Thousands of merchant mariners and hundreds of cargo ships remain trapped in the Persian Gulf region as violence escalated in the Strait of Hormuz.
That is the reality facing shippers and carriers as a sprawling winter system stretches from the Lower Midwest into the Southeast. North of Interstate 40, conditions resemble a familiar winter pattern: snow, cold, and manageable delays. South of it, Arctic air at the surface collides with warmer air aloft, creating a corridor of freezing rain […]
Before most of us even finish arguing over leftovers, Butterball is already gearing up for next year’s Thanksgiving. “Preparation for the next Thanksgiving season starts shortly after the current one concludes,” says Dan Bohlman, Director of Logistics at Butterball. While the rest of us are settling into winter, his team is mapping out cold storage […]
Integration errors have become one of the quietest but most consequential threats to operational continuity. A single misrouted message, authentication failure, or API timeout can stall inbound freight orders, break TMS workflows, derail warehouse labor planning, and trigger cascading SLA violations that chip away at margin. For many organizations, these errors aren’t rare edge cases; […]
NOAA forecasts above-average activity for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
Continued robust demand for container shipping services could help balance supply and demand, the world’s second-largest vessel operator said, easing strains despite disruptions across the global supply chain.
Even with multiple investigations to close, TuSimple has three years worth of money to run its autonomous trucking business.
Numerous shippers are realizing that digitization can change their processes, making them stronger and better able to deal with and adapt to external forces.
CEO Michelle Halkerston steps through Hassett Logistics’ leadership qualities that kept its network active in times of adversity.
Chinese New Year overlapped with Presidents Day, Valentine’s Day and the storms hitting across the country in February, creating the perfect storm of disruptions.
In his FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week keynote, Intel’s Ravi Dosanjh said we need to embrace disruption and future change, learning to adapt and more effectively anticipate what those changes will be.
Oracle’s cloud-based solutions help shippers weather disruptions and give customers a seamless buying experience.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, ArcBest is the latest LTL carrier to report a strong start to Q4. Plus, 2020 supply chain trends are likely to continue into 2021, and Trevor Milton has begun to sell shares in Nikola Corp.
A “China+1” or “China+2” strategy makes sense for many reasons, but how much can companies afford to distance themselves from China’s manufacturing prowess?
A new supply chain is emerging. Here’s a dive into supply chain recovery and adaptation, pre- and post-COVID.
Effective communication, great talent and good problem solving are three keys to withstanding supply chain disruptions.
NEXT Trucking, Fuel Ox, Bendix and Southeastern Freight make strategic employee moves.
