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Industry News, International

Insulting NAFTA Allies is Bad Politics and Bad Business

  • September 7, 2018
Navigating conflict in any relationship–whether it’s between people, companies, or nations–is largely a matter of weighing your desire to win the current battle against your desire to protect the relationship as a whole. Resorting to bullying might help you come out on top of a single dispute, but it will make it that much harder […]
Industry News

The U.S. Trucker Shortage is Causing Prices to Rise in Every Sector

  • August 14, 2018
Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can’t find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year. A year ago, when customers would call Brenny, she could almost always get their goods loaded on a truck and […]
Industry News, International, Shipping

High Import Demand Collides with Tight Capacity

  • June 22, 2018
Flying in the face of the Trump Administration’s isolationist trade policies, US imports are soaring, buoyed by strong consumer spending. Global Port Tracker projects that this summer, containerized imports will surpass last year’s records, topping 1.83 million TEU each month. That’s great news for retailers, but the brisk rate of trade threatens to run headlong […]
Industry News, Trucking

Can Trucking Meet Capacity Challenges in Time?

  • May 27, 2018
The long-awaited capacity crunch is here, with the national load-to-truck ratio hovering well above normal levels for this time of year, and shippers grudgingly accepting higher rates.   Courtesy DAT   Fortunately, the trucking industry is racing to add capacity, both by purchasing new equipment and hiring new drivers. Orders for new trailers skyrocketed by 36 […]
Industry News, International, Shipping

How Government Subsidies Undermine Shipping

  • May 14, 2018
On April 26, the CEO of Maersk Shipping, Sǿren Skou, delivered a stinging indictment of government shipping subsidies, which he criticized as anticompetitive, and which threaten to stifle the carrier industry’s burgeoning recovery. Speaking at a Singapore shipping conference, Skou accused the subsidies of encouraging companies to build ships which are “not needed, for companies […]
Industry News, International

Looming Chinese Tariffs Rattle Global Supply Chains

  • May 4, 2018
In the weeks since the US and China released their dueling lists of tariffs, the world has gotten a glimpse of just how delicate and complex our supply chains have become. The US had already imposed steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, then specifically targeted China with heavy machinery, medicine, and 1,300 other items. […]
Industry News, International, Shipping

Exporters Survival Guide to Trade War

  • April 16, 2018
It’s a volatile time for US-China relations, and the effects of the brewing trade war are being felt around the world. Seemingly every week, a new volley of tariffs is announced by the Chinese government or the Trump administration, creating uncertainty for freight forwarders, Wall Street traders, and heartland farmers alike. Despite the fact that […]
Industry News, Technology

The Late-Comer’s Guide to Blockchain

  • March 22, 2018
Lately it seems that the word on everyone’s lips is “blockchain.” What started as the obscure engine for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is now being adopted by some of the world’s largest corporations and institutions. In the logistics world, even the technologically averse are beginning to learn what blockchain is and how it stands to impact […]
Industry News, International

What Trump’s Threats to Free Trade Mean for Exporters

  • March 17, 2018
The Trump Administration has made it clear that its “America First” philosophy is incompatible with many of the free trade agreements which have been the cornerstones of American trade policy for decades. In the year since taking power, the Trump White House has walked away from trade deals that had been years in the making, […]
Industry News, Trucking

2018 Trucking Rates: Advice for Shippers

  • February 12, 2018
Across the US, trucking rates have been hovering at record highs for months and show no signs of coming down. The higher rates and limited capacity are the result of a perfect storm of factors, some of which were unforeseeable, while others have been on the horizon for months or even years. Shippers who are […]