The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight the fallout from K-Ratio’s closing of its fuel hedging program, Uber Freight’s expansion into the LTL space and more. The High…
Truckers will face a wet weekend from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast. Parts of southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois have already seen up to 5 inches of rain and flash flooding Friday morning due to a slow-moving cold…
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There are almost no container ships in the world left for liners to charter. Secondhand purchase prices are through the roof. It takes two years or more to get a newly built ship. How can liners find more capacity? There…
Matt Blois continues his conversation with Vizient Vice President of Contracting and Program Services Mittal Sutaria and Senior Vice President, Emerging Solutions and Suppliers, David Gillan about the shining examples of resilient supply chains. Vizient’s website lists three things the…
Talking to experts can be intimidating, whether you’re the one conducting the interview or the one being interviewed. Nervous subjects can lead to confusing content and leave the audience wondering what the core message is supposed to be. So how…
Livestock haulers want federal regulators to keep in place the 16-month-long emergency hours-of-service waiver for truck drivers and carriers until at least the end of August despite an economy that has largely reopened for business. The first-of-its-kind, 50-state exemption was…
With second-quarter earnings starting to roll in, one question will become paramount: What do they get compared to? This is not just an issue in trucking. The issue that Wall Street analysts have is that the usual year-on-year comparisons will…
This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The problem: Companies making masks, swabs and diagnostic tests are laying off or furloughing thousands of workers as demand for their products is dropping quickly. News reports…
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