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Asia-U.S. ocean freight rates are hitting record highs as import demand outpaces vessel supply.

vailable cargo space on outbound aircraft from China is starting to become scarce again. Shippers better hurry to lock up reservations for the late summer and peak season.

Big cargo planes are dumping cargo faster than O’Hare, LAX and other airports can process it. That could mean a longer wait for your new favorite gadget.

Face shields, gloves and hand sanitizer were yesterday’s hot airfreight product. Now the cool shipments that people need right away are yoga pants, bikes and hot tubs.

The platform moves toward customization based on job function.

Leasing companies say a neutral chassis pool lacks incentive to invest the tens of millions of dollars each year to maintain viable chassis equipment.

Shanghai Pudong Airport is getting crushed by heavy cargo volumes. Add to the mix a lot of red tape for export clearance and shipments are experiencing long delays and missed flights.

A perfect storm of events has created the mother-of-all cargo bottlenecks at Shanghai’s Pudong airport, where shipments sit at a standstill in crowded warehouses waiting for overwhelmed Chinese customs officers to inspect outbound PPE shipments.

Flexport CTO James Chen articulates his vision of the future of global trade technology.

Here it comes: Ports will soon feel full force of canceled box-ship sailings.

Big April gains at Southern California container terminals are deceiving.

The Justice Department said joint logistics operations among five American medical supply distributors to provide protective medical gear to virus hot spots does not violate antitrust law.

In the times of COVID-19, logistics companies are stepping up to help the industry in ways they can.

During a roundtable discussion, the CEOs of Convoy, Flexe and Flexport spoke about the coronavirus and the future of freight.

New service helps companies wade through turbulent trade waters.

Darren Prokop writes about the future of data in for-hire transportation. Data is information and can become knowledge.

Companies exposed to transportation, including 3PLs and freight tech startups, are adjusting to market realities.

FreightCaster Chad Prevost speaks with Susy Schöneberg, Head of Flexport.org at Air Cargo 2020 in Nashville, TN.

At the Air Cargo 2020 Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, we had the opportunity to catch up with Susy Schoneberg, head of Flexport.org, for one of our Fireside Chats. Flexport.org is the nonprofit arm of Flexport. Flexport seeks to be a single platform that is changing the operating model for global trade. It empowers businesses with […]

Liner delays put billions in inventory and assets on hold, leading to more efforts to quantify impact.