While it is well know that 2018 was a banner year for the trucking sector, it bears repeating. And one reason for that is that…
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As the tension, or more appropriately, the trade war between the United States and China continues to show no sign of slowing down, given how…
In 2018, trucking industry revenue rose 12.2%, from $700.1 billion in 2017 to $796.7 billion in 2018, according to ATA data. Source: logistics Mgmt
Earlier this month, I heard from iDrive Logistics, a Salt Lake City-based small package consultancy, regarding pricing proposals it had obtained from Amazon Logistics. Given…
This bill has been welcomed with open arms by a few key freight transportation and logistics stakeholders that have been clamoring for a new bill.…
A little while back, in this space, I wrote a blog with the following headline: “Is it time to be (a little) concerned about the…
As you may likely know, today and tomorrow are both part of Amazon Prime Day, which the global e-commerce titan refers to as “a 2-day…
Motor carriers that have long been pleading for more flexibility in the federal government’s truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules may finally be getting their wish…maybe.…
When FedEx announced last week that it plans to launch residential delivery seven days a week for most of the United States, effective January 2020…
While USMCA has still not been formally signed into law, it has the attention of the freight railroad sector, to be sure. And that was…
Recently, I was moderating a panel discussion at a conference for company presidents and CEOs with two supply chain leaders—Mark Holifield, EVP, Supply Chain at…
A repeal of the $7.6 billion rescission included in the current U.S. surface transportation law, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, could be spell…
That feeling that the United States-China “trade war” was going to come to some kind of a mutually beneficial resolution by late May or early…
Lately, it seems odd when there is not any news coming about logistics inroads being made by global e-commerce bellwether Amazon. If it is not…
For more than a little while, much has been made of what has been viewed as strong economic growth. To what degree, though, varies based…
With true signs of momentum for a new, and badly needed, federal transportation infrastructure bill seemingly forever stuck in neutral, it is refreshing to see…
NRF said 2019 retail sales are expected to come in between 3.8%-to-4.4% to more than $3.8 trillion. $3.82 trillion. While that falls short of the…
The theme regarding the economy a year ago at this time may very well have been “Happy days are hear again, given solid GDP growth,…
While driver turnover and the ongoing driver shortage tend to go hand in hand and, more often than not, with a typically negative connotation, data…
For the first three weeks of the holiday shipping season, ShipMatrix data shows that the on-time delivery performance of FedEx, UPS, and USPS is strong,…