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KCS to upgrade two Mexico-US tracks to meet demand
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The upgrade to the line is driven by the long-term outlook for refined product exports to Mexico, the company said.
International rail
Release of report questioning Mexico rail competition delayed
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The Mexican Federal Competition Commission, the report-issuing body, declined to comment on the release date but issued a statement saying the agency is still going through the steps set out by Mexican regulations for such investigations.
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
NY-NJ port grapples with rail delays
JOC Staff |
The authority sent a missive to port users outlining the problem and said that it is working with CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway to clear the rail backlog.
North-American rail
LA-LB tech’s quest: More trucker dual transactions
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truckers seek “dual transactions,” or revenue moves in both directions and at LA-LB, technology will play a key role in achieving that goal, which will also reduce turn times — getting cargo to its destination quicker.
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Analysis: ‘Perfect storm’ factors to lengthen US trucker shortage
Lawrence J. Gross, President, Gross Transportation Consulting |
Although the evidence is not inconvertible yet, the number of factors suggesting the current truck capacity shortage is not merely a cyclical downturn are starting to add up.
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
Shippers told to brace for record US trucking rates
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
US freight rates are set to rise not just this year, but into the near future, analysts predict. However, there is an upside for shippers to the strengthening US/global economies that are pushing up freight rates.
Trucking News
LTL
Mammoet expands heavy haul coverage in Spain
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The partnerships will allow Netherlands-based Mammoet to provide service in the Spanish market.
Trucking News
Breakbulk News
As US demand rises, 3PLs see margins squeezed
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
In the second half of 2017, many logistics firms struggled to keep up with rising carrier prices and had difficulty passing those increases along to shippers.
Logistics Technology News
Trucking News
Ruling improves prospects for BNSF’s LA-LB railyard
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The California appellate court's decision, which is good news for beneficial cargo owners, overturns all but one environmental roadblock erected by a lower court’s ruling in 2016.
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
CSX: Network trims will improve service
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Service metrics are improving, but can CSX win back shipper trust while sticking to its late CEO's plan for precision scheduled railroading?
North-American rail
China-Europe rail shippers move from ad hoc to contracts
Greg Knowler, Europe Editor |
The complex rate on rail services between China and Europe has encouraged greater use of service contracts by shippers using the land option.
Intermodal providers
Manitoulin deal helps meet Canadian intermodal demand
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The acquisition of Direct Right Cartage, which occurs as Canadian demand for intermodal climbs, helps expand Manitoulin Transport's links between Western and Central Canada.
Truckload
Rail News
Deal makes DCLI largest US chassis provider
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
DCLI now owns, leases, or manages approximately 136,000 marine chassis, as well as approximately 80,000 domestic chassis, for a total of more than 216,000 units.
Truckload
Rail News
YRC Freight to pay Teamsters $1 million for contract breach
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
An unexpected diversion of freight to rails in the wake of last year's hurricanes will cost the trucking company.
Trucking labor
Rail News
E-commerce reshaping supply chains end-to-end
Peter Tirschwell |
From air freight to ocean to trucking, e-commerce is exerting palpable influence on the various transport markets.
Logistics Technology News
Air Cargo
Trucking News
Rail News
Container lines
French ports expand reach with new Swiss rail link
Greg Knowler, Europe Editor |
A new French rail link connecting a port in the Mediterranean and one in North Europe will be launched in March to target the high-volume Swiss market.
Rail News
FMCSA ramps up tests, not rulemaking, in 2018
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
In particular, the FMCSA will focus on accelerating tests of autonomous vehicle technologies, believing they have the potential to significantly reduce crashes.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
LTL
Trucking labor
US spot truck rates soar on 2018’s frigid start
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Businesses will be watching spot rates closely in the next few weeks to see if demand and capacity move back toward an equilibrium.
Trucking News
Breakbulk News
Jim Johnston, longtime OOIDA president, dies at 78
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
From its roots in the chaotic trucking world of the 1970s, Johnston built the OOIDA into an organization of about 160,000 members operating more than 300,000 trucks.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Prince Rupert promises imminent return to normal service
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The port said container dwell times are down to an average of three days, and a return to its historical level is imminent.
North American ports
Rail News
Analysis: Right or wrong, CSX intermodal trying new things
Lawrence J. Gross, President, Gross Transportation Consulting |
It is crucial that intermodal continues to explore non-traditional ways to knit together an ever-growing network of dispersed terminals in order to meet the challenge of this new, more demanding supply chain era.
Rail News
Logistics Technology News
BNSF begins Portland container rail shuttle
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
New ocean and rail services mark the return of the Port of Portland, Oregon, to regular container handling.
North-American rail
Breakbulk News
Canada maps truck ELD plan as US mandate takes hold
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Thousands of Canadian truckers who cross the US border daily are required to use ELDs, but there are some differences between the US rule and the Canadian proposal.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Logistics Technology News
Storms, surging volume reshape US truck spot market
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The hurricanes that struck the United States last year provided a teachable moment for shippers regarding supply chain structure and management.
Trucking News
Breakbulk News
Analysis: More US rail ramps needed to beat trucks
Theodore Prince, Chief Operating Officer, Tiger Cool Express |
The intermodal sector has the feel of a certain US film, which is fine, if a disrupter follows a longtime tactic that led to sector innovation.
Rail News
Logistics Technology News
Analysis: Predictive analytics is new edge in shipping
ManWo Ng, Assistant Professor of Maritime and Supply Chain Management, Old Dominion University |
When it comes to predictive analytics, there are literally countless ways to arrive at predictions, but not all predictions are the same.
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
Storm, bitter cold further tighten US inland transport networks
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The extremely frigid weather will affect everything in the United States from shipping schedules to the availability of truck drivers — and that will have an impact on costs.
Trucking News
Rail News
Infographic: US shippers and 3PLs split on road ahead
JOC Staff |
The axiom, "Where you stand depends on where you sit," applies regarding the views on how transportation will fare in 2018.
Trucking News
Rail News
Logistic operations move closer to US docks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Beneficial cargo owners see the advantage of warehouse space closer to the port, but that locale is not without a downside.
Supply chain
Breakbulk News
Trucking News
Drayage
Intermodal drayage market tightens more in frigid US cities
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Extended, frigid weather and high freight demand have collided in the US heartland’s freight hub, squeezing an already tight drayage market.
Drayage
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Logistics Technology News
Maersk expands India-Nepal rail services
India Special Correspondent |
The company said the line, dubbed the Kathmandu Express, is designed to meet Nepal's growing import trade.
International rail
Economic growth fuels carrier pricing power
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
Economic health is driving growth in cargo volumes.
Container lines
Air Cargo
Trucking News
US truck regulators busy post-ELD
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Implementing electronic logging in 2018 will not be easy and may spark a review of truck driver work rules.
Trucking News
Breakbulk News
Rail News
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Logistics Technology News
Ready or not, digitalization on the way for shipping
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Technology that provides real-time cargo location visibility gained much attention in 2017, as did tracking for containers, chassis, and other equipment. That trend is likely to continue in 2018.
Logistics Technology News
Breakbulk News
Trucking News
Rail News
US container shipping's conundrum – the chassis
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The supply-demand forecast is available. So is the historical data, along with the start date and location. So why are terminals and/or ports not implementing a more-efficient, utilitarian chassis system?
Trucking News
Rail News
Logistics Technology News
Demand pushes US spot truck rates to new highs
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
In addition to rising consumer goods and freight demand, at least some of the pre-holiday drop in truck capacity that helped push spot rates to new highs may be due to a unique factor.
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
Analysis: The Tesla semi's major selling points
Lawrence J. Gross, President, Gross Transportation Consulting |
Tesla is touting with considerable fanfare its new, electric truck — the Semi. But which haul mission will the new truck perform best at?
Logistics Technology News
Trucking News
US shippers' surface transport concern is capacity, not price
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Capacity, not price, is king once again.
Truckload
Rail News
LTL
Chassis sector eyes reforms to end fragmentation
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Nearly nine years after ocean carriers began transferring their chassis to lessors, beneficial cargo owners, truckers, and other supply chain participants are still wrestling with issues of cost, control, and choice, amid a fragmented system.
Truckload
Rail News
Drayage
Terminal systems still lack pickup time visibility
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Building predictive analytics into an appointment system that must process up to 60,000 truck moves per day in load center ports is a tentative process that involves trial and error, and, increasingly, further advances in technology.
North American ports
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
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