Economic Boom in Pennsylvania The Lehigh Valley (LV) is experiencing an economic boom. In a recent chamber article, Dr. Kamran Afshar, the LV’s chief economist, explains that 2018 payroll employment grew at a rate of 1.9 percent, higher than the national level of 1.8 percent. Dr. Afshar examines several
Have you seen the Spotted Lanternfly? These planthoppers are native to Southeast Asia but have become common in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Because they have five separate states of development, their appearance changes over time. In the nymph state, they are black with bright white spots. As they grow to adulthood,
Are you tired of tracking down your shipment, making call after call trying to pinpoint a driver’s location or an estimated time of delivery? Are your customers frustrated with delayed deliveries or wishy washy answers? We get it, not only are these scenarios aggravating, they can ruin your reputation.
In 2018, the number one concern of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI) in their yearly Top Industry Issues Report was the continuing driver shortage. The need to recruit and train new drivers is nothing new. In fact, in 12 out of the 14 years ATRI
2018 was a great year for the logistics industry. A variety of factors combined to create a capacity crunch beneficial to carriers. The hard enforcement of the ELD mandate, while not as disruptive as originally predicted, may have contributed to an ever-burgeoning driver shortage. And the driver shortage itself, predicted
NEMF Bankruptcy New England Motor Freight (NEMF), based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and headed by Myron Shevell, has been in the trucking business since 1918. One of the top less-than-truckload carriers in the nation (#67 on the CCJ Top 250 List), NEMF was purchased by Mr. Shevell in 1977. On