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Lee Bowdish Joins DALKO Resources As Director – Supply Chain Solutions

We are very pleased to announce our newest team member, Mr. Lee Bowdish.  Lee joins DALKO Resources and brings a significant amount of transportation experience.  He has held numerous operations, sales, and marketing positions with major trucking companies, including involvement with specialized services and expediting solutions.  Lee will be instrumental in helping DALKO customers with innovative solutions to provide value and savings in their Supply Chain.   

Lee resides in the Tappan Lake area of Ohio, outside Canton, OH.  He and his wife Robin have raised three sons;  Kristopher, 25, a special needs child; Erik, 23, a Metallurgical Engineer for Timken in Knoxville and Taylor 19, a freshman at The Ohio State University majoring in Material Science Engineering. 

He is a Graduate of football power Mount Union College and earned an MBA at Ohio University.  He has been involved as a school board director serving his local community.  In his limited spare time, he enjoys boating, skiing, watching his favorite college teams at Ohio State, and hanging out with his loyal golden retriever, Otus. 

We are glad to have Lee as part of the DALKO family!

/ By Charity Boughner / Railroad/ • • • • • • • • • / 0 Comments

Rail Traffic Up For January, Down For the Week

The Weekly Rail Traffic Summary released by the AAR reported there was increase in rail traffic in January; carload volume for the was up 0.4 percent compared with January 2013, and intermodal volume was up 1.3 percent.

For the week ending February 1, 2013 carload volume was down 1.5 percent compared to the same week last year, and intermodal volume was down 0.8 percent.  Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was down 1.2 percent compared with the same week in 2013.

Rail 2014 W5

U.S. carload volume for the first five weeks of 2014 was up 0.4 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 1.3 percent.  For the first 5 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail traffic was uo 0.8 percent from the same point in 2013. Read More

/ By Charity Boughner / Fuel Pricing/ • • • • • • • • / 0 Comments

Diesel Fuel Price Jumps

The national average diesel fuel price jumped five cents from last week to $3.95 per gallon, according to the Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update released by the EIA.  The East Coast and Midwest had the biggest increases, both seeing a seven cent hike.  The East Coast’s average diesel fuel price is now at $4.07 per gallon, and the Midwest’s average price per gallon is now $3.94.  The West Coast price only increased one cent from last week to $3.99 per gallon.  Increasing less than one penny the average diesel fuel price on the Gulf Coast remained at $3.77 per gallon.  The average diesel fuel price in the Rocky Mountain region remained unchanged from last week at $3.86 per gallon.

Diesel 02.03.14

/ By Charity Boughner / Fuel Pricing/ • • • • • • • • / 0 Comments

Diesel Fuel Price Jumps

The national average diesel fuel price jumped five cents from last week to $3.95 per gallon, according to the Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update released by the EIA.  The East Coast and Midwest had the biggest increases, both seeing a seven cent hike.  The East Coast’s average diesel fuel price is now at $4.07 per gallon, and the Midwest’s average price per gallon is now $3.94.  The West Coast price only increased one cent from last week to $3.99 per gallon.  Increasing less than one penny the average diesel fuel price on the Gulf Coast remained at $3.77 per gallon.  The average diesel fuel price in the Rocky Mountain region remained unchanged from last week at $3.86 per gallon.

Diesel 02.03.14