<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--RSS generated by Microsoft SharePoint Foundation RSS Generator on 5/17/2012 11:18:20 AM --><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/_layouts/RssXslt.aspx?List=7d111685-2b86-466b-a7d3-b7b064d2bca9" version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Transplace Industry Blog</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com</link><description>RSS feed for the Posts list.</description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:18:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SharePoint CKS:EBE</generator><ttl>60</ttl><language>en-US</language><image><title>Transplace Industry Blog</title><url>http://blog.transplace.com/_layouts/images/siteIcon.png</url><link>http://blog.transplace.com</link></image><item><title>Don’t use CSA/SMS data to select carriers</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/15/don’t-use-csasms-data-to-select-carriers.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/15/don’t-use-csasms-data-to-select-carriers.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[I finally got some insight on the FMCSA’s claim to be measuring 200,000 carriers in the CSA/SMS program even though every month there are only 91,000 carriers with a score on at least one BASIC. The answer is more disturbing than being in the dark.  There are two criteria that must be met before SMS... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:49:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CSA/SMS scores do not indicate anything about accident frequency</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/10/csasms-scores-do-not-indicate-anything-about-accident-frequency.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/10/csasms-scores-do-not-indicate-anything-about-accident-frequency.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In November, Wells Fargo released a report showing that SMS scores have no relationship with accident frequency for the 200 largest carriers. In March, FMCSA responded in a written report claiming that Volpe and UMTRI had larger data sets proving that such a relationship does exist. However, the dat... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 06:25:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/CSA 2010/default.aspx">CSA 2010</category></item><item><title>Stifel Nicolaus reports strong Q1 for TL carriers</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/09/stifel-nicolaus-reports-strong-q1-for-tl-carriers.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/09/stifel-nicolaus-reports-strong-q1-for-tl-carriers.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Stifel Nicolaus (www.stifel.com) reported yield and financial performance gains for publicly traded truckload carriers in Q1. The Stifel industry sector Snapshot for the TL sector showed a year-over-year gain of 3.8% in revenue per loaded mile excluding fuel surcharge. That makes eight straight quar... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Stifel Nicolaus carrier financial results/default.aspx">Stifel Nicolaus carrier financial results</category></item><item><title>Diesel prices drop again but remain above $4 per gallon</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/09/diesel-prices-drop-again-but-remain-above-4-per-gallon.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/09/diesel-prices-drop-again-but-remain-above-4-per-gallon.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Weekly retail on-highway U.S. diesel prices decreased by 1.6 cents to $4.057 per gallon. Diesel topped $4 in November, then dropped to $3.78 by the beginning of the year, but has been above $4 since 2/27; 11 straight weeks. The recent low price point for diesel was $2.023 on March 16, 2009. A view o... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Diesel fuel prices/default.aspx">Diesel fuel prices</category></item><item><title>Should transportation brokers be required to post a $100k surety bond?</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/07/should-transportation-brokers-be-required-to-post-a-100k-surety-bond.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/07/should-transportation-brokers-be-required-to-post-a-100k-surety-bond.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An interesting issue is getting attention in the current highway funding bills in the House and Senate. Both bills have provisions that would require FMCSA licensed truck brokers to hold a $100k surety bond to reduce the fraudulent activity that occurs when fly-by-night brokers collect money from sh... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Highway funding/default.aspx">Highway funding</category></item><item><title>Total fatalities are up, but accident frequency ratios show great improvement</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/03/total-fatalities-are-up-but-accident-frequency-ratios-show-great-improvement.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/03/total-fatalities-are-up-but-accident-frequency-ratios-show-great-improvement.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Total fatalities in large truck crashes (&gt;10,000 pounds GVW) increased from an all-time low of 3,380 in 2009 to 3,675 in 2010, an increase of 8.7%. Vehicle miles travelled in 2010 will not be released until later in the year so it is too soon to say the exact change in fatalities per million mile... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Safety/default.aspx">Safety</category></item><item><title>There will be no increase in weight limits on our highways</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/02/there-will-be-no-increase-in-weight-limits-on-our-highways.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/02/there-will-be-no-increase-in-weight-limits-on-our-highways.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks like 80,000 pound total weight limit will be with us for quite some time. The House had originally included a provision in its never-passed highway bill to allow states to approve 97,000 pound vehicles with an extra (sixth) axle. It never got out of the House Transportation and Infrastructu... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Truck size and weight/default.aspx">Truck size and weight</category></item><item><title>Refrigerated capacity is very tight according to Morgan Stanley</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/02/refrigerated-capacity-is-very-tight-according-to-morgan-stanley.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/02/refrigerated-capacity-is-very-tight-according-to-morgan-stanley.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley's refrigerated freight index indicates capacity is very tight, at or above the level of last year at this time, and significantly tighter than in other years. The index declined at the end of 2011, but refrigerated capacity is now  tighter again. The pricing environment in this segmen... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Morgan Stanley capacity and demand graphs/default.aspx">Morgan Stanley capacity and demand graphs</category></item><item><title>Why have diesel prices doubled in the last 3 years?</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/02/why-have-diesel-prices-doubled-in-the-last-3-years.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/02/why-have-diesel-prices-doubled-in-the-last-3-years.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Diesel prices reached a low point in recent history on March 16, 2009 at $2.023 per gallon. Diesel prices are now double that amount in a 3-year span, but what explains the increase? There are many suspects on the demand side including our own recovering economy and the continued growth and expansio... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Diesel fuel prices/default.aspx">Diesel fuel prices</category></item><item><title>Manufacturing gains strength in April</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/05/02/manufacturing-gains-strength-in-april.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/05/02/manufacturing-gains-strength-in-april.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Institute of Supply Management reported that the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) gained 1.4 point to 54.8 in April from 53.4 in March. This represents 33 consecutive months of growth. A PMI over 50 indicates growth while a PMI under 50 indicates contraction in the manufacturing sector of the ec... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/ISM manufacturing index/default.aspx">ISM manufacturing index</category></item></channel></rss>
