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How Customers Can Stop the Threat to Container Efficiency
2019 is off to a worrisome start for the dray community. But it’s not the usual suspects. No, it’s not the driver shortage fomented by inflated pay from the oil fields, horrendous congestion, and increasing driver scrutiny. No, it’s not the long lines at the ports and...
Where Are All the Trucks?
In May, I was invited to speak at the Houston chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) on my favorite subject, the shortage of dray trucks. Inefficiencies I smugly declared, “There is no shortage of dray trucks, just waste and misuse.”...
When Bigger Isn’t Always Better
With the advent of the mega ships such as Panamax and the Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV), shippers and logistics experts were all so excited. The thought of one ship holding 10,000 TEUs, 14,500 TEUs or even more promised untold efficiencies. This supersizing of...
Ship Channel Closure Update
About an hour ago, the Unified Command held a press conference at the La Porte Emergency Operations Center to update industry and the public on response efforts following yesterday’s collision of the M/V Carla Maersk and Conti Peridot. Captain Brian Penoyer, Sector...
Spotlight on Marcia Faschingbauer
Hard work and long hours are things Marcia Faschingbauer, President and CEO of Excargo Services, does not shy away from. Marcia has been working hard her entire life. Starting at her father’s food packing service, to now owning Excargo. Marcia has spent years building...

Excargo Services is a transportation logistics company that provides expert intermodal, drayage, transloading and warehouse solutions for major importers and exporters to and from the Port of Houston and area rail terminals in Texas and the bordering states.