This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (5/20) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Americans continue to spend at elevated levels in and for the home. And now that people are becoming more comfortable with others in their homes, the…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Driver shortage affecting cross-border trucking; auto parts maker opens plant in Mexico; Laredo International Airport partners with UPS; and UPS hiring…
Chart of the Week: Inbound Ocean TEU Volume Index – Port of Oakland, Outbound Tender Volume INdex – San Francisco, Stockton SONAR: IOTI.USOAK, OTVI.SFO, OTVI.SCK Shippers are booking over two times the amount of freight coming into the Port of Oakland as…
U.S. freight railroads are usually identified as Class I, Class II or Class III. That can be helpful for several reasons. The Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent federal agency that oversees the economic regulation of freight railroads and deals…
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. By Ryan B. Schreiber Because of the work we do at CarrierDirect, the single most common question I…
This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (5/20) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Target welcomes margin compression if it means fewer empty shelves Chart: Andrew Cox/FreightWaves; Data: Company earnings releases On Wednesday, Target reported monster first-quarter results, handily beating…
Streaming service Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has released the trailer for its recent $18 million European film purchase, “The Ice Road.” The action-thriller is led by the “Taken” trilogy star, Liam Neeson, and features an all-star crew including Lawrence Fishburne (“ The…
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight a not very well-received tentative deal between the UAW and Volvo Trucks North America, a dust-up over the Interstate 40 bridge…
This commentary on National Maritime Day (May 22) was written by Buddy Custard, president and CEO of the Alaska Chadux Network. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves…
New trailer orders slid to their lowest in several months in April as manufacturers warned fleets away from booking orders they cannot build for the rest of the year. Preliminary reports from trailer manufacturers compiled by ACT Research point to…
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