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12 Things Thomas S. Albrecht,CFA Thinks About 2016

By on Saturday January 16th, 2016 in Carrier Capacity, LTL, Rail, Trends, Trucking. No Comments.

Thom is Managing Director, Transportation Equity Research for BB&T Capital Markets.  These thoughts are from BB&T’s January 13, 2016 Surface Transportation Report. Thom and his team do a fantastic job covering transportation for BB&T.   At the beginning of each year it’s fun to throw some thoughts out on what the year might look like. […]


UPS Dimensional Pricing and other updates

By on Sunday September 6th, 2015 in LTL, On Time Delivery, Preferred Shipper, Supply Chain, Trends. No Comments.

On Thursday September 3, 2015 I attended the monthly learning/networking breakfast sponsored by Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business Supply and Value Chain Center(SVCC). Wholesalers, Retailers, Manufacturers,  Distributors, (WRMD) are the target audience. The topic for this month was a presentation by Molly Frank, Retail Marketing Manager, Illinois District for UPS on Dimensional Pricing […]


Traffic Club Of Chicago Executive Series Luncheon 2/19/2015

By on Friday February 20th, 2015 in Carrier Capacity, LTL, Supply Chain, Transport & Politics, Trucking. No Comments.

I attended the monthly Traffic Club of Chicago executive series luncheon yesterday at Ditkas’s,  in Oak Brook Terrace( Da Coach stiff armed when I walked in…) where Darren Hawkins, President of YRC Freight was the speaker. The turn around at YRC is nothing short of amazing given the obituaries that were written about the company  […]