206700 Resource 165493 94146 94146 1213626691627 1213626691627 Controlled Supply Chains are affected by weather

Severe weather in the mid-west halts LTL, parcel and passenger transportations throughout the Midwest.

<p>The weather in the Midwest of the United States has affected shipments of fuel, food and other goods. &nbsp;The weather has caused flood which have an effect on both the road and rail networks. &nbsp;Union Pacific Corp, has six tracks which are out of service. &nbsp;Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is experiencing problems along their Mississippi River routes.&nbsp;The delays and shutdowns are planned to last a week.&nbsp;Passenger routes are also affected by the flooding.&nbsp;Amtrak is reporting service problems between Chicago to San Francisco and Seattle.&nbsp;Conway is reporting issue with regional service in Iowa.&nbsp;Both UPS and FedEx plan for operations to return to normal early this week.&nbsp;</p> <p>The weather is also affecting the soy and corn crops.&nbsp;With fuel prices increasing the cost of food, will the damage to the crops also cause food the increase?&nbsp;Many supply chains have been interrupted if not halted due to the severe weather in the Midwest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> 9 application/xml false Corn Fuel Logistics LTL Parcel Supply Chain http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/13/ap5116014.html Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 165493 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web