A 5.8% jump in the less-than-truckload producer price index in January accompanied growth in US manufacturing orders and output.
While carriers are progressively mastering the dark arts of blank sailings, inexplicable and/or unexplainable surcharges and other supply restraints and revenue enhancements, no amount of those tactics will be sufficient to deal with the oversupply of capacity once the Red Sea reopens, writes John McCauley.
Continued strong vehicle trade will more than offset a first-half dip in high and heavy equipment movements, while executives say the impact from possible US tariffs on vehicle imports from Mexico and Canada would be minimal.