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Congress urged to double Coast Guard budget over next decade.

Year-to-date U.S. rail volumes are still sluggish, and the effect of the coronavirus on intermodal volumes remains unclear.

Overwhelming approval of U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act paves new trade pact’s way to President Trump’s desk for signature.

2018 high-water mark for container volumes makes it ever tougher for 2019 to come out on top.

Brian Aoaeh writes about the “other” side of ecommerce – the returns of unwanted merchandise and how retailers are handling the issue.

The Senate is not expected to vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement until early 2020.

This article is brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking The holiday shopping season is well underway even before Black Friday, as stores roll out promotions and shoppers look to get a head start on deals. For the logistics industry, this means a shorter period than ever to meet the challenge of surging volumes. A […]

After first half surge, the back-end of November is weakening after the last U.S. freight surge.

“Finally, a ray of hope for the U.S.-China trade relationship,” said Myron Brilliant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s head of international affairs.

Tariff Reform Coalition members want the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee to “exercise greater oversight and control” over President Trump’s tariff authority.

Shippers responded to the last round of tariff increases on imports from China by front loading containers into U.S. ports in July, the National Retail Federation said. After bottoming out this month, the NRF forecasts container volumes will rise in October and peak in November.  July’s volume of 1.96 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) was […]

An additional $300 billion in proposed U.S. tariffs against China could result in lower railroad freight volume , but economic uncertainty and competition from trucks appear so far to be bigger threats for rail volumes.

Supply chain investments are helping retailers meet the inventory challenges of a growing market, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported today in its 2019 retail sales forecast.

Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.

Volumes still strong in run-up to tariffs, as retailers ramp up imports.