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Looking to stay current on freight transportation regulations, federal and state laws,
contracting practices, and liability regimes?
One great way to learn what’s new (or
maybe learn what you should know but
don’t) is to attend the Transportation &
Logistics Council’s 41st Annual Conference,
slated for March 23–25 in Orlando, Fla.
T&LC is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to serving the interests of shippers through
education and representation in issues relating to freight transportation.
The conference will feature general sessions and workshops by top experts, including respected transportation attorneys and
experienced practitioners, all designed
to give attendees information and advice
they can take back and use in their everyday operations. The program will cover
all modes of transportation and address a
wide range of topics, including loss prevention and mitigation of damages, contracts
and risk management, the National Motor
Freight Classification, new laws and regulations, reverse logistics, and freight claims.
The conference will also include a panel of
leading transportation attorneys, who will
address current issues and recent court decisions—a highly anticipated annual event.
Monday’s guest luncheon speaker will be
James Welch, CEO of the $5 billion transportation company YRC Worldwide and its
various operating companies.
The conference will be preceded by three
optional full-day seminars presented by
leading transportation attorneys on Sunday,
March 22: Contracting for Transportation
and Logistics Services; Freight Claims in
Plain English; and Transportation, Logistics
and the Law, plus a primer class for those
preparing to take the Certified Claims
Professional (CCP) exam.
Visit T&LC’s website at www.tlcouncil.org
for complete details on the conference program, online registration, and hotel accommodations, or contact T&LC by phone at
(631) 549-8984.
Get the 411 on
transport law
Is it a bird? A plane? A ladybug? No, it’s an asset-locator aerial
robot.
In November, Alameda, Calif.-based Pinc Solutions
announced the launch of an aerial robot it calls Pinc Air.
According to the company, the flying machine, which sports
a bright red dome-shaped body and black appendages (thus
the ladybug comparison), was designed “to help organizations locate and inventory high-value assets that may be
either densely packed or spread throughout a large geographic area.” CEO Matt Yearling said that industries like automotive, heavy manufacturing, and oil and gas production would
benefit from the technology.
With a real-time location
system based on a combination of radio-frequency
identification (RFID) and
geographic positioning system (GPS) sensors, Pinc Air
offers autonomous flight, automatic collision avoidance, rugged construction, auto landing and return-to-home capability, automatic RFID collection, and optional
video capture, the company says. Its design includes four
propellers, helicopter-style landing gear, and a sensor package that hangs just below the body.
Pinc is playing it cagey; to learn more about the product—
which is slated to go into commercial production in “early
2015”—the curious must register to receive project updates
via a page with the header “We have lift-off.” Intrigued? Sign
up at www.pincsolutions.com/air.
Pinc’s “ladybug” may soon take wing
Know someone who is making a difference in the world of
logistics? Then consider nominating him or her as one of
DC VELOCITY’s “Rainmakers”—professionals from all facets
of the business whose achievements set them apart from the
crowd. In the past, our Rainmakers have included practitioners, consultants, academics, vendors, professional association directors, and even military commanders.
To identify these Rainmakers, DC VELOCITY’s editorial
directors work with members of the magazine’s Editorial
Advisory Board. The nomination process begins in January
and concludes in April with a vote to determine which
nominees will be invited to become Rainmakers. The 2015
Rainmakers will be unveiled in our July issue.
If you’d like to nominate someone, please send an e-mail
outlining your nominee’s accomplishments by Feb. 13 to
Editorial Director Peter Bradley at peter@dcvelocity.com.
Do you know a Rainmaker?
