container imports
- FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Malcom McLean’s container ship begins first journey in 1956
FreightWaves Classics profiles the first voyage of the Ideal X, Malcom McLean's first container ship.
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2022 opens with East Coast vs. West Coast battle for truckload capacity
Carriers are working hard on covering the high-priced West Coast freight, leaving shippers in the Northeast wanting.
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Freight flow imbalance is the real capacity issue
While shortages are being blamed for the bulk of the capacity shortages in transportation, the balance of the movement of goods has become incredibly lopsided.
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Amazon, Walmart to advise Washington on ocean freight policy
An FMC advisory committee has been formed amid ongoing shipper complaints of carrier market power abuse.
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August to be record for retail imports, NRF says
August is likely to see a new monthly record for retail container imports, with 2021 doing the same. However, ongoing supply chain dislocation clouds how…
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