Logistics has changed drastically. What was once called “physical distribution management” is now just as digital as physical, and the rapid growth of e-commerce, coupled with mobile technology, is pushing the limits of omnichannel supply chains. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 17, 2016. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 537,904 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.1 percent compared with the same week last year.
Trucking and all other transportation modes except rail carried less cross-border freight by value in July compared to a year earlier, according to new U.S. Transportation Department figures.
While a recovery for freight and the overall U.S. economy is in the cards for the fourth quarter of the year, those attending the first sessions of the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis on Wednesday were also told by experts they should not expect a huge boom.
The price of diesel fuel dropped less than a cent last week and has remained relatively unchanged for the past three weeks, according to the latest numbers from the Energy Department.
On Aug. 17, JOC.com Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi and Associate Editor Reynolds Hutchins sat down with five prominent executives to discuss trends, outlook and operational issues in the international and domestic intermodal market. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
US exporters are bracing for what could be another historic harvest this year, providing Western railroads with more intermodal cargo and container lines backhaul freight to Asia. Unlike in years past, however, the North American intermodal network is primed to accommodate that load and healthy competition from markets overseas should relieve pressure on intermodal equipment […]
Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Monday to cooperate in world oil markets, saying they will not act immediately but could limit output in the future, sending prices higher on hopes the two top oil producers would work together to tackle a global glut.
New Transportation Department figures show June marked the 18th consecutive month the total value of U.S. freight movements with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico declined from the same time a year earlier.
Evolving from an Executive Order issued last year by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., and a draft version issued in May 2016, California has now released its Sustainable Freight Action Plan, a blueprint for moving the state’s multi-billion-dollar freight transport system into a more environmentally cleaner direction.
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