Fiscal year 2023 first quarter earnings results, for the United States Postal Service (USPS), which were issued yesterday, saw a 1.0%—or $206 million—increase in operating…
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Yellow Transportation, which has about 10% market share in the less-than-truckload (LTL) environment, paid the price for slackening demand in the overall trucking market in…
A major source of contention between United States Class I railroads and 12 railroad labor unions leading up to the brokered deal between the parties,…
A key theme in Atlanta-based global freight transportation and express delivery and logistics services provider UPS’s fourth quarter earnings call yesterday centered around its contract…
With a 1.8-cent increase, the national average came in at $4.622 per gallon, following an 8.0-cent increase, to $4.604, for the week of January 23.…
As non-profits across the country struggle with inflationary pressures, one logistics non-profit organization is shoring up its efforts to help them make every disaster relief…
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic approaching the three-year mark next month, it is fair to say that how freight transportation, logistics and supply…
December volumes, for the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) were down to finish 2022, according to data respectively…
Randolph, Mass.-based RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a provider of intermodal, distribution, and logistics services, said earlier this week it has acquired Houston-based regional intermodal service provider The…
Commerce reported that December retail sales—at $677.1 billion—fell 1.1% compared to November, while posting a 6.0% annual gain, and NRF reported that December retail sales…
Earlier this month, four key U.S. government agencies issued the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, a landmark interagency framework of strategies and actions to…
The new edition of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was released today by New York-based investment firm Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight…
Improvements in untangling supply chains have been offset by lingering worker shortages, America’s top business lobbyist said in her comprehensive economic forecast for 2023. Chamber…
The Services PMI—at 49.6 a (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth)—fell 6.9% off of December’s 56.5, snapping a 30-month run of growth, coupled…
For the week of January 2, the average price per gallon—at $4.583—rose 4.6 cents, following a 5.9-cent decline, to $4.537, for the week of December…
2023 will be a year of transitions, and an exciting time to be in supply chain management. Source: logistics Mgmt
Rail carloads—at 226,977—were down 3.2%, and intermodal containers and trailers—at 249,255—fell 7.5% annually. Source: logistics Mgmt
For the week of December 19, the average price per gallon—at $4.596—dropped 15.8 cents, following a 21.3-cent decline, to $4.754, for the week of December…
For manufacturing, ISM is estimating a 5.5% revenue gain in 2023, falling short of its 6.5% estimate from its predecessor report in May and its…
With an eye on a multi-phase commercial and technology partnership to deploy Volvo Autonomous Solutions’ (V.A.S.) autonomous transport solution on the its network, San Francisco-based…