Logistics technology market grappling with pandemic period overhiring
A return to normal freight demand is part of the reason for layoffs across the logistics technology sector, but just as important is investor
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Post-COVID ocean market has normalized, not collapsed: analyst
It’s easy to paint developments in the global shipping market as extreme, but when context is provided, the market is on many levels almost
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Kontainers founder starts new shipper-focused rate management tech provider
Most of the landscape for container rate management vendors has focused on tools for forwarders, leaving a gap in software targeting shippers.
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Customs Laboratories European Network holds its 8th International Seminar
200 participants from 45 countries gathered in Berlin this month to share their experience and discuss current and future challenges faced by customs laboratories.
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Post-strike recovery for western Canadian ports measured in weeks, not days: sources
Forwarders, shipping lines and trucking interests are advising their customers it will take weeks — possibly into September — for operations at Prince Rupert
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CIMC, Singamas issue profit warnings on weak demand for new containers
The expected declines followed a drop in demand for marine containers due to weakened economic and trade growth this year, both companies said in
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Anxious US shippers prepare for possible UPS strike, tighter LTL market
A Teamsters strike against UPS Aug. 1 and a shutdown of Yellow are not inevitable, but shippers are bracing for disruption and higher costs.
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New Jersey union claims ILA blocked it from terminal construction project
A union of construction equipment operators in New Jersey alleges the International Longshoremen’s Association sought to take away marine terminal work it was hired
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Western Canada port strike ends after deal reached on tentative four-year contract
The end of the strike comes less than two days after Canada’s Minister of Labour ordered the federal mediator overseeing negotiations between the union
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Chassis repairs causing short-term shortages in Chicago
Truckers are having difficulty locating available chassis in Chicago because many units have been taken off the street to be serviced after heavy usage
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