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TPM23: Shipper demand for emissions data reveals industry gap Despite the lack of industry-wide emissions measurement, shippers are pressing ahead with their own sustainability programs and working with supply chain emissions data that is available, TPM23 attendees were told. TPM23: Shipper demand for emissions data reveals industry gap Journal of Commerce

Investors back Overhaul’s hybrid risk management–visibility strategy Supply chain risk-focused technology provider Overhaul has channeled demand for reducing exposure to cargo theft into a $38 million funding round just a few weeks after acquiring competitor SensiGuard. Investors back Overhaul’s hybrid risk management–visibility strategy Journal of Commerce

Zim pulls expedited China-US service as pandemic market unwinds Zim is terminating a two-year-old trans-Pacific service, while beefing up a Southeast Asia–US East Coast route, as weakened Chinese imports and too much capacity have combined to pull down container spot rates. Zim pulls expedited China-US service as pandemic market unwinds Journal of Commerce

Zim suspends expedited China-US service as pandemic market unwinds Zim is suspending a two-year-old trans-Pacific service, while beefing up a Southeast Asia–US East Coast route, as weakened Chinese imports and too much capacity have combined to pull down container spot rates. Zim suspends expedited China-US service as pandemic market unwinds Journal of Commerce

CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd join MSC in hiking India–US rates Later this month, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd will impose general rate increases of $600 per FEU and $500 per FEU, respectively, on all shipments from India to North America, but with demand waning, those GRIs may not stick. CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd join MSC in hiking India–US […]

ILWU Office Clerical Unit negotiations underway in LA-LB Contract negotiations between International Longshore and Warehouse Union office workers and shipping lines and terminal operators in Southern California are proceeding slowly with the June 30 deadline approaching, even as the 10-month-old ILWU dockworker negotiations drag on. ILWU Office Clerical Unit negotiations underway in LA-LB Journal of […]

ILWU Office Clerical Unit negotiations under way in LA-LB Contract negotiations between International Longshore and Warehouse Union office workers and shipping lines and terminal operators in Southern California are proceeding slowly with the June 30 deadline approaching, even as the 10-month-old ILWU dockworker negotiations drag on. ILWU Office Clerical Unit negotiations under way in LA-LB […]

US SE ports prepping for more growth amid continued West Coast diversions Southeast ports are handling more imports from Asia than ever, but it’s unclear how much of that growth will stick once negotiations over a new West Coast longshore contract conclude. US SE ports prepping for more growth amid continued West Coast diversions Journal […]

US startup eyes street turn tech expansion throughout North America Technology startup Qualle is trying to overcome drayage industry inertia around matching empty import boxes with export loads outside of ports by using early-stage funding to serve every North American port market. US startup eyes street turn tech expansion throughout North America Journal of Commerce

More US shippers finding LTL savings, but no ‘price war’  Several US shippers tell the Journal of Commerce they are getting rate concessions from their less-than-truckload carriers, but the price cuts are far from universal and may depend on how shippers bid. More US shippers finding LTL savings, but no ‘price war’  Journal of Commerce