As we proceed full steam ahead toward the holiday season, everyone is looking at the inventory situation at retailers across the country. With some carriers leaning hard on the blanked… read more →
The National Tentative Agreement presented in September has been refused by the Brotherhood or Rail Servicemen in a record turnout vote that ended in defeat by 60% of their members.… read more →
As ocean rates start to slump, carriers are pulling out the blank sailings trick to try and adjust the capacity available to match the decreasing demand. After the explosive profits… read more →
After the tempo of imports swung from the west coast to deluge the eastern seaboard, a reduction of imports across the board has cleared up much of the backlogs at… read more →
Ocean freight carriers have been under tremendous scrutiny since the pandemic kicked off, but now many are looking at ways to balance the reduction in demand after they’ve spent two-plus… read more →
One week ago, the US was seized with the terror of knowing that a rail strike was possibly coming in just seven days and that strike could upend transportation and… read more →
The Port of Virginia has set another record for its most productive July ever. Coming in at 318,000 TEUs in July, the port moved over 24,500 TEUs more than July… read more →
After two years of supply chain disruption and port congestion, many shippers are looking for alternatives. Whether they want a change of journey to avoid the deepest areas of delay… read more →
The smartest bet in the last week would be the wager that the Port of Virginia would announce a record-setting FY2022 after huge numbers of imports and containers passed through… read more →
A controversial law in California that reclassifies independent contractors according to a three-prong test has caused some contractors to protest because to maintain business, they have to be hired on… read more →