LOGISTICS NEWS AND INSIGHT

Contents

No. 33, Vol. 272, Whole No. 5278

AUGUST 25, 2008

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Cover Story

10 Taking Obama’s

Measure

Transportation likes infrastructure

ideas, but is wary of labor, tax plans

Government & Regulation

14 No Passing Zone

Despite broad support, expect delays

for Highway Trust Fund relief

15 Adding up infrastructure costs

15 California backs off toll increase

Special Report

18 Inventory’s New Dimensions

Shippers taking stock of rising costs turn to inventory technology

Columns

6 Commentary: Too much freight, not enough drivers?

38 Q&A: Clarifying wording for prepaid shipments

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Logistics &
Technology

16 As fuel costs send shoppers online,

retailers shift distribution centers 17 Dell goes carbon neutral

17 Arcapita-CEPL deal valued at $734 million

Trucking

23 UPS Freight eyes bigger presence in truckload market, driving beyond LTL

24 Overhauling Mack Trucks

Rail & Intermodal

26 CN asks STB to approve EJ&E purchase by

October, deal with mitigation issues later 27 Iowa loans come up short

27 NS gets green light for terminal

Air & Expedited

29 ABX sees red in second quarter, but airline claims bright future beyond DHL

30 Domestic cargo in a dive

30 FedEx has capital plan

Maritime

32 Bribery, corruption investigation in Nigeria takes toll on Panalpina’s bottom line

33 Charter rates head toward bottom 33 Germany moves to block Hapag-Lloyd sale

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Departments 4 Editorial

8-9 This Week

34 People

35 Calendar

35 Logistics Seminars 36 Update

37 Classifieds 39 Company Index 39 The Back Page

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