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June 12, 2021
Container rates rocket even higher and there’s no end in sightAnother week, another record for container shipping spot rates. And alarmingly for shippers, upward rate momentum is accelerating. Different indexes…
June 12, 2021
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…
May 25, 2021
Texas tops list for truck driver drug/alcohol violationsNew data released by the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse shows Texas topping the list of number of registered truck…
May 25, 2021
How three Chinese companies cornered global container productionNever before has the humble ocean shipping container been this important to American business. If you can’t get one, you…
May 17, 2021
Freight continues to flow in, capacity does notExpectations around future freight flows continue to grow with each passing week. New records are being posted with no sign of a…
May 5, 2021
More Than 90 New Airlines Are Launching in 2021For most of last year, running an airline meant parking jets, laying off workers and haggling with governments for bailout…
May 5, 2021
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…
April 29, 2021
US Trucking Companies Boost Pay in Hunt for Drivers as Demand SurgesU.S. trucking companies are scrambling to hire more drivers as roaring consumer demand and tight shipping capacity stoke a resurgent…
April 27, 2021
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…
April 23, 2021
DAT Truckload Volume Index hits new records in MarchOne record month was followed by another in the most recent edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was…