A search is ongoing for three crew members reported missing from a roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) vessel that sank off the coast of Japan early Friday morning. The MV Byakko sank at about 2:40 a.m. local time after colliding with the chemical…
On Friday, JD Logistics (HKG:2618), the logistics spinoff of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), made its Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut priced at $HK40.36. It hit its peak of $HK47.75 and eventually gave up those gains, closing at $HK41.70 for…
Background Prior to 1930, railroads were the primary freight haulers in the United States. Then, during World War II railroads also moved much of the war materiel for the U.S. armed forces. But despite that, railroads lost freight traffic to…
Passenger aircraft dedicated purely to cargo operations have played an important role during the pandemic in delivering critical humanitarian and commercial supplies, as well as generating revenue for cash-strapped airlines when travel plummeted. Most airlines used the bottom half of…
Footwear retailer Ariat and Decathlon, the largest sporting goods retailer in the world, will each deploy the Skypod robotics system from Exotec. Ariat’s system will be installed by systems integration specialist Advanced Handling Systems (AHS), which has previously worked with…
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 70 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics…
There is almost nothing that is not being impacted by rising commodity prices and tight availability in the supply chain. Add the humble pallet to the list. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston speaks with an expert…
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look back at the week in social media highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features severe storms in the Plains, a truck spill in Atlanta and a progress report on a major bridge repair…
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U.S. grain volumes have been a bright spot for the railroads, with higher volumes reflecting export demand. Indeed, grain carloads were up 23.2% year-to-date to 509,364 as of last Saturday, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Since September,…
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