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addition, dray drivers could migrate
to the over-the-road side of the business, especially given the large-scale
wage increases being offered by big
trucking. All of this could result
in significant consolidation within
the dray segment, leading to higher
rates.
“THE BIG WILL GET BIGGER”
Should ELDs force dray drivers off
the road, “the big will get bigger, the
small will be put out of business, and
prices for dray as well as long haul will
increase, especially in tight local mar-
kets,” said Patrick J. Ottensmeyer,
president and CEO of Kansas City,
Mo.-based Kansas City Southern Railway
Co. (KCS), one of the seven Class I rail
carriers in North America.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., the
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based broker and
third-party logistics service provider
Then there is the overarching problem of driver undersupply, which affects
