Blue Eagle Logistics moves the freight important to people’s lives. If the events of the pandemic and the past 10 months have taught us anything, it’s that truck drivers are at the top of the essential workers list. Without these committed men and women, our economy would...
What is a critical parts warehouse or a forward stocking location? Critical parts warehouses and forward stocking locations are 3rd party warehouses which offer a local presence for shippers to stage inventory for local or regional delivery. Industries demanding critical parts or forward stocking locations include...
“Ever-increasing electronic apps are designed to enable us to accomplish more tasks in less time, thus supposedly making our lives easier – when in reality, the devices are also disrupting, at supersonic speeds, everything in our lives.” ~Rob Hackbarth From technologies that match customers with carriers...
I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.― John C. Maxwell Firefighters When your house is burning down, you want the best firefighting team around, right? You want those trained...
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...
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...
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...
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....
