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The Class I railroad says it has seen an increase in efficiency and improvement in quality of customer service since implementing scheduled railroading.

Letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross calls for end to agreement suspending antidumping investigation.

Convoy is now matching 100 percent of loads automatically in major markets, effectively eliminating the need for any person to call or communicate between the shipper and carrier.

Recovery efforts following the Jan. 28 crane collapse have been slowed by high winds and the discovery of more extensive damage to the crane’s boom.

The containership’s 16 sister vessels also are technically prepared for retrofitting.

The Agriculture Department and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will accept nominations for four-year terms until March 1.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said all drawback claims will have to be filed electronically in the Automated Commercial Environment.

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), an organization devoted to the North American 3PL industry, has appointed Matt Mantione as vice president of membership and Chris Burroughs and Will Sehestedt as vice presidents of government affairs. […]

(PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) In Part One, we talked about the delusion of the industry, the sales job to the “inside the walls” personnel, and a little about apathy. The next step, […]

Australia’s busiest box port, the Port of Melbourne, broke the three million mark in handling twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) shipping containers in the last calendar year. It is likely the first time that any port anywhere in Australia has handled three million TEU in any twelve month period whether that’s on a running month, financial year, or calendar year basis.

An industrial dispute between the local longshoremen’s union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), and stevedoring company, Hutchison Ports, is intensifying. A one day strike is now taking place.

Our second look at women in the trucking industry.

Wind damage, tornadoes, record-breaking rainfall hit California the past few days. Unfortunately, one person died.

It’s a growth story at Western Australia’s main container port, Fremantle Ports (Freo), with just under 10 percent growth of international shipping container traffic in the last calendar year. Stevedoring at the port is also up for tender.

New building to support 1-hour deliveries into downtown area.

The railroads have delayed installing life-saving automatic braking technology for another two years, and the NTSB is running out of patience.

Swiss foundation owning 46 percent of Panalpina does not support offer from Denmark’s DSV.

Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih announced on January 26 that the country is raising $426 billion in private sector investments, which will include roughly $36 billion for logistics infrastructure according to Reuters.

Ruckit specializes in trucking management software for the heavy construction and materials marketplace and brings transparency by networking the TMS systems of the stakeholders involved in a hauling process.

Not a gangbusters quarter for Saia or Schneider. But the numbers were strong for both and Merrill Lynch thinks the Schneider stock is undervalued.

With the growing complexity of supply chains, the technology advantage that managed transportation providers can provide becomes a key value-add for many shippers.

Whiteout conditions, several more feet of snow for the Sierras early this week. This is on top of several feet from the weekend.

The Grain Transport Report, a weekly publication by the Agricultural Marketing Service (a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture) released information showing that total export inspections for grain (corn, wheat and soybeans) declined 22 percent from the previous week.

Workhound bridges the gap between fleets and drivers by actually listening to what drivers want and translating that into real-time actionable insights for fleets to help them reduce turnover.

Ryder System, Inc. (R: NYSE) presented its Service Excellence Awards to top-performing carriers at its ninth annual Mexican Carrier Recognition Event in Mexico City on January 17. The event – reported in a press release by Ryder on January 29 – recognized 20 Mexican carriers for their excellence in service in Ryder’s international supply chain.

Drones seen as a source of global good (and money)

Shipping line’s executive vice president of trade says U.S. trucking and rising ship fuel expenses are other concerns.

The investments could facilitate new trade lanes despite looming economic uncertainty.

A Hapag-Lloyd ship that caught fire early in January is now moored off Freeport, Bahamas.

Uncertainty over whether refineries are doing enough to plan for marine fuel switch pushes up premium for low-sulfur product.

CBP is slated to publish Tuesday a ruling that found the U.S. to be the country of origin of certain Ethernet devices for purposes of U.S. government procurement.

Small, yet powerful satellites can now be deployed for just a fraction of the cost of more traditional satellites, potentially changing the way logistics companies access location and other data for assets.

Volumes tapered off in the fourth quarter, growing 4.2 percent year-over-year.

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: YELL COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT) A professional truck driver attempted to cross a wooden bridge in rural Arkansas despite posted weight limit signs last week. Both […]

Despite labor issues in Mexico and trucking capacity tightness in the Laredo market, 72 million pounds of avocados entered the U.S. by the second week of January.

Electric vehicle makers can learn from some of the lessons that natural gas developers faced when introducing that fuel source to trucking.

The two Super Bowl teams and their fanbases are very different, just like their freight market identities.

Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, is stuck in the same day, played out over and over again, in the film Groundhog Day. He repeats each day until he gets it right. In the real world, we don’t get the chance at a “do-over,” but delivery operations present an opportunity to do very nearly that.

Also in this report: a rebound in the market helped by OPEC production cuts; ExxonMobil grows big on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Upheaval caused by the U.S.-China trade war has some freight interests uneasy about giving Trump more tariff power.

Five-year high in growth seen last year thanks to tariff front-loading and tight truck supply, but shippers likely to put brakes on growth this year.

New orders bounce significantly, raw materials prices fall.

The macroeconomy is slowing down to trend-line growth, but drivers of freight movement look worse.

Several feet of snow, lots of wind expected in Sierras of California this weekend. Coastal downpours, flooding possible.

A peer-to-peer delivery startup underscores what everyone knows but doesn’t always point out about the origin of sharing economy businesses – they draw on century-old practices common in developing countries.

Regulators at the European Union are to fast-track an amendment that will allow trucks operating within the EU to be more aerodynimaclly designed., but the rules must pass through the European Parliament first.

The U.S economy added over 300,000 jobs in January, marking the best monthly performance in nearly a year. Transportation and logistics employment continued to increase at an impressive pace, led by healthy gains in warehousing, parcel and trucking jobs.

Bitter cold outbreak in Midwest may have killed at least 12 people, including FedEx worker, college student, homeless man. Autopsies, investigations continue.

It was only one trade and the comparisons to diesel prices are less than perfect. But there now is an actual transaction that reflects a value for now of what fuel might do under IMO2020.

The monthly economic roundup is a summary of recent event in the economy and a guide for key trends worth monitoring over the next month.

JUSDA, a supply chain platform that spun off Foxconn Technology Group, has raised $356 million in its Series A round.

The Hershey Company, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world, is promoting environmental sustainability in its cocoa supply chain.

The Commercial Vehicle Training Association is pushing for more states to adopt third-party testing to shorten wait times for those seeking to schedule CDL tests.

As another bilateral round of talks concluded this week, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said U.S. and Chinese officials extensively discussed enforcement.

New container service provides Florida greater and cheaper access to Asia’s exporters; start-up aims to reduce per-diem fees on containers.

Korea Development Bank is taking steps to merge Daewoo Shipbuilding and Hyundai Heavy Industries, but says Samsung may bid.

Containerships remain the top vessel, but the canal has seen an increase in LPG and LNG carriers since the expansion opened in June 2016.

Plus: The Trans-Adriatic pipeline, Intel’s new CEO and holiday returns defy expectations.

U.S. Customs officers at Nogales border crossing find 254 pounds of the drug hidden in a truckload of cucumbers.

Oakland, Calif.-based cosmetics firm ELF used two Chinese suppliers that violated the U.S. government’s North Korean sanctions.

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: JOHN WESTON, CHALLENGER MOTOR FREIGHT, 2017 WINNER OF HIGHWAY ANGEL OF THE YEAR, AND NASHVILLE RECORDING ARTIST LINDSAY LAWLER, THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON OF THE HIGHWAY ANGEL PROGRAM) […]

Overall cargo volumes on Australia’s air routes have increased, according to the latest data from the federal government’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.

Australia is experiencing growth in volumes of inbound international air cargo, new official figures show. Freight volumes from overseas airports to airports in Australia grew by 7.3% in the year ended November 2018.

Shipping, orders continue to skyrocket.

ELD’s were supposed to make headway into reducing crashes, but that may not be the case so far, according to academic research from supply chain experts.

Company expects double-digit operating profits this year for all three units.

Women make up 7% of the drivers on the road and 23% of management.

Tuesday’s votes in the British Parliment left the transport trade and industry in general in limbo with politicians again failing to make a definitive decision on which direction the country would go.

The financial tech and freight tech sectors both have a huge addressable market, and both have been traditionally resistant to change. Will the disruption continue, and what should we expect after similar patterns of explosive growth?

Crash scenes have dotted landscapes in parts of Northeast this week. Snow, wind, extreme cold all factors.

Class 1 railroad warns of slowdown in shipments through major intermodal hubs as tracks crack under severe cold.

Debt levels are down and EBITDA coverage for that debt is up as the LTL carrier has a strong year and quarter.

Schneider National (NYSE: SNDR) reported strong earnings again in the fourth quarter, beating analysts’ earnings per share (EPS) estimates of $0.46. The transportation giant posted adjusted diluted EPS of $0.49, up from 2017’s fourth quarter result of $0.33.

Freight volumes recover as January closes. The artic air freezes the Midwest as the Chicago market heats up.

In partnership with Reliance Partners …When incurring demurrage and detention charges, shippers and carriers lose out on hundreds of dollars per diem. Optimizing drayage operations and dispatching cargo as quickly as possible could help in reducing the burden, especially during unanticipated port delays.

Americans have become used to buying fruit and vegetables year-round. But it wasn’t always that way, and improved transportation is the key to year-round produce.

Uber Freight is giving drivers the opportunity to rate shipper facilities. The information can be used by both shippers to improve conditions and drivers, who will see the details of a facility before accepting a load.

After a day of choppy trading, a consensus seemed to emerge that CHRW was well-positioned to grow net revenues even in a re-balancing freight market.

It’s Northern California versus Southern California traffic as port displays turn times; Brexiting remains bad for business, shipowners warn.

The joint venture of Japan’s three largest shipping companies said it benefited from the rush to get cargo into the U.S. ahead of threatened tariff increase.

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and opened the door for interstate hemp transportation. Now hemp manufacturers are mobilizing to establish supply chains to move their crops.

New York City’s shared mobility transit for city officials; electric cars have trouble running during extreme cold; Amazon is hauling cargo in self-driving trucks.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce CEO said Parliament probably will want to see how legislative consideration of the pact shakes out in the U.S. first.

Now is the time for export compliance officers to explain to senior management the reasons for the delays in BIS and hold the line on compliance.

CEO says the company “is committed to providing our employees with a long-term career path they can count on financially.”

A new CEO steps in and a president is tapped to deepen relationships in the energy sector.

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) After a record-breaking year of nominations , the Truckload Carriers Association announced the 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For. The competition, hosted in conjunction with CarriersEdge, […]

China has problems that go well beyond U.S. tariffs.

Asset-light transportation manager sees results in-line with expectations, but softer rates coming up ahead.

Projects represent a niche market, company says.

Speed limiter regulations sat idling under Bush and Obama, so truck safety groups now look to Congress – and Trump – to put it in gear.

Carriers are asking about the risks of delivering so called “ancillary” shipments that facilitate weed businesses.

The company laid out its strategy in an SEC filing in the third quarter, and the fact that it is succeeding was evident in the numbers.

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has been conditionally granted funds to buy hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as part of a wider project to build a hydrogen fuel production plant. That second project, in turn, is part of a bigger project to transform New Zealand into an electricity-powered economy.

People between the ages of 15 and 25 are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal vehicle accident.

Stanley Robotics has designed a droid system that can park cars at airports, that will be trialled at Gatwick later this year. And this system could be adapted for airfreight according to freight equipment supplier LLM.

There aren’t too many signs of a slowdown in the class 8 order book, company officials said.

Investing in public transportation would significantly reduce casualties due to accidents and also cut down carbon emissions, especially in urban spaces.

Desktop Metal, an additive manufacturing [3D printing] firm which specializes in metal printing, announced last week that it raised $160 million from a financing round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), a subsidiary of Koch Industries.