Containerized cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles declined 2 percent in June compared to June 2014, with a 10.7 percent drop in loaded export containers accounting for much of the decline. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
Freight shipments within the U.S. slowed in June, rising only .02 percent from May, after climbing 2.3 percent that month, according to the latest Cass Freight index. Freight payments by shippers rose 2.4 percent last month, compared with 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent in May and April. (This article requires registration at the Journal of […]
Contract truckload rates increased year-over-year and month-to-month in June, as truckload carriers benefited from shipper concerns about capacity, according to Cass Information Systems. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link)
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the 34th short-term extension in six years of federal surface transportation funding.
Zepol found that a hefty chunk of businesses have switched from using Pacific to Atlantic and Gulf ports this year.
Mixed messages appeared to be a key theme in the most recent edition of the Cass Freight Index Report from Cass Information Systems.
Moderate second-quarter economic growth in the U.S. is generating demand for transportation workers, from truck drivers to receiving coordinators to warehouse laborers. Employers are having a tough time finding workers willing to take those jobs. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
Recently, The Wall Street Journal posted this blog report on takeaways from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual State of Logistics Report.
Consumer confidence in the Unites States was little changed last week as Americans’ views about their finances retreated for the first time since May.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents may hesitate to hand teens the keys to the family car, but Congress is proposing to allow drivers as young as 18 to get behind the wheel of big rigs on the nation’s interstates.
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