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April 15, 2023
Terminals Can’t Issue Detention Fees if Ports ClosedWhat began as a $510 small claims case brought by a trucking company has evolved into what some are calling…
April 10, 2023
Mighty Fall: Container Line Profits Plummet From Historic PeakChina’s Cosco Group — the world’s fourth-largest container line operator with an 11% market share — finally closed its books on 2022…
April 9, 2023
Sweeping Changes To Classification System Took Effect April 8thMaking the National Motor Freight Classification® (NMFC®) system as easy as possible for the industry to use is a high…
April 4, 2023
Warehouses Find Insulation From U.S. Banking CrisisIndustrial real-estate executives expect only limited fallout from the turmoil that has engulfed the U.S. banking sector, even as warehouse…
April 3, 2023
Dispute Over Restructuring Between Yellow, Teamsters Gets More StridentThe conflict between the Teamsters union and Yellow, the largest unionized US trucking operator, is getting hotter, with Teamsters general…
April 2, 2023
Hair Drug Testing Guidelines Sent to White HouseWASHINGTON — A revamp of a controversial proposed rule setting standards for using hair to test truckers for drugs has…
March 28, 2023
10 Trends Expected To Define Supply Chains and Shipping In 20231. Markets returning to normalcy Freeing up of capacity and tempering of freight rates has brought markets almost back to…
March 22, 2023
Florida-based Flagship Transport Abruptly Ceases OperationsSome 455 truck drivers who hauled freight under the banner of Flagship Transport LLC, a logistics holding company headquartered in…
March 21, 2023
Labor Tensions Rise in Stalled West Coast Port ContractTensions in long-running contract talks at West Coast ports are worsening, with employers accusing unionized dockworkers of slowing cargo handling…
March 16, 2023
US Truckload Rates Drop Sharply in February , but Not LTL PricingA 9.7 percent drop in the long-distance US truckload producer price index (PPI) in the first two months of 2023…