John Schulz

Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine

Member of the Transportation Council

Council Member Biography

John Schulz is an independent consultant and contributing editor to Logistics Management Magazine, an online and web journal of the logistics and transportation industry. Mr. Schulz is an expert on the US trucking industry. He has more than 19 years of experience in providing consulting services to US corporations and associations. Mr. Schulz also has experience in conducting research and writing weekly news reports on rates, services, costs, regulations, market competition in the less than truckload (LTL), truckload (TL), express, regional, long-haul, short-haul, drayage, intermodal, and other surface transportation niches. He has developed a network of industry contacts that he knows on a first-name basis and has developed long-term relationships. Mr. Schulz also has frequent contacts with shippers, the purchasers of US trucking services, which helps him formulate his analyses of current and future industry trends. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2005 - present: Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
2004 - present: Consultant, John Schulz
1988 - 2004: Associate Editor, Traffic World Magazine
1988 - 2004: Associate Editor, Traffic World Magazine
1982 - 1984: Media Specialist, AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS

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"Cadillac" of Trucking Terminals to be Closed by YRCW

November 17, 2009

Analysis by:John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine

Analysis of: YRC Closes Big Richfield, Ohio, Terminal | www.tdu.org

Financially troubled YRC Worldwide is closing its 202-door Richfield, Ohio, breakbulk terminal, one of the largest in its system. The move is part of YRCW's downsizing, and affects about 1,000 Teamsters at three Ohio terminals. About 400 of those 1,000 Teamsters already are laid off.

Flavor of the Month is Railroads, But Freight Eventually Will Move Back to Truck

November 12, 2009

Analysis by:John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine

Analysis of: Trucking 101--This Analyst is Half Right | www.forexyard.com

How solid is the case for intermodal rail? Is it merely the flavor of the month, or can be be an honest-to-goodness, legitimate alternative to all-truck movements of surface freight? Analysts are touting intermodal rail, but how important and encompassing can rail transport be to U.S. shippers?

Is the Web Going to Save These Two Freight Behemoths?

November 11, 2009

Analysis by:John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine

Analysis of: For FedEx, Holidays May Bring an Upturn | online.wsj.com

FedEx Corp. is predicting an 8 percent rise in its "busiest day shipments" on Dec. 14, compared with last year's busiest day total. FedEx expects to ship more than 13 million packages on that day. Arch-rival UPS, which is about 35 percent larger than FedEx, says it will issue its own, separate "busiest...

Big-Foot YRC Drops the Other Shoe on Shareholders

November 3, 2009

Analysis by:John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine

Analysis of: YRC is Seeking Big Concession by Shareholders | www.google.com

Embattled trucking giant YRC Worldwide is asking its shareholders to give up 95 percent ownership in the trucking company to lenders in what it calls a "final step" in its recovery plan. One analyst called the deal a "train wreck hitting the school bus full of kids and nuns" for shareholders, who caused...

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