hurricane season

NOAA forecasts above-average activity for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted “above-normal” hurricane activity this summer in its annual outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane Ida is about to hit. Emergency relief will not be far behind. Read tips about trucking into a hurricane relief effort.

FreightWaves meteorologist Nick Austin and Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels urge the industry to hunker down in August and September — hurricane season’s peak months.

Dynamic contracts are shorter in duration and respond to sudden market shifts and changing business needs.

It’s hurricane season in the U.S. and typhoon season in Asia. Planes on the ground are vulnerable. United Airlines and Hong Kong International Airport reveal their playbooks for securing parked planes.

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While hurricanes produce an abundance of freight-hauling opportunities, truckers should understand it’s best to hunker down before hitting the load boards.

High sea surface temperatures and a lack of wind shear will encourage storm formation.

In the wake of Hurricane Barry, Brian Aoaeh writes about the disruption to supply chains that hurricanes and flooding can do. In particular, the state of Louisiana and its ports are critical to the U.S. agriculture and energy industries.

Hurricane season brings an increased risk to transportation energy in the United States, both from a supply and price perspective.

The orders suspend rules regarding everything from registration to length, width, weight, load and HOS.

It looks like the freight market is waking up from the long running summer doldrums, or is it just a byproduct of the pre-holiday shipper procrastination.

What is the correlation between freight costs and the loss of property value in coastal communities?

Good news for coastal residents, but bad news for carriers that made a lot of money on hurricanes last year: not much happening this year. Pretty much all key predictive variables, from sea surface temperatures to wind shear, suggest the current hurricane season will not hold a candle to last year’s hyperactive season in the Atlantic Basin, according to Riskpulse’s hurricane season mid-August update.