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FreightWaves Classics: Drayage is first-mile logistics (Part 1)
FreightWaves Classics provides an overview of drayage.
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California ports piling up again: Too many containers sitting too long
The number of import containers sitting at LA/LB terminals for nine days or more has more than doubled since February.
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Container ships still renting for $160,000 a day despite import fears
Spot freight rates are easing, but in a sign of resilience, container-ship charter rates remain near all-time highs.
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Container-ship building spree not over yet; new orders still rising
A flood of newly built container ships will be delivered by shipyards in 2023-25. Can liners maintain pricing power?
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Trailer Bridge, Jaxport sign $62M terminal lease agreement
Trailer Bridge signed a $62 million lease agreement with the Jacksonville Port Authority to continue operating a Blount Island terminal through at least 2041.
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Bipartisan congressmen want White House to support new Oregon container port
Both Democrats and Republicans representing the Pacific Northwest say the creation of a ship-to-rail container port at the existing Port of Coos Bay could boost…
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FMC commissioners want rail regulators to reject CP-KCS merger
Three commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission contend a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern would result in diverting U.S.-bound intermodal traffic to…
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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.
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Tankers carrying diesel and gasoline rake in cash amid pain at the pump
The first half has been phenomenal for product tankers. How much of shipping upside is due to the war?
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A potential economic recession and the supply chain bullwhip are colliding
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the bullwhip effect on the current retail and trucking environments.
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