In a year-long effort to shift away from hub-and-spoke railroad management and in fulfillment of E. Hunter Harrison’s, CSX Transportation’s late CEO, vision for precision railroading, the Florida-based rail provider will discontinue domestic intermodal services to Detroit starting September 1, 2018. The shift towards scheduled railroading means eliminating smaller markets [...]
As the September 30thdeadline looms, labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) committees are scheduled to meet in Florida, June 5-7, in hopes of reaching an East and Gulf coast master, six-year contract. Historically, negotiations haven’t been agreeable between port operators and labor [...]
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After a devastating winter that left rail lines and supply chains disrupted, shippers are about to take another setback as 3,400 rail engineers and conductors from Canadian Pacific (CP) walk out on strike this Saturday, April 21st, at 12:01am. Frustration mounted as labor unions went into negotiations after disspointing first [...]
As the first quarter comes to a close, airfreight capacity is becoming strained in some fast-growing, region-specific markets. Similar to the issues shippers are experiencing at U.S. ports, air carriers are struggling to position equipment on imbalanced trade lanes to meet increasing demands of ecommerce and industries such as pharmaceuticals. [...]
It’s a trucker’s market in the U.S. as shippers levy tenured relationships and throw around their freight weight to push for containers to be picked up at congested ports, amidst a driver shortage and under new legislative time restrictions. Chassis availability and equipment positioning issues have further strained the domestic [...]
While most shippers concentrate on negotiating April carrier contracts, or finding the right freight forwarder, to meet their 2018 goals, they should have noticed a much more prevalent issue happening creeping up, right here at home. U.S. trucking is in a tenuous state - capacity is tight, chassis are non-existent, [...]
Service contract season is just around the corner, and international shippers are asking themselves the age-old question, “are direct carrier contracts right for us?” Chances are, you’ve either hedged your bets by pairing with an NVOCC for flexibility, or are still weighing the advantages of fixed, annual pricing with a [...]
As Lunar (Chinese) New Year approaches, supply chain managers have begun their yearly, rigorous evaluation of freight services. From rate-shopping to cost-cutting, many annual initiatives are based on the projected market outlook. Here are the 2018 container freight market trends to watch: DEMAND & CAPACITY Two years ago, steamship lines [...]
Following frigid air temperatures and unexpected snow, the following terminals are expecting delays and/or closures on January 4, 2018: PORT TERMINALS Boston Conley Terminal: Closed SCPA Terminals in Charleston: Scheduled to resume terminal operations today at 1:00PM *South Carolina DOT has issued truck restrictions on I-526 and I-26 Savannah: Scheduled [...]
