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January 23, 2023

Vietnam Sees Surge in Deep-Sea Vessel Capacity Amid Trade Sourcing Shift

Soaring trade volumes in Vietnam, partly due to manufacturers shifting from China due to Beijing’s tough COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantine…

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January 17, 2023

Investments In Ports Foretell The Future of Global Commerce

Driverless vehicles whizz across five new berths at Tuas Mega Port, which sits on a swathe of largely reclaimed land at…

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January 15, 2023

‘Surge Finally Over,’ US Imports Back Near Pre-Pandemic Levels

The “new normal” is looking a lot like the old normal as U.S. imports continue to fall. Volumes began declining…

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January 14, 2023

Chicago O’Hare Avoids Labor Impasse, Cargo Disruption

A final ground handling agent at Chicago O’Hare International Airport has reached a required labor agreement and will continue cargo…

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January 11, 2023

Final pockets of congestion on East and Gulf coasts nearly gone

What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2022, over 100 container ships were stuck waiting off the ports…

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January 10, 2023

‘Pricing Discipline’ to Temper US LTL Rate Relief in 2023

The big picture: The past two years have been called a “golden age” for US less-than-truckload (LTL) operators, but shippers would…

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January 5, 2023

Fallout From Ocean Rate Collapse to Define Market ‘Status Quo’ in 2023

As shippers, forwarders, and container carriers look to the horizon, one question will dominate. What are the implications of the…

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January 2, 2023

The Largest Trucking Companies That Went Bankrupt in 2022 Freight Recession

It’s been a rough year for the trucking industry following the red-hot market conditions of late 2020 and 2021. Since the…

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December 30, 2022

UPS Extends Residential Delivery Surcharges Beyond Peak Season

In an unprecedented move, UPS Inc. will impose U.S. residential delivery surcharges beyond the peak delivery season instead of letting…

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December 29, 2022

Chance That Container Ship Arrives on Time is Still a Coin Toss

A year ago, fear was a big driver of the supply chain crunch: fear that goods wouldn’t arrive on time,…

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