Paul Scott Abbott

As the overall U.S. economy and e-commerce demands in particular continue to grow, the less-than-truckload transportation industry should flourish provided it meets such challenges as having enough drivers and available equipment.

Jun 28, 2021 • View Full Blog

Innovation is critical to the success of retailers at a time when consumers may well be buying less, according to the top executive of Levi Strauss & Co., addressing the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s supply chain forum Tuesday [Feb. 25] in Grapevine, Texas.

Feb 26, 2020 • View Full Blog

Delivering productivity gains averaging 70 percent, robots are increasingly being deployed to pick items for shipment from warehouses, according to a DHL Supply Chain design team executive exhibiting at this week’s Retail Industry Leaders Association conference.

Feb 25, 2020 • View Full Blog

Logistics decision-makers must be open to radical new solutions, according to a futurist opening the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s big annual supply chain gathering today [Monday, Feb. 24] in Grapevine, Texas.

Feb 24, 2020 • View Full Blog

Leaders of Port Tampa Bay and the hemispherewide American Association of Port Authorities gushed with enthusiasm today [Jan. 29] in opening the AAPA’s 13th annual Shifting Trade Conference in Tampa, Florida.

Jan 29, 2020 • View Full Blog

Conquering challenges with a positive attitude is critical to enduring success, according to speakers kicking off SMC3 Jump Start 2020 today [Jan. 27] in suburban Atlanta. Football legend Joe Theismann, in his keynote address before a gathering of more than 500 leaders of the less-than-truckload industry and related disciplines at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center in Cobb County, Georgia, urged attendees to embrace change.

Jan 27, 2020 • View Full Blog

Ocean carriers need to improve customer service and simplify costing related to impending low-sulphur fuel requirements, according to a panel of shipping executives speaking today [Tuesday, Oct. 22] in Charleston, South Carolina.

Oct 22, 2019 • View Full Blog

On a steady course of success at the South Carolina Ports Authority helm, James I. “Jim” Newsome III is getting plenty of support for realizing the agency’s vision of the Port of Charleston as the nation’s preferred containerport.

Oct 21, 2019 • View Full Blog

Already boasting North America’s largest single container terminal, and with its Savannah containerport capacity set to double, the Port of Savannah is poised to also soon offer the continent’s busiest on-dock rail facility – and that gets Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, unabashedly stoked.

Sep 12, 2019 • View Full Blog

Northeast Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority has a fresh brand identity, launched today [Tuesday, April 30] in the opening general session of the 2019 JAXPORT Logistics & Intermodal Conference.

Apr 30, 2019 • View Full Blog