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April 29, 2021

US Trucking Companies Boost Pay in Hunt for Drivers as Demand Surges

U.S. trucking companies are scrambling to hire more drivers as roaring consumer demand and tight shipping capacity stoke a resurgent…

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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…

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April 23, 2021

DAT Truckload Volume Index hits new records in March

One record month was followed by another in the most recent edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was…

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April 16, 2021

CONCEALED DAMAGE AND SHORTAGE CLAIMS

The Basics Concealed Damage or Shortage is defined as damage or shortage that is not discovered (or could not be…

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April 14, 2021

Egypt Seizes Ever Given Ship in Suez Canal, Demands Compensation

Egypt has seized the container ship that last month blocked the Suez Canal, the vessel’s owner said Tuesday, amid a dispute…

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March 31, 2021

Suez aftermath: businesses looking to avoid ocean gridlock have few options

When supply chains break down, one of the first options for time-critical shipments is airfreight. But businesses hunting for air…

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March 17, 2021

Worst cloverleaf interchanges in US

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we wanted to know which cloverleaf highways truckers hate the most (see what we did…

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March 9, 2021

Transportation & Logistics News Analysis

LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD (LTL)  Despite disruptions from the pandemic and resulting changes in demand levels from their customers, leading LTL companies are…

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March 9, 2021

California port pileup leaves old records in the dust

Labor unrest at West Coast ports in 2015 was a landmark event for U.S. importers. Massive congestion amid contentious contract…

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March 3, 2021

Ocean carriers hold all the cards in contract talks with shippers

It’s annual-contract negotiation season for U.S. importers — and the hand they’ve been dealt couldn’t be worse. The deck is…

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