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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 […]

Sharply correcting container shipping markets will result in plunging profitability for carriers this year, but massive savings in transport costs for importers and exporters in major markets, according to analysts. A rate collapse on major trades out of Asia during […]

Tusk Logistics co-founder and CEO Ben Emmrich longs for a day when parcel shipping rates adjust dynamically based on supply and demand. “It’s absurd that our industry hasn’t been able to get there yet in a meaningful way,” he said. […]

What began as a $510 small claims case brought by a trucking company has evolved into what some are calling a precedent-setting case, as the Federal Maritime Commission ruled that marine terminal operators may not impose detention and demurrage charges on days […]

China’s Cosco Group — the world’s fourth-largest container line operator with an 11% market share — finally closed its books on 2022 just as the first quarter of 2023 came to an end. The Chinese company’s results highlight the steep decline that […]

Making the National Motor Freight Classification® (NMFC®) system as easy as possible for the industry to use is a high priority here at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA). That is why NMFTA’s Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) took […]

Industrial real-estate executives expect only limited fallout from the turmoil that has engulfed the U.S. banking sector, even as warehouse developers grapple with the rising interest rates and weakening demand that are dampening construction following a period of historic growth. “The availability […]

The conflict between the Teamsters union and Yellow, the largest unionized US trucking operator, is getting hotter, with Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien referring to the carrier’s planned merger of its regional and national operations in the eastern US as […]

WASHINGTON — A revamp of a controversial proposed rule setting standards for using hair to test truckers for drugs has been received by the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. The rewrite was received Friday, according to […]

1. Markets returning to normalcy Freeing up of capacity and tempering of freight rates has brought markets almost back to pre-Covid levels. The most obvious and visible trend gaining ground since the third quarter of 2022 was the decline in […]