During the holiday season, the usually low-volume Pacific Northwest changes from one of the easiest regions to source truckload capacity to the most difficult.
By the start of the 1900s, about 40 U.S.-flag ships were operated by the country’s lumber titans, proving to the industry at the time that marine transport was more efficient than rail.
The soybean associations say helping offset construction costs of AG Procressing’s terminal expansion at the Port of Grays Harbor will help soybean exporters in the long run.
Truckers will hit periods of heavy snow and high winds this weekend in the Cascades and northern Rockies (video forecast included).
Truckers will have to chain up heading through the Washington Cascades as heavy snow piles up.
Heavy rain this week in the Northwest could lead to flooding and trucking delays (video forecast included).
A compilation of the past week in social media images includes whiteout conditions, floods, icy roads and more.
Truckers will hit snow, sleet and freezing rain Tuesday from central Washington to western Montana (video forecast included).
A compilation of the past week in social media images includes blizzards out West, Southern tornadoes and snow, as well as Northwest floods.
Heavy rain and potential flooding could delay truckers in the Northwest the next few days (video forecast included).
Truckers will have to keep chained up this week as more snowstorms hit the Cascades and Rockies (video forecast included).
FreightWaves takes a look back at some of the most destructive weather events of 2021 and their impacts on freight.
Truckers will hit heavy snow and whiteout conditions this weekend in the Washington Cascades (video forecast included).
The low Christmas tree supply among high demand means shippers and customers are paying more.
Repeated floods last month in the Pacific Northwest have triggered road closures, supply chain disruptions and evacuations.
Another storm could sustain supply chain disruptions in the Pacific Northwest this week (video forecast included).
A new series of storms could sustain supply chain disruptions in the Pacific Northwest through Thanksgiving weekend (video forecast included).
Truckers will hit several inches of snow piling up Thursday in parts of the Northwest (video forecast included).
Truckers will face delays in the Pacific Northwest due to storms over the next several days (video forecast included).
Truckers will hit periods of flooding and whiteout conditions in the Pacific Northwest for several days.
Truckers will hit periods of flooding and whiteout conditions in the Pacific Northwest for the next several days (video forecast included).
As fall harvest nears, grain shippers and freight railroads are taking steps to ensure network fluidity for export-bound grain trains in and out of the Pacific Northwest.
Up to 10 inches of snowfall could pile up as far south as Dallas-Fort Worth and northwestern Arkansas (with forecast video).
River flooding possible this week in Northwest freight markets along the I-5 corridor.
Fires and heavy smoke have dominated life in Oregon and Washington this week. Here are photos from a transportation perspective.
The wildfires in Washington state aren’t a major threat to BNSF’s Washington operations, but the railroad deployed trains to help area first responders. Union Pacific grappled with wildfires near a Northern California subdivision last week.
Weekend weather may delay loads heading into Seattle, Portland, Medford markets.
COVID-19 has not hurt cargo flows between the Pacific Northwest and Anchorage.
Capacity remains tight in the Northwest freight region as heavy snow continues to fall.
Snowstorm may briefly throw off balanced Seattle market.
Reefer rejections, protect from freeze issues out west.
A challenging job in winter.
Trucks going back to Midwest markets hit by recent snowstorm. But another storm heads there soon.
A few feet of snow, some ice, potential flooding coming to Washington and Oregon.
Powerful storms to bring a few feet of snow to Cascades, other mountain ranges next few days.
Several inches to a foot of snow could delay truckers, freight in many states this week.
FreightWaves is expanding with a new office in Portland, Oregon. There are opportunities for data scientists, software engineers and journalists.
Competition from other grain-producing countries weigh on U.S. grain exports – and on U.S. rail volumes for grain.
Around a foot of snow coming to the Olympic Mountains this weekend, but Seattle metro area could also see its share. Bitterly cold winds, too,
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.
Brokers at Arrive, Trident, and Avenger told us that capacity is flowing into Southeast markets, pushing down rates in that region, while the PNW and Midwest have tightened up significantly.
