HEY FRED, TWO HOURS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL
I have always admired Fred Smith and FedEx in the same vein as Bill Gates and Microsoft. Fred did to shipping what Bill did for the personal computer. When I think of the development of the mobile telephone I feel technology will still for years to come hand us more bells and whistles. Microsoft will [...]
ONLY SIX WEEKS TO GO AND AIRFREIGHT ENTERS A NEW WORLD
As August 1st draws ever and ever closer, forwarders who have sat on their hands or decided against investing in screening equipment are starting to scramble determining what the options are. For our part, we have over $500,000 invested in equipment and ten staff totally dedicated to screening throughout our three offices. Airlines have made [...]
CII BUYING MORE X-RAY SCREENING EQUIPMENT
Ever since the Department of Home Security set up the TSA arm we have been most cognizant over its power to implement its programs and the need for us to stay absolutely abreast of the rules and regulations. We have had two people employed solely on our own program and I believe we are the [...]
WHAT ARE AMERICA’S LARGEST EXPORTS BY VOLUME?
Our largest exports by volume are waste paper and scrap metal. Even hay and cotton rates a mention! Doesn’t this say something about our malaise? If we are going green as President Obama tells us this is the future, recycling is very much part of that cause. Why can’t we re-process the scrap metal and [...]






