For Logs – More Cords, Fewer Truck Miles
For the Region – Rail Competition for Non-Captive, Truck-Competitive Freight
Classic Co-op Shippers Association?
What is it? A “classic co-op shippers association” is, generically, a shipper cooperative. Its purpose is to consolidate or coordinate freight on behalf of its members to attain transportation efficiencies and enhanced competitiveness not otherwise available in the marketplace.
What can such an association do and more see: Why Consider a Classic Co-op Shippers Association?
Co-op Shipper Association Background
In 2004, when we first broached the subject of a classic shippers association for the Great Lakes Forests Region, the following items were available on the website of the, then, American Institute For Shippers’ Associations:
U.S. DOJ, The Antitrust Division’s Approach to Shippers Associations 10/21/1985
To advance safety, efficiency and competitiveness of freight logistics and, thus, the economic development and well being of the people and communities of the Great Lakes Forests Region.
To facilitate establishing supply chain visibility for, and optimization of, and access to sustainable rail competition for the transportation of: (a) wood fiber from stump and woods to mills and other consumer locations; and (b) all forest products and other commodities trucked over the road to, from and within the Great Lakes Forests Region.
