Total POLA volume—at 961,833 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU)—were up 11.7% annually, marking the highest-volume month in the port’s 114-year history, topping October 2018, which was…
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Higher than expected import levels, driven by the ongoing reopening of the United States economy and retailers focused on inventory restocking, in advance of the…
The main thesis of the new Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates, confirms…
YRC Worldwide (YRCW) said that its subsidiary, YRC Freight, the fourth largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, has expanded its Regional Next-Day Service to the mid-South region…
Use of supply chain risk modeling for quantification of risk and decision-support at the country, enterprise and supply chain level can help minimize impacts from…
With the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic still apparent, as the United States economy begins to re-open and show some indications of a rebound,…
NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold noted in the report that even with factories in China getting back online, there…
Following its February announcement that it inked it inked an agreement to acquire El Segundo, Calif.-based Performance Team, a provider of warehousing and distribution service,…
The maritime industry has been deeply affected as a result of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus and its impacts to Chinese manufacturing and logistics…
February shipments—at 846,054—decreased 7.5% compared to February 2019, and containerized freight shipments, for the month, were down 4.5%. On a year-to-date basis through February, U.S.-bound…
Given how the coronavirus continues to spread, the subsequent impact on global shipping operations is expected to be longer, larger, and more lasting than was…
December shipments—at 969,53—were off 8.5% annually and fell for the fourth consecutive month, and were down more than November’s 4.2% annual decline. For calendar year…
Coming off of October, which marked the worst performing month for United States-bound waterborne shipments since March 2016, or three and a half years, in…
Total POLA November volumes, at 728,918 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), were down 12.4% annually, and total POLB volume, at 599,985 TEU, fell 3.5% annually. Source:…
A final tariff push set to take effect in December is pegged to result in another month of increased import activity for United States-based retail…
Almost six full months to the day after it was introduced, H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, was passed…
FedEx Freight describes FedEx Freight Direct as an e-commerce service that handles the delivery of bulky items like furniture, televisions, and exercise equipment, among other…
Brendan McCahill, Senior Vice President of Trade Data Content at Descartes Datamyne, presents his perspective in this exclusive interview. Source: logistics Mgmt
Total POLA volume––at 912,154 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)––was up 9.43% annually and hit a new single month volume record for the fourth consecutive month, and…
Even with a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on September 1, imports at United States-bound retail container ports are pegged to come…