Monthly Archives for August 2018

Trans-Pac carriers ready general rate increases on spot rate run The same forces that have been at work since July continue unabated in the Trans-Pacific, and in fact appear to be intensifying. (Above: The Port of Los Angeles.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific this week registered single-digit increases to the East […]

Mega-load move from PNW to Canada takes mega planning Specialized Freight Industries of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, has been commissioned by the new High Wide Heavy Corridor Coalition to conduct a feasibility route study for moving up to 1,000-ton megaloads from Pacific Northwest ports east into Idaho and Montana and up into Western Canada. (Above: The Port […]

US shippers can mitigate 2019 trucking rate increases The demand factor favors US truck companies; that said, there are substantive benefits to becoming a “shipper of choice.” (Above: Trucks travel on a highway in Tennessee, United States.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. US truckload rates are expected to climb for a second consecutive year, but introspective transportation […]

US shippers can mitigate 2018 trucking rate increases The demand factor favors US truck companies; that said, there are substantive benefits to becoming a “shipper of choice.” (Above: Trucks travel on a highway in Tennessee, United States.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. US truckload rates are expected to climb for a second consecutive year, but introspective transportation […]

Brazil truckers’ strike still roiling logistics, increasing shipper costs Decades of truck-oriented Brasilia administrations and a bias against rail created a vulnerable trade transport system. The spring truckers’ strike exposed it, and months later trade logistics has yet to recover. (Above: A container ship at the Port of Itajai, Brazil.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Fallout from […]

US truck shippers prep for higher 2019 spending For shippers, the pressing question is how to share this news with their C-level suite after a series of difficult conversations already this year. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. As the calendar turns to September, company executives are talking with their transportation managers about budgets for 2019 as trucking […]

Trans-Pac ocean shippers forced to turn to air this peak season   Air cargo freight rates between China and the United States have been rising since July, according to US-based logistics provider CH Robinson. (Above: Air cargo being serviced at Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Overbooking of container carriers’ trans-Pacific […]

Former Prince Rupert chief to head Quebec container project The Quebec Port Authority says it will be able to provide shippers moving goods to and from the Great Lakes region and US Midwest with cheaper transits than afforded through downriver Montreal. (Above: The port of Quebec.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Don Krusel, the veteran former head […]

3PL Mahindra buys stake in India logistics tech startup ShipX is a software-as-a-service (Saas)-based transportation management solutions provider for 3PLs, shippers, and transporters. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. As India accelerates reforms and digitization programs to eliminate trade barriers and streamline procedures, logistics technology startups have become an attractive investment target for supply chain conglomerates looking to […]

Shippers responding to higher costs via CSX interchange reboot CSX said the decision to alter its service through Chicago, the nation’s largest freight hub and bottleneck, will benefit all shippers in the long run. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. In the dog days of August, shippers and intermodal marketing companies (IMCs) are working at how to mitigate […]