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The February decision from the agency said ocean carriers can mandate which chassis to use for carrier haulage business, but not for merchant haulage. + Read More

India-US East Coast trade poised for major ocean capacity shakeup

2024-06-18

Hapag-Lloyd will be withdrawing from the Indamex service it has operated in conjunction with CMA CGM for decades and will kick off a standalone + Read More

ILA contract rhetoric turns up heat as uncomfortable summer begins for shippers

2024-06-18

The pointed sentiments expressed recently by the ILA are a departure from the low-key, business-like approach to prior negotiations along the East and Gulf + Read More

Transfix sale highlights VC’s uneasy fit with freight brokerage

2024-06-17

The uneven success of the digital brokerage model suggests that the foundations of the market were harder to disrupt than venture investors first envisioned + Read More

Savannah’s intermodal share moves higher as carriers ‘embrace’ rail

2024-06-17

The market share of loads entering or exiting the port’s Garden City Terminal on train has increased from a year ago as the Georgia + Read More

Peak season surcharges land earlier, and higher, in hot trans-Pacific market

2024-06-14

With vessel space from Asia to the US at a premium amid an early peak season, ocean carriers have been largely successful in implementing + Read More

Weaker US produce volumes help keep lid on truckload rates

2024-06-14

Produce shipments by weight have dropped in 2024, and that’s helped maintain “adequate” truckload capacity in most parts of the US, the Department of + Read More

US truckload spot rates rise, but still below year-ago levels

2024-06-14

This year’s truckload spot rates are hugging the baseline set in 2023 as the freight recession drags on; a major increase seems unlikely anytime + Read More

Reefer shippers face longer booking times, box shortages amid port congestion

2024-06-14