[caption caption="Chicago-based FourKites landed $50 million in its latest funding round. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Venture capital (VC) dollars keep pouring into technology start-ups focused on shipper freight visibility, fueling an arms race in that sector of logistics software, as evidenced by a $50 million investment into Chicago-based software provider FourKites Tuesday.The...
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Video: More than cost, more than speed
Along the supply chain, the freight forwarder is the link between multiple parties and integrator of data, Samuel Shapiro & Co.’s Director of Supply Chain Angela Czajkowski noted at the 2018 JOC...
Few bright spots in official 1Q intermodal data
[caption caption="A BNSF Railway train hauling ocean containers. Although international volumes rose slightly, overall intermodal loads fell in 1Q for the first time since 2016. Photo credit:...
Capacity ‘overshoot’ pulls down truckload contract rates
[caption caption="Truckload carriers added enough capacity in 2018 to"][/caption]Truckload pricing power has swung back to US shippers, and it’s difficult to see when that might change as the US...
Teacher blockade reduces KCS intermodal volumes
The teacher blockade that halted trains into the Mexican ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas in early 2019, pulling down intermodal volume handled by Kansas City Southern (KCS) of Mexico,...
Mexican teacher blockade dents KCS intermodal volumes
[caption caption="A 26 percent decline in Kansas City Southern's intermodal volume through the port of Lazaro Cardenas contributed to a 1 percent decrease in overall volume for the railroad during...
Zeaborn to take full ownership of Zeamarine
[caption caption="Zeamarine’s present fleet consists of about 90 multipurpose and heavy-lift (MPV/HL) vessels with lift capacities up to 1,400 tons, according to the company. Photo credit:...
Small US truckers feel pinch as pricing drops
[caption caption="Two-thirds of small trucking carriers reported losing business to competitors charging “unsustainably low prices” within the past year, while 55 percent said customers have...
Decarbonization shipping is newest existential challenge
[caption caption="The reality of decarbonization has forced a paradigm shift in thinking away from decades-long efforts to improve efficiency of engines to ending all use of fossil fuels. Photo...
Rotterdam volume rising despite Asia-Europe slowdown
[caption caption="Rotterdam, Europe’s busiest container port, handled 250,000 more TEU from January through March than during the first quarter of 2018. Photo credit: The port of...
CBP takes aim at border freight delays
[caption caption="About 300 CBP officers are being deployed to the Southwest border from other parts of the country in an effort to alleviate crippling cargo congestion at key crossings. Photo...
Zim involvement major win for TradeLens
[caption caption="TradeLens is designed to enable trust between trading partners and supply chain stakeholders by allowing them to exchange trade and freight documentation in a blockchain...
NY-NJ truck association picks new president
[caption caption="The 170-member Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers selected Communications and Legislative Affairs Director Lisa Yakomin as its new president. Photo credit:...
US intermodal slump raises truck competitiveness questions
[caption caption="Lowell, Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt reported intermodal volume fell 7 percent in the first quarter and ongoing work on the CSX rail network might keep numbers down in the second...
Slowing growth, uncertainty darken MPV/HL outlook
[caption caption="Drewry expects multipurpose/heavy-lift (MPV/HL) demand to grow 3.8 percent in 2019, 1.4 percent in 2020, and 1.2 percent in 2023. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Trade...
Need for speed trumping UK emissions efforts
[caption caption="More than 1.5 billion tons of goods were transported within the UK in 2016, with more than three-quarters traveling by road. It is a source of carbon emissions that the industry...
Customs to run 24/7 at fast-growing Manzanillo port
A soon-to-be implemented plan to provide round-the-clock customs service at the Port of Manzanillo and increase staff by 50 percent promises to improve fluidity, reduce congestion and better...
Customs to run 24/7 at fast-growing Manzanillo port
[caption caption="The Mexican Customs Administration will operate around the clock and increase staff by 50 percent in an effort to increase cargo fluidity at the port of Manzanillo, the country's...
US-Mexico truck delays forecast to last weeks
[caption caption="US-bound trucks arriving at Mexican border face weeks of further delays, as immigration crisis spawns a freight crunch.Photo credit: US Customs & Border...
US-Mexico truck delays forecast to last weeks
[caption caption="US-bound trucks arriving at the Mexican border face weeks of further delays, as immigration crisis spawns a freight crunch. Photo credit: US Customs & Border...
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