently to identify the most serious issue facing the nation's giant utilities in the next 20 years, the answer was easy. It is, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s CEO wrote, "the huge need for investment in basic infrastructure, from pipes and power lines to poles, transformers and more."

What Hurricane Sandy Did to the Supply Chain

The economic effects of Hurricane Sandy are reverberating beyond areas hit by the storm as businesses warn customers of delays, try to get merchandise out of closed ports and face canceled orders.

Preliminary Net Orders for Trucks in Classes 5-8 Are at 'Best Since' Levels

North America Classes 5-8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for October rose to levels of "best since" comparisons. The final numbers, which will be released mid-November, will approach 23,200 units for heavy duty Class 8 trucks and 18,500 for medium duty Classes 5-7 vehicles. The preliminary net order numbers are typically accurate to within 5 percent of actual.

Short-Term Losses to Trucking from 'Superstorm' Sandy Will Easily Be Recouped, Analyst Says

The estimated loss of $140m per day that the trucking industry will sustain from down time associated with 'Superstorm' Sandy will ultimately be recouped because of resupply and rebuilding truck freight demands, according to Noel Perry, senior consultant with FTR Associates. The per-day estimate of loss revenue is based on 20 percent of the industry not moving freight because of the storm and its aftermath.

JDA Releases Multichannel, Cloud-Based Training Program

JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Minutes, a new multichannel training service.

E-Commerce to Power Record 'Green Monday' Shipments, According to FedEx Projections

FedEx expects to have its busiest day in history on Monday, Dec. 10, when it moves a projected 19 million shipments through its global ground, express and freight networks. The 10-percent, year-over-year increase will once again be driven by e-commerce feeding the FedEx Ground and FedEx SmartPost networks.

Class 8 Demand Dips in September, But 2012 Sales on Track to Top Last Year's

Class 8 new and net orders continued to soften in September as the perceived threat of bad economic news impacts potential truck buyers.

DB Schenker Expands Transport Monitoring; Adds Mexican Warehouse Capacity

DB Schenker has introduced DB Schenkersmartbox, a new service for monitoring global freight movements.

Americold Unveils Expedited Delivery Service for Truck Shipments

Americold, a provider specializing in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics services to the food industry, has introduced a new product to coordinate and expedite the delivery of less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload shipments.

ChemLogix Launches Freight Brokerage Service to Combat Capacity Shortages

Chemlogix LLC, a provider of transportation, technology and supply-chain consulting services to the chemical industry, has launched a new freight-brokerage service.

ALK Partners With Airclic, Issues Maps App and PC-MILER/Rail Update

The CoPilot GPS truck-navigation system of ALK Technologies, Inc. has been integrated into the cloud-based mobile software product line of Airclic.

Why U.S.-Mexico Trade is Booming

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