Freight is finally moving again - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Shipment activity for clients of theNew Albany-based company were down aboug 25 percent to 30 percenr in the first quarter of 2009 comparex with a year earlier. But about six weeks ago, freighrt began moving again, with about a 5 percent increaseein shipments, he said. Most of the increase came from clients in themanufacturing industry, said who has not laid off any employees. He attributed the bump to companieszreplenishing inventories, which is a hopeful “It’s not, obviously, where any of us want it to be, but at least it’s not falling.
” The company has had lots of interestf from companies interested in finding ways to save money on their logistics costs, Harrett said. , in the Airporty Industrial Center, has hired thres drivers to handle an increase in the volumse of orders it is getting for expedited deliveriea andlocal deliveries, president Thomas Sanders said. Since April, the company has seen a 5 percent to 10 percent increasein regional, time-critical, short-notice deliverieds and in regularly scheduled local deliveries, Sandere said. He’s encouraged but remindsz himselfthat he’s looking for any positivw signs in the economy. “I’km very guardedly optimistic.
” The company would have to hire about 20 more employeesz to reach its staffing level of about ayear ago, when it had 50