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By Peter Moore · January 10, 2017

By Jeff Berman · January 10, 2017
An atypical late in the year holiday season bump was evident, based on data issued this week in the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report issued by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

By Bridget McCrea · January 10, 2017
What new trends and opportunities will emerge for both shippers and software vendors this year in the transportation management systems (TMS) market? We gathered three of our top supply chain software analysts to see where they think the market is headed.

By Patrick Burnson · January 9, 2017
Here are six new Marine Highway projects along the waterways of 17 states and the District of Columbia.

By Patrick Burnson · January 9, 2017
Port executives in the U.S. are calling upon the new presidential administration to make good on campaign promises to invest in infrastructure. Meanwhile, domestic ocean cargo gateways are aiming to digitize their supply chain operations to accommodate larger vessels and the demands

By Patrick Burnson · January 9, 2017
Trade and transport analysts see a turnaround in last year’s negative market outlook, but as global GDP continues to gradually strengthen, carriers in all modes will be challenged to manage capacity while maintaining service levels. Furthermore, sudden shifts in trade policies and agreements may also have an impact on rates.

By John D. Schulz · January 9, 2017
Changes considered by some as “absolutely inevitable” are coming to freight payment services as shippers seek to leverage data for more efficiency. While innovative and data-driven companies insist there’s a better way, skeptics push back with plenty of experience under their belts.

By Jeff Berman · January 9, 2017
In a move geared towards expanding its truckload brokerage operations in the United Kingdom and Europe, global transportation and logistics bellwether UPS has acquired U.K.-based Freightex, a provider of truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), specialized, and refrigerated over-the-road services.

By LM Staff · January 6, 2017
Demand for Class 8 units ended 2016 on a positive note with 21,400 units booked.

By Jeff Berman · January 6, 2017
2016 U.S. rail carloads were down 8.2 percent annually at 13,096,860, compared to 2015’s 14,266,012. On the intermodal side, U.S. container and trailer volume decreased 1.6 percent annually to 13,490,491 units compared to 2015’s 13,710,662.

By LM Staff · January 6, 2017
Global container shipping line Maersk and China-based e-commerce services provider Alibaba have partnered up on an endeavor which will enable ocean shippers to book space on Maersk vessels through Alibaba’s booking service, called OneTouch, according to a Reuters report.

By LM Staff · January 4, 2017
Coming off of a 2.7-cent increase to $2.54 per gallon the week of December 26, which was a 2016 high, the average weekly price shot up another 4.6 cents this week to $2.586 per gallon, according to data issued this week by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).

By Jeff Berman · January 3, 2017
Following its October announcement in which it announced plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock in 2017, subject to satisfactory market conditions, Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Schneider National, a provider of truckload, intermodal and logistics services, said in late December that it has taken another step in that process in the form of a filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Jeff Berman · December 22, 2016
The October SCI was 0.4, which is ahead of September’s -2.4, which FTR described as a “pause” before an expected 2017 decline, brought about by a meshing of pending regulations and expected increases in freight rates and economic improvement.

By LM Staff · December 22, 2016
Carloads dropped 2.8 percent annually to 254,700, which was below the week ending December 10 at 259,058, and the week ending December 3 at 274,329.