Posted by julian on July 2, 2009 in
Airlines,
Economy
Over the last twenty years I have become more and more confused about the actions of our gurus in industry and those dirt bags on Wall Street. We have seen merger after merger to the point where most industries are now so condensed we have created oligopoly situations (oil, pharmaceutical, defense contractors, food, banks/finance and [...]
Tags: 737, Airbus, Barbie, Boeing, Chicago, China, Dreamliner 787, Expeditors, Fisher-Price, Ford, GM, Levi-Straus, McDonnell Douglas, Pentagon, Seattle, Wall Street
Posted by julian on November 10, 2008 in
Economy
Thanks to Mr. Bush and his allies who were responsible for the Wall Street melt down, our industry is also now facing a very tough times. Starting with DHL at the top, all multi-national forwarders will be handing out Pink Slips and final paychecks as Christmas presents to much of their workforce as their revenues [...]
Tags: Christmas, DHL, Expeditors, Wal-Mart, Wall Street
Posted by julian on August 23, 2008 in
Economy,
Export
This week I was corresponding with an old “Kiwi” mate, whose friendship spans the thirty-eight years I have been in the industry. We both started in transportation around the same time in Auckland. He was lamenting how the industry has changed and not for the better. It started me thinking of the good ol’ days [...]
Tags: AEI, Agility, Airborne, AirFreight, AKL, Australia, BAX, Ceva, CF Airfreight, Circle, Danzas, DHL, England, Expeditors, Fritz, Global, Hank Hartong, IJS Logistics, Jardines, Kuehne and Nagel, Lep, MSAS, Multi-national, New Zealand, Panalpina, Pandair, Schenker, Union Transport, USA, Wholesale, WTC