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12
Jun
How does a ransomware attack work?
Imagine you’re sitting at a computer. Perhaps you’re managing a fleet of trucks. Or ships. Or perhaps tendering a load of cargo, or sending customs clearance documentation. And then suddenly, things stop working. Every file has a strange extension. You […]
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25
May
Texas tops list for truck driver drug/alcohol violations
New data released by the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse shows Texas topping the list of number of registered truck drivers with a positive drug and/or alcohol test violation but Louisiana ranking highest in violation rates based on number of […]
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25
May
How three Chinese companies cornered global container production
Never before has the humble ocean shipping container been this important to American business. If you can’t get one, you can’t move your international cargo — and supply has never been tighter. The cost of global trade is now contingent on […]
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17
May
Freight continues to flow in, capacity does not
Expectations around future freight flows continue to grow with each passing week. New records are being posted with no sign of a falloff on the horizon. Stimulus payments are spurring along already robust consumer spending while the need to replenish inventories lingers. […]
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05
May
More Than 90 New Airlines Are Launching in 2021
For most of last year, running an airline meant parking jets, laying off workers and haggling with governments for bailout funds in a desperate effort to stay out of bankruptcy as appetite for travel shriveled to nearly nothing. A new […]
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05
May
Transportation capacity ‘historically low’; prices ‘show no sign of slowing’
“Growth is increasing at an increasing rate” across most components of the supply chain, according to a Tuesday report. The Logistics Managers’ Index stepped 2.3 percentage points higher from March to 74.5% in April. This was the second-highest reading the […]
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29
Apr
US Trucking Companies Boost Pay in Hunt for Drivers as Demand Surges
U.S. trucking companies are scrambling to hire more drivers as roaring consumer demand and tight shipping capacity stoke a resurgent freight market. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., the largest truckload carrier in North America, is the latest trucking company to raise pay. It […]
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27
Apr
Trans-Pacific deteriorating, brace for shipping ‘tsunami’
The number of container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach is down to around 20 per day, from 30 a few months ago. Does this mean the capacity crunch in the trans-Pacific market is finally easing? […]
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23
Apr
DAT Truckload Volume Index hits new records in March
One record month was followed by another in the most recent edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was recently issued by DAT Freight & analytics, an online marketplace for spot market truckload freight. The DAT Truckload Volume Index reflects the […]
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16
Apr
CONCEALED DAMAGE AND SHORTAGE CLAIMS
The Basics Concealed Damage or Shortage is defined as damage or shortage that is not discovered (or could not be discovered) until after the carrier has completed delivery of the goods. It can occur in three ways: (1) the goods […]
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