Transportation and Logistics News and Trends

Stay competitive with transportation and logistics news and trends

Transportation companies are affected by a number of changes that often happen quickly. The transportation industry is often impacted by homeland security measures and governmental taxation and regulation decisions. To stay competitive, you must keep up with the daily transportation and logistics industry news as well as information that points to logistics trends from outside the field.

Follow the trends involving updated GPS and communications systems that could help to streamline your operations. Read transportation industry publications that keep you updated with news and information about fuel costs and tolls. Subscribe to freight company newsletters that point to new global markets. Look for transportation and logistics news and trends in a number of places.

1. Register for news alerts about logistics company issues that make the headlines.

2. Participate in associations for logistics and transportation companies that publish news affecting members.

3. Subscribe to resources for transport companies that provide coverage of important trends.

Watch daily news reports about logistics companies

Get email alerts, RSS feeds and industry newsletters that will send you news as it happens, such as decisions made by the larger overnight delivery companies, wars and other foreign issues that affect your company and mergers that are going on industry-wide.

Join transportation industry groups for information from experts in logistics

Associating with other professionals in the same field will provide you with an inside track to news, such as what is going on at major import/export shipping lines and ports, the latest security measures being used by your peers and what kinds of changes are being implemented in freight services at other companies. Share news with the other members to keep each other in the loop.

Read about the latest transportation logistics news from analysts who can offer insight into trends

Subscribe to publications that provide reports into issues such as fixed-route transit services, surveys of truckers, coming union negotiations and research into emerging logistics technology.

• Subscribe to at least one foreign publication for logistics and transportation companies to make sure you are getting a complete picture of the global transportation environment.

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