Container congestion, let’s talk about it for a quick minute. While it might seem irrelevant to you or that you have no idea what I am talking about, this topic… read more →
After ten consecutive months of record-breaking numbers, the port declares that the fiscal year of 2021 saw 3.2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, a 16.8% increase over 2020. Early on it was… read more →
When the pandemic started, airlines had to deal with a sudden lack of international travelers lining up for flights. By removing the seats, planes were re-outfitted to carry cargo. The… read more →
The ever-worsening ocean freight congestion has lead railroad companies to take extreme methods to catch up on the backlog of containers coming from the US west coast. UP called for… read more →
Container lines are tacking on large surcharges, skipping port calls, and shortening delivery windows for export containers at Chinese ports in response to the crippling congestion of the past couple… read more →
As the first port in the Western Hemisphere to handle 10 million TEUs in a 12-month period, the Port of LA still struggles to handle the deluge of imports crashing… read more →
Much of the logistics news we’ve seen this summer has been about hidden hazmat concerns in both ocean and air freight, and it’s a situation that won’t improve as the… read more →
US Agriculture products are in trouble as a crack in the Hernando DeSoto bridge over I-40 in Memphis has been closed after a crack the length of the bridge was… read more →
One thing we aren’t hearing about is project cargo and heavy shipments in the current market. With container issues and traffic bottlenecked on the west coast, our east coast ports… read more →
After a rough 2020 for everyone, the Port of Virginia is coming in strong with new and improved services for 2021. The $800 million infrastructure investment into the port could… read more →