This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 70 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics…
Accessorial charges, defined as add-on fees imposed by carriers to cover their costs beyond basic pickup and delivery services, are a fact of life in freight transportation. But nowhere are they as prevalent, meaningful and contentious as in the parcel-delivery…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Descartes Datamyne report sheds light on USMCA impact; Germany’s Bosch to invest $100M in Mexico operations; Chinese auto parts maker begins…
Mother’s Day honors motherhood, women who provide maternal bonds in our life and the influence that these moms have on our society. FreightWaves interviewed four mothers in the industry, including three drivers and one mother who helps run the operations,…
Chart of the Week: Flatbed Outbound Tender Reject Index – USA, Institute of Supply Chain Management – Purchasing Managers Index SONAR: FOTRI.USA, ISM.PMI The transportation sector responsible for moving raw materials and manufactured goods throughout the U.S. has hit the proverbial ceiling,…
Truck drivers and fleets have two months to prepare for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Operation Safe Driver Week, which is set for July 11-17. CVSA said inspectors throughout North America will focus on speeding and unsafe driving,…
Diesel markets could be on the verge of a significant upward move when trading kicks off Sunday evening in the U.S. following the closure of the Colonial Pipeline. The pipeline, which carries diesel, gasoline and jet fuel from the U.S.…
After a long day of driving, Lakeesha Martin, a veteran long-haul truck driver, decided it was time to end her day at a nearby truck stop and take a shower before finishing up the 1,000-mile trip she had left to…
This is an excerpt from Friday’s (5/7) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. What happened? More than two weeks after declining the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s request to recall its treadmills, Peloton announced Wednesday the company is voluntarily recalling…
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight a young company as it competes in the growing market of autonomous trucking, an exclusive report about Mother’s Day flowers and…
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