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Well, that didn’t take long. In the last issue , we predicted that there would be serious consequences for the railroads arising from the Norfolk Southern (NS) derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It happened more quickly than we had anticipated, and resulted…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: The economy is getting weird, but warehousing and distribution are faring well. FMCSA drops a complicated truck safety assessment model for something…
If there has been another time when the economic signs have been more confusing, it’s hard to think of one. Are we already entering a recession, is there one in our future? Will this year see modest or better economic growth? Has inflation been licked, or…
Sometimes you put a tremendous amount of work into a project only to see it come to nothing. That’s how some of the members of the National Academy of Sciences must feel after a safety standard they spent years developing was thrown out in the trash. The…
A recent National Labor Relations Board ruling holds that the mere proffer of a draft severance agreement to an employee exiting employment which includes broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions violates the National Labor Relations Act. In…
This year, the EEO-1 employment data form collection period for employers is expected to begin in mid-July instead of April, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Covered employers should expect to have the same amount of time (about one…
Although initially wary of automation, warehouse workers have grown to recognize the value of robots in making their work easier, according to research conducted recently by the robot manufacturer Lucas Systems. A survey of 500 on-floor warehouse and…
As we reported in the last issue, Congress and the Biden administration have begun taking a closer look at railroad safety in the United States and how it can be improved. Since then, we have gotten a clearer view of where they are heading. A full report on…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Ocean traffic wanes and port terminal operators are losing container demurrage fees. Love continues to spring eternal among co-workers, according to…
Port congestion is now a thing of the past and terminal operators face both a decline in imports and a substantial loss in revenue from ongoing container detention and demurrage charges they became used to collecting during the service crisis. Before you…
Love continues to spring eternal in the workplace, according to the most recent annual survey on the subject conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. Of the workers who are currently in a workplace romance or were in one before, 57% said their…
For the fifth year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, NJ, is once again the No. 1 freight bottleneck in the country, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. The remaining Top 10 bottlenecks include: 2. Chicago:…