When the pandemic started, airlines had to deal with a sudden lack of international travelers lining up for flights. By removing the seats, planes were re-outfitted to carry cargo. The lack of belly space on packed airplanes caused a...
The ever-worsening ocean freight congestion has lead railroad companies to take extreme methods to catch up on the backlog of containers coming from the US west coast. UP called for a container embargo on all eastbound containers coming from...
Container lines are tacking on large surcharges, skipping port calls, and shortening delivery windows for export containers at Chinese ports in response to the crippling congestion of the past couple of weeks. ONE has added a $1,000 surcharge for...
As the first port in the Western Hemisphere to handle 10 million TEUs in a 12-month period, the Port of LA still struggles to handle the deluge of imports crashing into their shores. It’s a similar story at ports...
Much of the logistics news we’ve seen this summer has been about hidden hazmat concerns in both ocean and air freight, and it’s a situation that won’t improve as the heat of summer beats down on ports and tarmacs...
US Agriculture products are in trouble as a crack in the Hernando DeSoto bridge over I-40 in Memphis has been closed after a crack the length of the bridge was discovered in one of the steel supports underneath stopping...
One thing we aren’t hearing about is project cargo and heavy shipments in the current market. With container issues and traffic bottlenecked on the west coast, our east coast ports are becoming a booming section of the nation to...
After a rough 2020 for everyone, the Port of Virginia is coming in strong with new and improved services for 2021. The $800 million infrastructure investment into the port could not have come at a better time as a...
As though logistics doesn’t have enough to cause disruption and delays, the Ever Given was caught in a sandstorm while traversing the Suez canal. The 20,000teu containership was blown perpendicular due to high winds and became lodged, blocking the...
We’re seem to be hearing about container collapses and losses on vessels crossing the pacific ocean during rough weather and delays popping up due to container shipments hitting huge spots of congestion. The World Shipping Council estimates that every year more than 1,300 containers are...
