Excuse me if I vent a little.  The U.S. Postal Service reported a loss of $5.1 billion (yes, with a “b”) during fiscal year 2011.  The loss would have been $10.6 billion had Congress not postponed a $5.5 billion retirement …

Following YRC, ABF and Vitran, FedEx has announced rate increases across the board.

UPS Package and FedEx Ground have adopted a policy of not working with 3PC (Third Party Consultants) and 3PN (Third Party Negotiators)

These are not New Year’s resolutions.  Rather, they are my top 10 transportation related items that I would like to see progress on in the upcoming year.

1. Stop showing that annoying UPS commercial.  The “What Can Brown do …

Each and every year carriers increase rates between 5-7% on average. Average being the key word.

For most of the other things and services we purchase we always want to know what something costs before spending. Businesses ship products without knowing what they are spending for transportation services.