
Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
Member of the Transportation Council
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)
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Big-Foot YRC Drops the Other Shoe on Shareholders
November 3, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
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...
YRC's Spin May Be Positive, But the Operating Numbers Are Not
October 30, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
YRC Worldwide Reports Significant Sequential Improvement in 3Q 2009 Results | www.google.com
YRC Worldwide, the nation's largest trucking company by volume, reported a $158.7 million loss in the third quarter on sharply declining revenue of $1.3 billion, compared with a net loss of $720 million on $2.38 billion revenue in the year-ago quarter. Despite the huge losses, YRC Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars...
Don't Panic. This Trucking Recovery May Be Two Steps Ahead, One Step Back
October 23, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Slipped 0.3 Percent in September | www.reuters.com
The American Trucking Associations' closely watched advanced seasonally adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.3 percent in September. This came after it increased 2.1 percent in both July and August.
Best is Yet to Come for C.H. Robinson
October 21, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
Weak Demand Hurts Shipper C.H. Robinson | www.google.com
C.H. Robinson, the leading third-party logistics provider at nearly $8 billion in revenue, posted $95.5 million in third-quarter net profit despite a 15.6 percent decline in revenue to $1.95 billion. Its core trucking business rose 2.1 percent as the nation's industrial base began its economic recovery,...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Rail Shipping Service Experts | 155 |
| Intermodal Logistics Experts | 134 |
| Intermodal Railcar Experts | 61 |
| Automotive OEMs Experts | 83 |
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