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In response to customer demands, motor carriers are coming out with time-definite services that are designed to be fast, flexible, pinpoint accurate, ? and absolutely invaluable to shippers.
Imported oil and its attendant risks. Greenhouse gases and global warming. An economy dependent on a vibrant freight transportation system. Add those up and the result is a growing imperative to find alternatives to traditional fuels.
In my June column, I wrote about the continuing effort by Congress and special interest groups to keep Mexican trucks off U.S. roads. Ordinarily, I wouldn't revisit a subject a few months later, but since Congress has chosen to do so, I will too.
The government's decision to lift the rate bureaus' antitrust immunity could open the way for new less-than-truckload pricing models. But it won't happen overnight.