Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the nation’s withdrawal from the agreement will take effect one year from delivery of the notification, which will be…
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The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 54.7 in October (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), which…
Falling 0.002 cents, this week’s average came in at $3.062. This followed last week’s 0.014-cent gain and a decline of 0.001 cents, for the week…
In its annual holiday survey, entitled “Last Mile Delivery Wars: How to Keep Retail Promises and Win with Reliability,” which was based on feedback from…
Rising 0.014-cents, the national diesel average checked in at $3.064, following a decline of 0.001 cents, for the week ending October 21 and a 0.004-cent…
Rail carloads, at 243,807, were off 7.5% annually, and intermodal units, at 267,013, slipped 6.6% annually. Source: logistics Mgmt
Commerce reported that September retail sales, at $525.6 billion, were off 0.3% compared to August will rising 4.1% compared to September 2018. NRF reported that…
After nearly two decades, the federal government is finally close to establishing the first national database of drug and alcohol-impaired truck drivers. Source: logistics Mgmt
In 2018, the report said that global parcel volume came in at 87 billion, which was up 17% compared to 2017’s 74 billion and the…
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that its Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) headed up 1.4% from July to…
Falling 1.9 cents, the national diesel average now stands at $3.047, coming on the heels of a 0.015-cent decline a week ago. Source: logistics Mgmt
ISM data focus on larger multinationals, whereas IHS Markit polls a representative mix of company size. Source: logistics Mgmt
Atlanta-based transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said it received the United States government’s first full Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Part 135 Standard certification, which is…
While a ten-week stretch of declines was snapped with an increase last week, the national average price per gallon for diesel gasoline fell again this…
While slavery in global supply chains remains an ever-growing concern, a new coalition has been successful recently in addressing it…perhaps even finding a solution. Source:…
As was the case in a previous report issued in June, a new report issued last week by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate firm CBRE…
NASA is looking to the materials handling industry for innovative ideas on how to handle supplies in space. Source: logistics Mgmt
In its recent research paper, Prologis posits that when the supply chain extends from the factory to the doorstep, the way we talk about warehouses…
The new truckload tendering capability enables project44 shipper and 3PL customers to automatically request truckload shipment quotes directly from their TMS, ERP or other system…
August shipments, at 1.190, were up 1.6% compared to July and down 3% annually, and expenditures, at 2.840, were up 0.7% compared to July and…