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January 11, 2023
Final pockets of congestion on East and Gulf coasts nearly goneWhat a difference a year makes. At this time in 2022, over 100 container ships were stuck waiting off the ports…
January 10, 2023
‘Pricing Discipline’ to Temper US LTL Rate Relief in 2023The big picture: The past two years have been called a “golden age” for US less-than-truckload (LTL) operators, but shippers would…
January 5, 2023
Fallout From Ocean Rate Collapse to Define Market ‘Status Quo’ in 2023As shippers, forwarders, and container carriers look to the horizon, one question will dominate. What are the implications of the…
January 2, 2023
The Largest Trucking Companies That Went Bankrupt in 2022 Freight RecessionIt’s been a rough year for the trucking industry following the red-hot market conditions of late 2020 and 2021. Since the…
December 30, 2022
UPS Extends Residential Delivery Surcharges Beyond Peak SeasonIn an unprecedented move, UPS Inc. will impose U.S. residential delivery surcharges beyond the peak delivery season instead of letting…
December 29, 2022
Chance That Container Ship Arrives on Time is Still a Coin TossA year ago, fear was a big driver of the supply chain crunch: fear that goods wouldn’t arrive on time,…
December 28, 2022
US LTL Volumes Drop, But Pricing Proves ResilientFreight volumes at large US less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are softening in the fourth quarter, and some trucking companies are responding…
December 27, 2022
Expect to Hear More About Rail Service Issues in 2023The Surface Transportation Board’s regulatory to-do list, train crew sizes and merger conditions related to Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas…
December 19, 2022
FedEx, UPS Shippers face 8%-10% price hikes in 2023, Consultancy SaysTransImpact says there will be virtually no difference in rates in 2023 between FedEx and UPS. Shippers using FedEx Corp….
December 18, 2022
Ocean Carriers Plan to Bank Half Their Sailings from AsiaAgainst a background of extremely weak demand forecasts, ocean carriers are preparing to blank around half their advertised sailings from…