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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
The Surface Transportation Board opened an official investigation seeking input from rail shippers on how it should measure and regulate railroad first-mile, last-mile (FMLM) operations. The board also seeks comment on whether further examination of FMLM…
A unanimous vote by the Surface Transportation Board scuttled the proposed merger of Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern, and also seems to signal the advent of a new era of more vigorous railroad regulation. The board voted 5-0 not to allow…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Supply chain problems could be the Grinch that stole Christmas. The Senate unanimously passes an anti-Chinese slave labor bill. A survey finds hiring…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects truck driver medical exam reports from 2017-18 delayed then because of a computer hack to be submitted no later than Sept. 30 of this year. The 14,000 missing reports cover the results of truck and bus…
President Biden’s pronouncement that private businesses with more than 100 employees must have all of their workers vaccinated against Covid 19 stirred up controversy and raised serious questions about how it can be implemented. Doubts have been raised about…
The Senate unanimously passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which is being considered by the House of Representatives. where an earlier version of the bill passed 406-3 in September 2020. In recent months, the Biden Administration has threatened…
Global revenue for warehouse robot sales will have a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 23% from 2021 to 2030 and exceed a total of $51 billion by 2030, according to ABI Research, a tech market advisory firm. “Mobile robots are at the heart of…
A Robert Hall survey of more than 2,800 senior managers shows that hiring is expected to pick up during the rest of this year as companies add new positions and seek to fill ones that were vacated during the height of the Covid 19 pandemic. At least 51% of…
When Vice President Kamala Harris toured the Far East while the crisis in Kabul raged, she declared to Americans at a press conference in Singapore: "If you want to have Christmas toys for your children, now might be the time to start buying them, because…
How are warehouse operators finding new employees in today’s tough hiring market? By poaching them from other employers, of course. That was the conclusion drawn from recent research conducted by Newmark, the nationwide commercial real estate sales and…
Following a request by President Biden, the Surface Transportation Board has moved to its front burner the rail shippers’ request large freight railroads be requiried to adopt reciprocal switching. Biden asked the STB to look at that and other issues in his…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed streamlining federal regulations that govern interstate household goods moving and storage companies. The recommended changes are intended to streamline the documentation requirements and support…
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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
The Surface Transportation Board opened an official investigation seeking input from rail shippers on how it should measure and regulate railroad first-mile, last-mile (FMLM) operations. The board also seeks comment on whether further examination of FMLM…
A unanimous vote by the Surface Transportation Board scuttled the proposed merger of Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern, and also seems to signal the advent of a new era of more vigorous railroad regulation. The board voted 5-0 not to allow…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Supply chain problems could be the Grinch that stole Christmas. The Senate unanimously passes an anti-Chinese slave labor bill. A survey finds hiring…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects truck driver medical exam reports from 2017-18 delayed then because of a computer hack to be submitted no later than Sept. 30 of this year. The 14,000 missing reports cover the results of truck and bus…
President Biden’s pronouncement that private businesses with more than 100 employees must have all of their workers vaccinated against Covid 19 stirred up controversy and raised serious questions about how it can be implemented. Doubts have been raised about…
The Senate unanimously passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which is being considered by the House of Representatives. where an earlier version of the bill passed 406-3 in September 2020. In recent months, the Biden Administration has threatened…
Global revenue for warehouse robot sales will have a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 23% from 2021 to 2030 and exceed a total of $51 billion by 2030, according to ABI Research, a tech market advisory firm. “Mobile robots are at the heart of…
A Robert Hall survey of more than 2,800 senior managers shows that hiring is expected to pick up during the rest of this year as companies add new positions and seek to fill ones that were vacated during the height of the Covid 19 pandemic. At least 51% of…
When Vice President Kamala Harris toured the Far East while the crisis in Kabul raged, she declared to Americans at a press conference in Singapore: "If you want to have Christmas toys for your children, now might be the time to start buying them, because…
How are warehouse operators finding new employees in today’s tough hiring market? By poaching them from other employers, of course. That was the conclusion drawn from recent research conducted by Newmark, the nationwide commercial real estate sales and…
Following a request by President Biden, the Surface Transportation Board has moved to its front burner the rail shippers’ request large freight railroads be requiried to adopt reciprocal switching. Biden asked the STB to look at that and other issues in his…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed streamlining federal regulations that govern interstate household goods moving and storage companies. The recommended changes are intended to streamline the documentation requirements and support…