Archive for Transportation Industry

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Mar

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update March 20th AM

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update March 20th AM Dear Valued Customer, Harrisburg PA – Gov. Tom Wolf orders all Pennsylvania businesses that aren’t ‘life-sustaining’ to close, will enforce order. “Enforcement actions will be taken against non-life sustaining businesses that are out of […]
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03

Mar

PANAMA CANAL – New Fees due to climate change

Transportation & Logistics Council, Inc. Unlike the Suez Canal, which is a sea-level cut without locks, the Panama Canal has to lift vessels up 85 feet through a series of three locks, and then lower them back down. The engineering […]
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25

Jan

A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments or Pay Up

by Jennifer Smith wsj.com A nationwide truck shortage is forcing thousands of shippers into a tough choice: postpone all but the most important deliveries, or pay dearly to jump to the front of the line. Michelin North America Inc. cut […]
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25

Jan

by Doug Cameron and Jennifer Smith wsj.com Companies are shipping more items by plane to meet customers’ rising expectations for rapid delivery, prompting a scramble for cargo space that has sent airfreight rates soaring and pushed Amazon.com Inc. and others […]
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13

Dec

Precision Pricing

Bruce Lilly | Special to Transport Topics The less-than-truckload industry is embracing dimensioning technology to enable more accurate freight pricing and automate what used to be manual tasks. Increasingly, LTL carriers are implementing dimensioners on their loading docks and within […]
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30

Nov

TESLA UNVEILS ELECTRIC SEMI-TRUCK

At a recent event, Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla electric Semi-truck with the following stats: • 0-60 in 5 seconds • 0-60 with 80,000 max gross weight in 20 seconds • 65 up 5 percent grade at max gross […]
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30

Nov

UPS RATE INCREASES

As anticipated, United Parcel Service (“UPS”) has followed FedEx and announced its Annual General Rate Increase (“GRI”), to be effective December 24, 2017. The UPS GRI will affect all UPS Ground, UPS Air, UPS International Services, as well as all […]
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16

Oct

Gloomy Outlook for Container Lines

Container spot rates from Asia to North Europe slumped this week, losing about 4% in value. Following the Chinese Golden Week holiday, spot rates are continuing to slide and are now trending below long-term rates. The short-term market has had […]
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11

Oct

LEGISLATION PROPOSED TO TAX FREIGHT FOR FUNDING NEGLECTED INFRASTRUCTURE

There is little dispute that the United States infrastructure is in need of significant repair and upgrading, however the means to fund such projects has been unclear and disputed for years. A fixed amount federal excise tax on gas and […]
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03

Oct

Tightening Truck Capacity: What You Need to Know

You may already be very aware that truck capacity has been tightening steadily across the country. There is also a large-scale driver protest starting today, October 3rd, and running through Sunday, October 8th which may turn into a national strike. This […]
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