Study Group: Rail Shipping Service Users

Council Members in this Study Group: 29

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services

Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions...

Jay Thompson

President and General Manager
Transportation Business Associates

Jay Thompson is the President & General Manager at Transportation Business Associates; a firm providing planning, marketing, energy, carbon reduction, M&A / BK and investment consulting services to financiers; investors; top-name shippers; trucking companies;...

Scott Witt

Co-Director, Freight Systems Division
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Scott Witt is the Co Director of Freight Systems Division at Washington State Department of Transportation. Previously, Mr. Witt was a State Rail and Marine Director at Washington State Department of Transportation. He is currently heavily involved in...

James Aliucci

President
The Global Group

James Aliucci is the President of The Global Group. Global Group is dedicated to international consulting, specializing in fisheries, aquaculture and tropical agriculture concerns worldwide. Mr. Aliucci has extensive knowledge in world fisheries, microalgae,...

Gary Hunter

Chairman & CEO
RAILROAD INDUSTRIES INC

Gary Hunter is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railroad Industries, a firm providing consulting services in the rail transportation industry. Mr. Hunter has more than 33 years of experience in rail operations, marketing and finance, as well...

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Pollock front and center again, despite no one knowing why

November 20, 2009

Analysis by:James Aliucci, President,

Analysis of:Pollock quotas likely to drop again | www.publicbroadcasting.net

The latest prediction on the Total Allowable Catch totals for the USA pollock industry for 2010 appear to be solidly in favor of lowering them once again. This makes Greenpeace happy (not really) but is bad news for the industry as a whole. Jobs will be lost, companies may be headed for continued hard times. Yet most consumers of fish say, so what, I never eat pollock. How wrong they are.

Truck Order Predictions Pretty Well Laid Out Through 2010

November 19, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager,

Analysis of:Truck orders indicate pre-2010 surge | www.etrucker.com

In the midst of the optimism with the recent surge in truck orders, reality is setting back in that 2010 truck orders will be slow due to the mew emissions rules - again! We have written several articles over the last 6-months about the slow truck sales marketplace leading into the current prebuy. So here’s a look ahead....

Integrated Fuel Technologies Non-Urea SCR Option Hits A Speed-Bump

November 16, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager,

Analysis of:Cover Story: Pipe Schemes | www.seattleweekly.com

One of the two non-urea Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) developers as noted in GLG articles has legal problems prompting potential major users to steer clear for now. The referenced article by Laura Onstot for the Seattle Weekly is an interesting read including alleged money, fraud, religion, mistresses and other sorted issues - but more about business issues than the technology.

JB Hunt Intermodal Will Do Well For A Couple of BIG Reasons

November 11, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager,

Analysis of:J B Hunt (JBHT) Gets S&P 4 Star Buy Rating But Showing Bearish Technicals | www.marketintelligencecenter.com

After 20-years, Intermodal as pioneered by JB Hunt and United Parcel Service is even more of a bright spot. I share our colleague Mr. Williams’ optimism regarding Intermodal - and that for JB Hunt’s continued success therein. There are idiosyncrasies in the numbers discussed that offers an opportunity for a different look.

Aquaculture Can Feed The World, Tilapia Is a Big Part Of The Answer

November 9, 2009

Analysis by:James Aliucci, President,

Analysis of:Can Aquaculture Feed the World | blueridgepress.com

We read more and more about aquaculture and how the industry is progressing, and reading about its issues of concern as well. We see that the carnivores of the industry may be more of a problem than a solution. We must work on a better feed to product ratio, but more importantly, we have part of the solution, tilapia culture.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

Consulting Firm (ei)
Warehousing and Storage Service Provider (ei)
Discount & Dollar Store Chains
Freight Forwarder (ei)
Packing Materials Manufacturer (ei)
Meat Packing Company (ei)
Coal Broker (ei)
LTL Carrier (ei)
Consumer Packaged Goods Distributor
Produce Distributor
State Government
Metal Fabricator (ei)
Power Plant O&M Service Provider (ei)
Cement Producer (ei)
Specialty Chemicals Manufacturer (ei)
3PL Provider (ei)
Pulp and Paper Manufacturer (ei)
Petrochemicals Manufacturer (ei)
Independent Consulting Firm

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

Logistics Manager
President
Owner
Chief Executive Officer
Transportation Manager
Consultant
Account Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Principal
Operations Executive
General Manager
Government Employee or Official

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