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Friday, June 24, 2022

German 3PL DB Schenker buying USA Truck for $435 million

German logistics giant DB Schenker on Friday made a big move into the North American trucking market with a deal…

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Asia-US container shipping rates are flashing two bearish signals

Container shipping rates remain far above pre-COVID levels, yet there are more signs of prices easing.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

IATA chief accuses Europe of ‘greenwashing’ on aviation emissions

IATA says airlines can’t succeed on sustainable fuels, 5G interference and lithium battery safety without more government involvement.

More American Shipper Headlines

Rear view of a commercial jet parked at the terminal with a cargo container sitting on the tarmac.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Texas leasing company goes bonkers for Boeing 737-800 converted freighter

Picture of a product tanker

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Tankers carrying diesel and gasoline rake in cash amid pain at the pump

A photograph of five long lines of containers lined up next to each other.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Viewpoint: CNBC heat map highlights global events that can impact US supply chain

An airport tug pulls a large cargo pallet in front of an American Airlines jet.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Air cargo market heads toward 2nd best year despite softening

Maritime

FreightWaves Classics
Scott MallFriday, June 24, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: USCGC Juniper was launched on June 24, 1995
FreightWaves Classics profiles the USCGC Juniper and the Juniper-class of seagoing buoy tenders.
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
FMC commissioners want rail regulators to reject CP-KCS merger
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Pactum using AI to revolutionize shipping contract negotiations
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: The Kiowa served its nation in war and peace
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
A potential economic recession and the supply chain bullwhip are colliding

Container News

Maritime
Greg MillerFriday, June 17, 2022
Retail slump? E-commerce sales still ‘stunning,’ clothing ‘crazy hot’
Retail sales are still up double digits compared to pre-COVID. Inventory-to-sales ratios have yet to…
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Georgia ports reach all-time record in May
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
PayCargo, fintech for freight, lands $130M from Blackstone Group
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Los Angeles port: Peak season coming soon, strong imports ahead
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Japanese shipping company suing Union Pacific over solar panels stolen from train

American Shipper Infographics

Infographics
Brandon CafferkyThursday, June 16, 2022
FBX Report: June 16, 2022
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40' containers.
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Most Popular American Shipper Articles

Maritime
Greg MillerTuesday, June 21, 2022
Livestock shipping strikes again: Death and cruelty on the high seas
The drowning of over 15,000 sheep off Sudan is just the latest in a very long line of black marks…
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischFriday, June 17, 2022
Qatar Airways achieves strong cargo growth in fiscal year
Qatar Airways posted record profit and strong cargo business for the fiscal year 2021-22.
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News
Noi MahoneyFriday, June 17, 2022
Port Houston awards $429M in dredging contracts to widen channel
Port Houston awarded $429 million to Weeks Marine and Curtin Maritime Corp. to dredge the Houston ship channel.
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischThursday, June 16, 2022
South American cargo airline joins Freightos e-booking platform
LATAM Airlines’ cargo division is the first South American carrier to sell capacity on Freightos, a digital marketplace.
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Trade Compliance

Supply Chains
Eric KulischFriday, May 27, 2022
Bubs baby formula from Australia gets FDA import approval
The Biden administration has employed an all-of-government approach to bolstering infant formula supplies until domestic manufacturing can return to normal.
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Friday, May 27, 2022
FDA authorizes more baby formula imports as air cargo pipeline grows
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Supply chains are never returning to ‘normal’
Monday, May 16, 2022
Free trade is dead, welcome to ‘Freedom Trade’
Monday, April 18, 2022
Chinese lockdowns will create shocks to American supply chains (but China is the biggest loser)

Infrastructure

Infrastructure
John GallagherFriday, June 24, 2022
Inflation means Biden’s infrastructure package gets less bang for the buck
The rising cost of construction materials — and lack of bidders — is weakening the power of the bipartisan infrastructure…
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: I-43 serves Wisconsin (only)
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Memphis Airport opened 93 years ago
Monday, June 13, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Gridley Bryant’s Granite Railway was America’s first
Friday, June 10, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: New Mexico’s State Highway Commission is created

Shipping + Maritime

FreightWaves Classics
Scott MallMonday, June 20, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: SS Savannah was first steamship to cross the Atlantic
FreightWaves Classics profiles the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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Friday, June 17, 2022
Drilling Deep: Collapsing volumes of ocean freight
Friday, June 17, 2022
Viewpoint: Congress passes ocean shipping reform
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Will the Shipping Reform Act help rebalance scales? The FMC chairman thinks so.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Chain.io nabs $11M in quest to create frictionless supply chain

Shipper's Perspective

FreightWaves Classics
Scott MallTuesday, January 18, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: Shipping line brought fresh fruit to the Northeast in the late 1800s
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Boston Fruit Company, which imported fruit into the U.S. during the late 1800s.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
2021 Shipper of Choice profile: The Home Depot
Monday, March 15, 2021
FreightWaves launches SONAR SCI Lane Acuity
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Commentary: How are freight professionals adjusting to COVID-19?
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Download: Quarterly Shipper Rate Report

Air Cargo

News
Mark SolomonThursday, June 16, 2022
FedEx taps Carere as company’s first chief customer officer
Carere will head a new centralized group focusing on digitization.
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Berliner built earliest version of the helicopter
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: Airmail helped build nation’s airlines
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
UPS, pilots tentatively agree to extend contract 2 years
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Is FedEx charting different course with board, incentive plan changes?

Fuel

Drilling Deep Podcast
John KingstonFriday, June 24, 2022
Drilling Deep: How to move off your antiquated supply chain systems
What’s it like to have a totally antiquated supply chain management process and build a new one from the ground…
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
DOE/EIA benchmark diesel price won’t be released this week
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Biden calls on Congress to enact 3-month gas tax holiday
Friday, June 17, 2022
Big diesel futures drop to end the week
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Small Fleet recap: How diesel pump prices are set

Rail

Rail
Contributed ContentSaturday, June 25, 2022
Viewpoint: Rail regulators have been afflicted with ‘Beltway fever’
Amid soaring inflation and supply chain crunches, the United States’ key rail regulator has been mired in political antics.
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Rail
Joanna MarshSaturday, June 25, 2022
CN to invest more than $130M in Manitoba and Nova Scotia
The railway’s recent 2022 capital investment announcement brings the total to nearly CA$1.7 billion (US$1.32 billion) for six Canadian provinces.
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Rail
Joanna MarshFriday, June 24, 2022
BNSF to implement temporary embargo on selected California-bound carloads
BNSF’s brief embargo aims to reduce Southern California network congestion, which the railway partly blamed on bad weather.
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Rail
Joanna MarshWednesday, June 22, 2022
CN allocates more than $800M for capital investments in Ontario, Alberta
In the past two days, the Canadian railway has announced approximately CA$1.5 billion (US$1.16 billion) in capital investments for four…
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Rail
Joanna MarshWednesday, June 22, 2022
TTD and Union Pacific disagree over safety technology deployment
Union Pacific is seeking to extend its tests on wheel temperature detectors, but the Transportation Trades Department disagrees with the…
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Rail
Joanna MarshTuesday, June 21, 2022
Union Pacific ordered to improve service to California chicken processors
Foster Poultry Farms asked STB last week to order UP to improve rail service to two poultry processing plants in…
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Rail
Joanna MarshTuesday, June 21, 2022
CN investing over $500M in British Columbia, Quebec
The investments will go toward network improvements as well as technology and decarbonization initiatives.
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Rail
Joanna MarshMonday, June 20, 2022
CN confirms IBEW members are on strike
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers went on strike on Saturday.
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Rail
Joanna MarshMonday, June 20, 2022
Is transport of LNG by rail safe?
Federal regulators are deciding at what level should the U.S. allow the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. Some…
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Rail
Joanna MarshThursday, June 16, 2022
CN gets notice IBEW workers could go on strike
Canadian railway CN has received a notice from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that its members could go on…
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FreightWaves News

News
Clarissa HawesFriday, June 24, 2022
Trevor Milton seeks 30-day delay to trial
After a new fraud charge was leveled against Nikola founder Trevor Milton earlier this week,…
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Friday, June 24, 2022
Are you overspending on driver training?
Friday, June 24, 2022
What Amazon’s first fully autonomous robot means for warehouse workers
Friday, June 24, 2022
Lunar logistics: How NASA plans to land Americans back on the moon
Friday, June 24, 2022
LTL steals the FedEx quarterly show
Friday, June 24, 2022
Freight Caviar: Being a US dispatcher while working from Ukraine in wartime
Friday, June 24, 2022
Transportation, logistics M&A data mixed as uncertainty mounts
Friday, June 24, 2022
SONAR Sightings for June 24: Tennessee to Ohio, Atlanta rejections, more
Friday, June 24, 2022
Rejection rates continue to fall, leading to depression in the spot market
Friday, June 24, 2022
Viewpoint: FMLA denial not required to have violated employee’s rights
Friday, June 24, 2022
Viewpoint: How to integrate drop-ship vendors into your business
Friday, June 24, 2022
In the trucking industry, saving pennies can add up
Friday, June 24, 2022
Google pushes hard into supply chain technology
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Slync.io blames liquidity issues after employees go month without pay
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Where to go when dog is your co-pilot

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