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The July TCI, which is the month for which the most recent data is available, came in at 2.84, well below June’s 11.35, which is…
The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that its Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) eked out a slight…
Falling 0.006-cents, the national average, for the week of September 7, came in at $2.435 per gallon. This followed a 0.015-cent increase, to $2.441 per…
Uber Freight, a subsidiary of the ubiquitous, ride-sharing service Uber, whose proprietary app matches trucking companies with loads to haul, announced today that it had…
At a time when it the current federal transportation authorization—the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act—is set to expire, at the end of September, the…
With a 0.015-cent increase, the national diesel average came in at $2.441 per gallon. Source: logistics Mgmt
One of the world’s largest mobile operators is digitizing its supply chain, with procurement a major focus. Source: logistics Mgmt
June’s SCI reading—at 1.03—was down from May’s 24.8, which marks the second highest reading on record, with April’s 41.3 being the highest. Source: logistics Mgmt
Source: logistics Mgmt
According to the IHS Markit World Flash – August 2020, the current crises not only plunge economies into recession in the near-to-medium term, but they…
The company announced that it will hire 7,000 associates through the end of 2020 to meet demand fueled both by the peak holiday shopping season…
All eras are disruptive—it’s only a question of which disruption and when. The key advice from analysts for both shipper and carriers is to not…
Major trucking companies reported uneven financial results as effects from the COVID-19 pandemic played havoc with freight volumes. Then there was YRC Worldwide, whose four…
Third-party logistics companies continue to expand their reach into shippers’ supply chains. Source: logistics Mgmt
the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Total July shipments—at 1,526,490—were off 1.8% annually. Domestic containers—at 692,122—were up 11%, while trailers—at 107,728—were up 10.8%. All…
Total POLA volume—at 856,389 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU)—represented the busiest month, year-to-date, for the port, as well as being the second best July for POLA…
Entitled “VOLATILE—Latest Third-Party Logistics Market Results and Predictions for 2020 Including Estimates for 190 Countries,” the report takes a deep dive into myriad subsets of…
Commerce reported that July retail sales—at $536 billion—were up 1.2% compared to June and were up 2.7% annually. And total retail sales, from May through…
The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that its Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) saw a slight increase…