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News
Viewpoint: Container congestion may now impact Easter
Due to shipping snarl and container congestions, delays in retail inventories will be felt from Christmas through Easter.
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Maritime
Maritime sector nervous about chances for COVID-19 relief
Maritime operators make the case for being included in the next COVID-19 relief bill.
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Regulatory Agencies
Regulators ask Biden for ‘immediate’ dockworker vaccinations
FMC commissioners appeal to President Joe Biden to immediately vaccinate the maritime workforce.
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2020 closes with plenty (of freight) left in the tank
Imports continue to pile up as shippers and carriers take time for the holidays. They may come back to a mess.
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Christmas vacation will exacerbate supply chain bottlenecks
Transportation providers may spend January unclogging supply chains as warehouse capacity has become a precious commodity thanks to the continued influx of imports.
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American Shipper
FMC commissioners want maritime workers on COVID-19 vaccine priority list
Port communities in LA, Charleston and Philadelphia already at risk, officials assert.
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West Coast imports slowing; trucking and rail volumes remain strong
Trucking and rail volumes remain elevated while the imports fade. Is this is beginning of the end of the 2020 freight boom?
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Trucking Regulation
NY ports tout $250,000/year driver pay in supporting under-21 CDLs
Drayage operator Best Transportation is willing to support FMCSA’s pilot project with an apprenticeship program.
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Freightonomics podcast
How long will the import boom last?
Anthony and Zach bring on Maritime expert Henry Byers to discuss the near- and long-term impacts to the domestic freight market resulting from the record-breaking…
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Container
Australian shippers say COVID restrictions could delay container shipments
Victoria and the city of Melbourne, Australia, are tightening health measures to stop an outbreak of the coronavirus. Imports and exports could get stuck at…
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