Cover Story
08 DC Demand Caving In
 Credit crisis, ailing economy
 drive down new warehousing work
11 STB OKs CP-DM&E merger

Government & Regulation
13 Safety Bill On Track
 Rail industry, labor behind first
 major rail safety bill since 1994
14 DOD to lead surcharge charge
14 House passes infrastructure package

Special Report
18 Sold On Innovation
 Retailers selling in rough economy
 must improve logistics to survive

Columns
38 Q&A: Rail cars in a 'constructive' place

Logistics & Technology
15 Logistics experts question product
 safety law's definition of 3PL
16 Schenker seeks Romanian expansion
16 Marks & Spencer contracts with ProLogis

Trucking
24 ATA forecasts recession as credit crisis
 tightens grip on trucking companies
26 Clean trucks hit the ports
26 YRC closes Topeka center

Rail & Intermodal
27 Intermodal pioneer Phil Yeager,
 founder of Hub Group, dies at 80
28 STB slows NS-Pan Am deal
29 Storms stop, but rail damage continues

Air & Expedited
30 Freight space leaves trans-Pacific      
 air cargo market as demand dives
31 Former BA cargo executive pleads
 guilty in price-fixing probe
31 U.S. mail volume in sharp drop

Maritime
32 Global Shippers Forum attacks remaining
 antitrust immunity for shipping lines
33 New ship orders collapse

Departments
4 Editorial
6-7 This Week
34 People
35 Calendar
35 Logistics Seminars
36 Update
37 Classified Ads
39 Company Index
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