Posted by julian on Nov 25, 2009 in
Uncategorized
When I arrived in Los Angeles in 1988 my first visit to an airline was to Flying Tigers on World Way. I checked my Thomas Guide and promptly went to World Way which happened to be where the airline passenger terminals were. I drove around and around for thirty minutes trying to see a Flying [...]
Tags: CII, FedEX, Flying Tigers, Gary Runyon, Jim Haggerty, Mike Scanlan, Ron Labac
Posted by julian on Nov 13, 2009 in
Economy
At long last we seem to be getting it. Every week I have something to say about China being our number one enemy and sometimes I think I am a lone voice. Shortly President Obama will be visiting China and I guess it will be the same old nonsense repeated. He will tell them how [...]
Tags: China, FedEX, Obama, Wall Street
Posted by julian on Nov 12, 2009 in
Company News
CII has invested a huge amount of time and money becoming fully TSA compliant. Most forwarders thought TSA’s muscles would not be flexed until 100% screening of freight became mandatory in about nine months time. Zachary Zemby, Jeremy Vergara, Peter Lamy and Ronen Donde have spent countless hours studying the TSA regulations and the accompanying [...]
Tags: CII, FedEX, Jeremy Vergara, Peter Lamy, Ronen Donde, TSA, UPS, Zachary Zemby
Posted by julian on Sep 3, 2009 in
Company News
This week we are missing our VP Global Sales who has taken off a week for a long earned break and to attend a wedding in Chicago. At times it is so hard for Pete and me to keep up with Graham Burford. The guy literally works 24/7. Right now it must be driving the [...]
Tags: Bernanke, FedEX, Graham Burford, Melbourne, Mike Castro, Peter Lamy, Qantas