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01
Jun
Supreme Court Rules Against Truck Drivers Who Walked Off Job
In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled June 1 against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. The decision united liberal and conservative […]
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31
May
Pandemic-Induced Trailer Dislocation Still Hampering US Truckload Carriers
One of the pandemic’s persistent impacts on the truckload market has been a systemic dislocation of trailers, a dynamic that has morphed from a drain on capacity available to shippers at the height of freight demand to a drag on […]
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18
May
Cargo Fraud, Theft Surging In ‘Wild West’ US Truck Market
A surge in cargo theft and fraud across the US is costing shippers, brokers and trucking companies millions of dollars and forcing them to reassess supply chains and basic business procedures. Many businesses are being forced to tighten controls over […]
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16
May
NITL Lends Support for Move to Give FMC Oversight of Rail Storage Fees
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) is putting its weight behind the push to have rail storage fees fall under the oversight of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), insisting the charges be assessed as part of so-called “through” transportation under […]
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12
May
China Finally Has a Rival as the World’s Factory Floor
Western companies are desperately looking for a backup to China as the world’s factory floor, a strategy widely termed “China plus one.” India is making a concerted push to be the plus one. Only India has a labor force and […]
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02
May
Bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond Seeks Millions From Ocean Carriers
Bankrupt retailer Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking tens of millions of dollars from container shipping lines, claiming the carriers willfully abandoned service commitments at the height of supply-chain turbulence to reap enormous profits from the market turmoil. The home-goods retailer says […]
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01
May
California Will Not Allow Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Sales after 2036
The Golden State continues to set the pace for clean-vehicle regulation in the U.S. This week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved a new rule to phase out sales of diesel-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2036. This is the […]
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26
Apr
Growing Freight Fraud Is Peeling Millions From the U.S. Shipping Market
Freight fraud is spreading across trucking networks as tech-savvy operators impersonating middlemen skim off payments for shipping goods that can total thousands of dollars, industry executives say. The fraudulent tactic, long a nagging problem in trucking, has gained momentum in […]
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23
Apr
Trans-Atlantic Westbound Demand Fell Sharply In March Amid Rate Decline
Container volume on the westbound trans-Atlantic fell sharply in March, with forwarders and analysts expecting the steadily weakening demand to undermine the trade lane’s historically strong second quarter. An abundance of capacity and improving schedule reliability through the first quarter […]
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17
Apr
Air Cargo Market Weakens As Capacity Floods Into Service on Major Trades
Air cargo capacity continues to flood into service as airlines reactivate passenger flights and freighter operators launch new services between the major markets of Asia, the US, and Europe. In addition to long-haul passenger aircraft with significant belly freight capacity […]
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