October’s Freight TSI reading, at 138.6, is the fourth highest on record and is 1% below the all-time high of 140.0 set in August 2019…
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Commerce reported that November retail sales, at $528 billion, rose 0.2% over October and were up 3.3% compared to November 2018. NRF reported that retail…
Major parcel carriers delivery operations, for UPS, FedEx, the United States Postal Service (USPS), and global e-commerce titan Amazon, over Cyber Monday Week, were impacted…
Following the November announcement that Dallas-based MODE Transportation, a non-asset 3PL offering truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, ocean, rail, air, and managed transportation services, said it entered…
For manufacturing, ISM is estimating a 4.8% annual increase in 2020 revenue, which is up from the 1.9% increase that was pegged for 2019 over…
The varying needs of supply chain-based industrial property occupiers paints a clear picture of how property categorizations shed light on the intersection of supply chain…
Spot truckload rates benefitted from Thanksgiving coming later in November this year, coupled with typically hectic end of month activity, for the week of November…
With a 0.004-cent increase, the average price per gallon for diesel, for the week of December 2, is $3.070. Source: logistics Mgmt
As a chocolate and confectionary shipper known for various household name sweets––including Nutella, Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, and Tic Tac––Ferrero is intent on getting its shipments…
Earlier today, Class I freight railroad carrier CN said it has reached a tentative agreement with the company’s 3,200 conductors and yard crews working on…
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently had an opportunity to speak with Jim Gehr, President, Retail, DHL Supply Chain, North America, talk about…
Falling 0.008 cents, this week’s average is $3.066, falling last week’s 0.001-cent increase. The national diesel average rises and falls have been uneven in recent…
On November 25, CN said that it has successfully met the federal requirement to operate PTC on all 35 of its U.S. subdivisions required to…
The state of United States transportation infrastructure received good news this week, with Congress and the White House taking steps to eliminate the $7.6 billion…
For September, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading came in at -2.94, which is at its lowest level going…
The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for October, at 118.1 (2015=100), fell 0.3% off of September’s 118.5 reading, which was upwardly revised…
With a 0.001-cent gain, this week’s average is $3.074. This marks the third time over the last six weeks that the national average has seen…
A “systemic cultural difference” in trade negotiations may be keeping global supply chain managers on edge next year, maintains one prominent political expert. “U.S.-China Relations:…
October shipments, at 1,047,257, were off 8.9% annually on a preliminary basis, which was far steeper than September’s 1.6% annual decline and the third quarter’s…
While reports this week point to the possibility of progress being made on the phase one trade deal between the United States and China in…