In a webinar with Stifel Managing Director of Research David Ross, Steve presented the results of our annual survey of transportation executives. Following is a lightly edited excerpt. This year, we were pleased to get 126 responses, about half from executives at carriers, 3PLs and brokers. For eight disruptors, we asked “By 2025, will it have […]
Following are my opening remarks for a panel on “smart technologies” at the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) Expo in September in Long Beach. The panel session was covered by Transport Topics in this article. Since the dawn of civilization, human beings have used technology to improve the transport of goods from their point […]
Note: Dr. Randall further explains the benefits of combining simulation and optimization in the cover article of the current issue of Analytics Magazine. North American railroads have invested billions of dollars in recent years on terminals and infrastructure to improve rail intermodal, the transportation of containers and trailers on flat cars, which accounts for a […]
MHI Solutions, which covers material handling and logistics, interviewed me for its current issue’s review of intermodal transportation trends. Many shippers used intermodal in the past, didn’t like it, and have been using truckload ever since. However, significant headwinds are now impacting truckload, such as the driver shortage. Truckload has not seen meaningful consolidation, so […]
