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Maritime
Maritime
Shipping line fires back at bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond “failed to manage its own supply chain” and “exacerbated the bottlenecks faced by other shippers,” alleges OOCL.
Container News
Global Supply Chain
Seko Logistics warns of puny peak season for shipping
More signs are surfacing that the second half of the year won’t be a panacea to the international freight recession. Seko Logistics says there won’t be a surge in orders that fuels transportation spending.
Container Shipping
Reality of ocean container volume far cry from China reopening hype
American Shipper Infographics
Infographics
Weekly NTI Update: May 22, 2023
Weekly NTI Update
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Startups
Fluent Cargo launches site for freight forwarding transparency
“We want [global shipping] to be self-explanatory, easy to navigate and easy for you to find the answer you are looking for,” says Maja Bernstein, vice president of industry relations at Fluent Cargo.
Air Cargo
CMA CGM Air Cargo discontinues US service
The airline subsidiary of ocean carrier CMA CGM has backed out of the U.S. market for the second time in six months.
Air Cargo
FedEx Logistics rolls out instant visibility feature for airfreight clients
The outsourced logistics arm of FedEx is opening up the way it shares data on electronic bookings for air cargo with a major customer.
Air Cargo
WestJet averts pilots strike, agrees to new contract
There’s plenty of cargo news in Canada with WestJet avoiding a pilots strike and Air Canada expanding its freighter network to Costa Rica.
Trucking
Flexport names Uber Freight chief to lead digital truck unit
Flexport has taken another step toward simplifying international freight transportation from manufacturing to e-commerce storefront.
Air Cargo
Startup CMA CGM Air Cargo expands network to India
CMA CGM Air Cargo is trying to find its footing as a new airline. It has begun flying to India instead of the U.S.
Trade Compliance
News
How has state marijuana legalization affected trucking?
The American Transportation Research Institute is again investigating the safety and other impacts on the trucking industry of state-level marijuana legalization — as well as additional questions the issue raises.
Trade and Compliance
Flexport juices trade finance program with $200M credit line from KKR
Top Stories
FreightWaves SONAR data revealed global recession months before FedEx’s earnings
Global Supply Chain
Flexport taps Amazon pipeline again for operations leader
Infrastructure
Truck Tech
How the ACT Expo became trucking’s ‘big splash’
The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo has grown so large that organizers kept a waiting list for exhibitors.
Infrastructure
4 top-performing state highway systems in Southeast, report finds
Shipping + Maritime
Maritime
Ports call out ‘sensationalized’ targeting of foreign container cranes
A group representing the nation’s largest container ports contends lawmakers are misleading the public with a bill targeting Chinese-made container cranes.
Company Earnings
Hapag-Lloyd: Higher costs will inevitably push up shipping rates
Shipper's Perspective
Shippers Perspective
How should small-package shippers choose delivery partners?
Small-package shippers should consider stepping outside the norm to modernize their logistics strategy by evaluating alternative carriers.
Trucking
Food giants cash in on ‘pet parents’ buying gourmet meals for ‘fur babies’
FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Shipping line brought fresh fruit to the Northeast in the late 1800s
Air Cargo
Air Cargo
WestJet initiates controlled shutdown as pilot strike looms
Cargo shipments will cease on Friday as WestJet pilots walk off the job. The airline is trying to avoid a chaotic situation by taking down aircraft ahead of the deadline.
Fuel
Fuel News
Benchmark diesel price drops again even as tanks are getting drier
The benchmark price used for setting most diesel fuel surcharges is down for the 16th time in 17 weeks.
Rail
Railroad
STB chair blasts Class I railroads for head count reductions
Surface Transportation Board Chair Marty Oberman at a national rail shippers conference urged the railroads to increase their employee levels as a way to improve rail service.
Railroad
BNSF reaches sick leave agreement with train conductors union
BNSF and SMART-TD have reached a tentative sick leave deal for some train conductors.
FreightWaves Classics
Looking back at some favorite train movies
Rail has been featured in movies, television, radio and all forms of entertainment since the beginning of trains. We collaborated to narrow down a list of some of our favorite movies that are related to trains.
Railroad
Western coal producer seeks regulator intervention against BNSF
Navajo Transitional Energy Co. is asking the Surface Transportation Board to declare an emergency service order that would compel BNSF to ship more export coal from the company.
Railroad
UP, train engineers reach ‘historic’ deal addressing work-life balance
Union Pacific and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have struck a deal that addresses how train engineers might have a better work-life balance.
Railroad
Norfolk Southern and rail union presidents renew safety commitment
NS employees received a letter signed by President and CEO Alan Shaw and the presidents of 12 unions pledging collaboration to improve rail safety.
Railroad
Unions tell regulators that Class I railroads’ hiring efforts are misleading
The unions blast the Class I railroads’ public statements on the railroads’ efforts to bolster employee head count in a filing to the Surface Transportation Board.
Railroad
BNSF to expand intermodal service in Texas
BNSF will expand intermodal service offerings between Alliance, Texas, and its facility at the Port of Houston, which could benefit the markets of Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver.
Railroad
Ag secretary: Rail service ‘remains inadequate and unreliable’
Rail service may have improved but that shouldn’t relieve the Surface Transportation Board from pursuing shipper-friendly regulatory reforms, shippers say.
Railroad
Norfolk Southern reaches sick leave agreement with locomotive engineers
Norfolk Southern and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have reached a deal over sick leave.
FreightWaves News
Electric Trucks
Can EPA’s electric truck proposal survive political scrutiny?
An all-electric truck future by 2045 could face serious roadblocks.
Mexico Borderlands
Borderlands: Laredo remains nation’s No. 1 gateway for international trade
Truck Driver Issues
Bathroom access allowed for commercial truck drivers in Washington state
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Texas-based trucking company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
3D printed habitats on Mars, coffee logistics and selling in a down market – WTT
FreightWaves Classics
‘The most difficult and dangerous transportation job ever undertaken’
Infographics
Daily Infographic: US gasoline prices are down from 2022 heading into Memorial Day weekend
Trucking
Fewer trucks inspected, better compliance rate for CVSA’s Brake Safety Day
