Gailyn Larsen participated in a panel at the Industrial Property Summit, sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield and held in Chicago, IL. In his remarks, entitled “Fine Tuning the Supply Chain,” Larsen discussed the impact that service hour regulations have on the location of facilities and the need for increased warehouse doors to minimize the truck driver’s limited time at shipping and receiving facilities.
Richard Mikes participated on a panel at the Transportation Intermediaries Association’s annual meeting in Miami, FL. Mikes commented on the “perfect storm,” which is creating the environment for increased merger and acquisition activity in 2005.
Lana Batts participated in a panel at the Mid-America Truck Show, sponsored by Newport Communications and held in Louisville, KY. She spoke about the factors in 2005 that are creating a climate for increased merger and acquisition activity.
Lana Batts gave the keynote address before the Landstar Logistics Carrier Conference, Dallas, Texas. Topic: “The State of the Trucking Industry.”
Lana Batts was quoted extensively about the truck driver shortage throughout the Gannett News Service. She said the crisis had been building since the early 1990’s and has resulted in “too few drivers, operating too few tractors, pulling too few trailers.”
Lana Batts was extensively quoted in a Transport Topics article entitled, “TRB Panel Targets Pay to Woo More Drivers.”
Lana Batts was quoted in Traffic World about the need to pay drivers more. In the article entitled “Double the Money,” she said that “the truth is we can’t pay them enough to overcome the crummy lifestyle.”
Lana Batts participated in a panel discussion at the National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board, 84th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Topic: “The Truck Driver Shortage”.
Steven Dutro was interviewed for a Transport Topics story called “Fleets Use Varied Strategies to Boost Value to Investors.” Dutro noted, “Clearly, what some people call the ‘capital window’ is open. Capital is available from a variety of sources for the trucking industry.”
Lana Batts was quoted extensively in Heavy Duty Trucking’s article about the truckload industry 25 years after deregulation. She also contributed an article on the history of the Truckload Carriers Association, where she was president from 1994-2000.