Once again, the supply chain is watching China and the zero-COVID policy that slowed transportation to a crawl earlier this year. Currently, only Ningbo is experiencing severe disruption, but...
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It doesn’t seem so long ago that we lamented the equipment imbalance that plagued shippers who needed to find containers for their cargo. Currently, we’re watching ports and carriers...
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Transpacific ocean freight spot rates are taking a nosedive, and traditionally, when this happens, carriers implement a strategy utilizing blank sailings. Blank sailings are when a carrier decides to...
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After talking breathlessly about the possibility of a rail strike and how the world held steady under the threat thereof, the news on the logistics front dried up for...
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After a thirty-day cooling-off period between the railroad unions, the current labor contract will expire at 12:01 AM ET on Friday, September 16th. Though it’s a good sign that...
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There are several factors that set forwarders apart from their competitors, and the most rapidly evolving factor is the technology we use each day. An investment in technology is...
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The USDA announced its new database “Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements” (ACIR) a search engine for finding and retrieving import regulations for agricultural commodities. Replacing the FAVIR (Fruit and Vegetable...
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The usual fluctuations in the logistics market are typically cyclical throughout the year, especially in years with minimal fluctuations and no elections. In those standard years, peak season is...
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A number of different factors came together to create a shortage of chassis this summer, including trade issues that were implemented as retaliation against China as far back as...
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