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Investors continue to pour money into technology addressing long-neglected import drayage at US ports, with Dray Alliance nabbing a $40 million funding round Tuesday.

LTL shippers that used Central Freight Lanes should expect their transportation costs to rise in a tightening market in the wake of the Texas-based carrier’s sudden closure.

Although Los Angeles and Long Beach say the number of long-dwelling containers has been cut by more than 40 percent since late October when penalty fees were announced by the ports, progress has been uneven.

The US Department of Transportation funds barge projects along the US East and Gulf coasts that aim to shift freight from highways to coastal and inland waterways.

KlearNow has landed a funding round to build its model of automating customs entries and trade compliance filings, a digital alternative to traditional customs brokerage options.

The drive by the federal government to address short-term supply chain pressures — most notably through fast-moving legislation that would reshape US container shipping regulation — would foster major long-term changes.

Venture capital firms have boosted the coffers of two startups aiming to empower the domestic and cross-border trucking industry in Mexico as investment into logistics technology providers continues.

An electronic connection between CargoWise and Singapore Airlines is another sign that digital management of bookings and shipment modifications is gaining momentum in the air cargo market.

Outbound truck spot rates to Chicago from US ports and border entry points are surging, with the biggest increases in eastbound lanes off the West Coast.

One of the first cases brought under the Federal Maritime Commission’s interpretative rule on detention and demurrage has been settled, but the larger issue remains an open question since the deal means there was no ruling by FMC.

A structural change in the way airlines serve the international travel market in the future could see smaller planes deployed with reduced belly cargo capacity.

Shippers will be forced to dig deeper when South China barge operators limit services later this month to allow sea-going crews extra time to comply with China’s strict COVID-19 quarantine rules ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Importers have already begun removing long-dwelling containers from Oakland International Container Terminal since it began charging a fee for boxes that remain at the facility for an extended period.

IHS Markit expects US GDP to expand 7.1 percent in the fourth quarter, based on a $130 billion jump in inventory investment in October that represents goods “pulled forward” from 2022.

Transporeon has acquired ocean visibility provider Logit One, another bit of consolidation in a cargo visibility market that has already seen project44 and FourKites collectively roll up three competitors.

Bills in the US Senate and House have been introduced to establish a gray chassis pool in Memphis as proponents also push the issue before regulators.

The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which if passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Joe Biden would herald the first rewriting of US shipping law since 1998.

End-to-end recovery in the global supply chain will only come through slower demand growth and a period of calm that is far from guaranteed as long as COVID-19 continues to affect manufacturing and consumption.

Ambitious global plans to increase wind energy capacity, ongoing spillover demand from the container market, and a scant orderbook are poised to drive a capacity shortage in the multipurpose vessel market.

APM Terminals said it is pushing the enforcement date of missed appointment fees at Pier 400 to March 1 in order to “make more user-friendly changes" to its trucker appointment system

An effort by the US Federal Maritime Commission to facilitate data sharing in supply chains needs to be global in nature and focused around resolving data conflicts between carriers and terminals, experts said.

CMA CGM’s acquisition of most of US-based e-commerce and contract logistics specialist Ingram Micro continues the group’s targeted takeover strategy and elevates its CEVA Logistics unit to the world’s fourth-largest contract logistics provider.

Retailers project continued strong imports into 2022, with no traditional post-holiday slack period, as sales remain strong and ports work overtime to reduce vessel backlogs.

The true extent of port congestion on the schedules of Asia-North Europe container carriers has been tallied by Alphaliner, with one in four calls on the main loops being omitted through the second half of the year.

"Spillover" demand in the MPV/HL carrier segment is not yet slowing, thanks to ongoing port congestion and shippers willing to use alternatives to traditional container shipping.

DP World’s new feeder service is further proof that demand for short-sea or coastal shipping activity in India has grown significantly after restrictive cabotage rules applied to foreign-owned vessels in that segment were abolished three years ago.

Canada’s antitrust watchdog said it is taking a look at PSA International’s proposed acquisition of Ceres, which would leave Halifax with one container terminal operator

The for-hire trucking industry lost jobs in November, as it typically does, but fewer than anticipated as couriers and warehouses grabbed the most new employees amid strong pre-holiday demand.

The creation of a new state-backed logistics group comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s has highlighted the need for improving domestic and global logistics and transport networks in several speeches in the last few months.

The use of drivers accustomed to hauling 53-foot containers to pick up 20-foot and 40-foot boxes shows how US retail giants are pulling every lever to get truck power into the ports.

APM Terminals will start imposing a missed appointment fee at its Mobile terminal in a bid to get truckers to follow through on container pickups.

A growing number of blank sailings comes as carriers are also skipping ports in both Asia and the United States in an effort to recover sailing schedules.

The largest US truckload operator acquired its second LTL carrier this year, bringing it closer to a national network and more than $900 million in LTL revenue.

NACPC, a trucker-owned chassis provider, is purchasing chassis manufacturer Pratt Industries, the first time a chassis provider has gotten directly involved in chassis production.

With the number of anchored vessels already cut in half since September, the Port of Savannah is adding 400,000 TEU of capacity by Dec. 31 to the Garden City Terminal to further whittle down the backlog.

Several factors are diminishing shipper expectations for new truck capacity in 2022, as Class 8 truck production and delivery dates are pushed out more than a year and backlogs build.

There has been no end-of-year slowdown for spot rates on the Asia-Europe container trade lane as market disruption keeps upwards pressure on prices.

An extreme shortage of warehouse and distribution space across the US, fueled by record imports and last-mile demand, will continue to push up lease rates well into 2022, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Liner carriers find themselves in the unusual position of having cash to both repay debt and invest in a range of ways, from new ships to technology to strategic acquisitions.

Uncoordinated state measures imposed in response to the new COVID-19 variant are adding a new round of misery to the already overstretched global supply chain.