Weekly Market Update: Volumes recover as end of month nears; Polar vortex heats up Chicago
Freight volumes recover as January closes. The artic air freezes the Midwest as the Chicago market heats up.
Freight volumes recover as January closes. The artic air freezes the Midwest as the Chicago market heats up.
In partnership with Reliance Partners …When incurring demurrage and detention charges, shippers and carriers lose out on hundreds of dollars per diem. Optimizing drayage operations and dispatching cargo as quickly as possible could help in reducing the burden, especially during unanticipated port delays.
Uber Freight is giving drivers the opportunity to rate shipper facilities. The information can be used by both shippers to improve conditions and drivers, who will see the details of a facility before accepting a load.
Americans have become used to buying fruit and vegetables year-round. But it wasn’t always that way, and improved transportation is the key to year-round produce.
After a day of choppy trading, a consensus seemed to emerge that CHRW was well-positioned to grow net revenues even in a re-balancing freight market.
It’s Northern California versus Southern California traffic as port displays turn times; Brexiting remains bad for business, shipowners warn.
The joint venture of Japan’s three largest shipping companies said it benefited from the rush to get cargo into the U.S. ahead of threatened tariff increase.
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and opened the door for interstate hemp transportation. Now hemp manufacturers are mobilizing to establish supply chains to move their crops.
New York City’s shared mobility transit for city officials; electric cars have trouble running during extreme cold; Amazon is hauling cargo in self-driving trucks.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce CEO said Parliament probably will want to see how legislative consideration of the pact shakes out in the U.S. first.