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Maritime
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FreightWaves Classics
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…
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Container News
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Container
Buttigieg vows to fight container-rate inflation
DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted holiday season wins at the ports of LA and Long…
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Infographics
FBX Report: January 04, 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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Air Cargo
Delta Cargo celebrates diamond anniversary with $1B of revenue
Delta Air Lines is on the path to recovery from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, but omicron remains a…
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Air Cargo
US all-cargo carriers force Saudia retreat on flying privileges
United opposition from four major U.S. cargo airlines has made Saudia reconsider its request for an exemption to fly freighters…
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Air Cargo
Air cargo growth hits supply chain turbulence
Growth in air cargo volumes decelerated in the last two months of 2021. Blame it on too much demand stressing…
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Supply Chains
US Chamber: Biden too fixated on market concentration, slow on trade
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants the Biden administration to spend less time correcting economic problems the chamber feels don’t…
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Trade Compliance
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-35 serves the American heartland
Interstate 35 is an integral part of the U.S. Interstate Highway System. Read a profile of the interstate in this…
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Infrastructure
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Infrastructure
Top 10 states that won Biden’s bridge-fixing windfall
The Biden administration unveiled on Friday the state allocations for a historic $27 billion bridge replacement and construction program with…
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Shipping + Maritime
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Maritime
New year brings new all-time high for shipping’s epic traffic jam
Popular interest in the supply chain may have faded, but the pileup of ships waiting offshore keeps growing.
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Shipper's Perspective
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News
2021 Shipper of Choice profile: The Home Depot
As it navigates COVID-era supply chain challenges, The Home Depot focuses on treating carriers with the same respect as its…
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Air Cargo
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Air Cargo
Air cargo relief: AT&T, Verizon delay 5G service near airports
President Biden thanked Verizon and AT&T for agreeing to the delay and said the DOT will continue working on safe…
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Fuel
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Fuel
Latest DOE/EIA diesel number just under 2021’s high
There may be more to come: The key commodity benchmark for diesel is at levels not seen since 2014.
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Rail
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Rail
BNSF asks for court intervention in tussle over attendance program
The western U.S. railroad is asking a district court in Dallas to prevent two rail unions from striking over changes…
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UP wants help combating 160% spike in thefts in LA
The railroad wants stricter penalties for those caught stealing from trains.
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Refrigeration helped railroads move fresh food nationwide (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this FreightWaves Classics article, the profile of refrigerated railcars continues.
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Rail
Union members threaten to strike over BNSF’s new attendance policy
BLET and SMART-TD say the attendance program is overly restrictive and repudiates numerous collective bargaining agreements in place.
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Rail
BNSF wins over Oklahoma’s blocked crossing mandate
The 10th circuit court of appeals ruled that Oklahoma’s blocked crossing mandate violates the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, ending…
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Rail
CN wants Kansas City Southern’s Springfield Line after CP-KCS merger
CN is asking the Surface Transportation Board to require Canadian Pacific to divest KCS’ Springfield Line in Missouri and Illinois…
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Refrigeration helped railroads move fresh food nationwide (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this FreightWaves Classics article, refrigerator railcars are invented and used to ship meat, fruit, vegetables and…
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Rail
Amit Bose confirmed as FRA administrator
Amit Bose becomes the 15th head of the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Rail
Freight rail panel: Sustainability needn’t break the bank
North American freight railroads can pursue sustainability that not only benefits customers but also the railroads’ bottom line, according to…
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: The Katy served the southcentral region of the nation
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, another Fallen Flag.
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News
J.B. Hunt blows past Q4 expectations
J.B. Hunt’s fourth quarter comes in ahead of consensus as the intermodal, brokerage and truckload…
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