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June 28, 2021
Double-brokering scams cost transportation industry more than $100M per yearFor more than two years, Joe Howard, who works for a Midwestern logistics company, has been tracking an alleged sophisticated network…
June 23, 2021
Suez Canal, Ever Given Ship Owners Reach Compensation DealEgyptian officials and owners of the giant Ever Given vessel that blocked the Suez Canal earlier this year have reached…
June 22, 2021
FedEx Freight reverses service suspensions after outcry from big retailersFedEx Freight (NYSE: FDX) is walking back its recent abrupt suspension of service to a portion of its customer base after…
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…