The American trucking industry has filed a cease-and-desist request with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) over what it says are ocean container carriers distorting the cost of chassis usage. The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) filed the complaintagainst the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA) and 10 of its ocean carrier […]
Airfreight rates to the U.S. plateaued in mid-August after rising for more than a month, influenced by a drop in demand from South China and passenger airlines temporarily adding more capacity. Still, finding affordable air transport in Southeast Asia, writ large, is difficult. The dip freight activity isn’t expected to last long as retailers gin […]
Weekly U.S. intermodal volumes rose year-over-year for the second week in a row, according to the Association of American Railroads. The increase comes as the ports of Long Beach and Oakland in California reported that imports were up year-over-year in July. U.S. freight railroads originated 278,210 intermodal units for the week of Aug. 15, a […]
Union Pacific (UP) has done it again: for the third time in a month the rail operator has raised charges for traffic moving inland from southern California. Yesterday, surcharges on excess contract cargo rose to $3,500 per container, and spot rates out of Los Angeles are up $1,500. Early in August, UP slapped a $500 […]
Nearly $80 million was awarded to educational entities and state agencies for commercial motor vehicle safety efforts, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced recently. Specifically, $45 million in grants would be dedicated for state-level programs meant to enhance highway safety and advance technological capabilities across agencies. Additionally, $32.7 million in commercial driver license program […]
The COVID-19 pandemic put exorbitant pressure on supply chains – only to expose their vulnerabilities. However, these vulnerabilities aren’t new, especially around food safety and refrigeration. The meat processing plants that shut down, the produce that spoiled waiting for a truck and the dairy farmers who dumped good milk were events spurred by the coronavirus, […]
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