Freight Article Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

In the beginning, the aviation promoters wanted to find a way in which they can make good use of the airplane. In 1910, one of them came up with the idea that they can transport packages, thus the air freight business began. According to the records, the first shipment began with the transportation of a bolt of silk in Ohio from Dayton to Columbus. The other shipment was in 1919, from Washington DC to Chicago where they were moving the convertible bomber. The equipment was heavy, therefore the transportation had to be delayed and the plane landed in Ohio. This however ...

1. Demand and Supply

Pepitone reported that coffee futures had dropped due to favorable coffee-growing weather conditions (n.p.). Coffee lovers now enjoy 1.6%-6.0% cut prices on several popular brands including Maxwell House, Smucker, Folgers and Millstone. Interestingly, the prices for coffee products had increased for 10-20% several months ago. Smucker had increased prices for its coffee products for 10% in February and then an increase of 10% followed in May. Starbucks had upped the price for 17% for the package of coffee in the U.S. retail stores. In accordance with Wall Street Journal, key coffee producers were having the largest harvest of ...

Article ReviewEuropean Rail Crashes Show Gaps in an Increasingly Precarious System

Introduction
This paper sets out to review and analyze an article that deals with a current transportation policy issue. The subject article is was published in the New York Times on 9 September 2013 and was entitled: “European Rail Crashes Show Gaps in an Increasingly Precarious System”, by Doreen Carvajal.

Article Summary:

The article opens by asking why management of the Spanish rail system trusted the driver of the high speed train that crashed on July 24th killing 79 people to be driving that train, when he had previously boasted of speeding and just prior to the crash was using his ...