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Despite initially failing to meet capacity commitments, the carrier extended the contract for three months at the original rate, saving the shipper $180,000. 

FMC judge rules in favor of HMM in rolled cargo complaint

European regulators have never had enough information to effectively monitor the container shipping industry since the consortia block exemption rule was introduced in 2009, according to Olaf Merk.

End of EU block exemption a ‘missed opportunity’ for regulators: ITF’s Merk 

The intra-Asian region is expected to be a hotbed of mergers and acquisitions in container shipping because that is where the growth in container demand is centered, writes analyst Lars Jensen.

Busy intra-Asia market bucks trend in driving container demand growth: analyst

Given the persistent downward pressure on demand, it remains to be seen if India-US carriers will be able to push through a new round of modest rate hikes planned for December.

India-US contract rates hit fresh lows despite lower capacity from sailing cuts

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An auction of Yellow’s 174 owned terminals is scheduled for Tuesday, with winning bids to be disclosed on Friday while a separate battle continues over 149 leased terminals.

Control of US LTL capacity in 2024 hangs on sale of Yellow terminals

The carrier is looking to expand beyond its two current services jointly offered with other liners with a standalone service meant to take advantage of the growing shift in sourcing from India.  

ONE readies India-US East Coast service as part of 2024 network rollout 

With regulators watching carefully, some railroads have modified their message -- that lower expenses will actually enable them to compete more effectively for truck freight by offering better service at a lower price.

North-American rail

Class I railroads navigate their own ‘barbarians at the gate’

Borrowing a metaphor from the world of boxing to explain how logistics technology got to this point, many of the early champions underestimated their opponents, failed to stay in shape and punched themselves out in the early rounds of what’s proven to be a tough fight. 

Recent palace intrigue puts LogTech at an interesting crossroads

The long-standing spread, typically about $1,000, is now half that as volume growth returns to West Coast ports and shippers increasingly tap into Southeast Asia manufacturing.

Rate spread between US East-West coasts erodes amid shifts in volume, sourcing

The largest US domestic intermodal provider will no longer partner with CPKC on cross-border loads destined for the Midwest and West Coast, in the latest shifting of alliances on new services between Mexico and the US.

J. B. Hunt shakes up Mexico-US intermodal market with Ferromex deal

Carriers are reporting some successes in convincing shippers to use their emissions-reduction services, but acceptance of premium — and costly — green products remains a hard sell in a market where rate levels are at record lows.

Shippers remain slow to embrace more expensive green shipping services 

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The JOC Truckload Capacity Index (TCI) measures truck capacity at large, publicly traded trucking companies on a quarterly basis using end-of-quarter truck counts reported within their earnings statements. The index covers a group of full truckload carriers with combined annual revenue of more than $10 billion, using the group’s average truck count in the fourth quarter of 2006, prior to Great Recession of 2007–09, as its base (Q4 2006 = 100). Large truckload carriers represent a core sector of capacity for high-volume shippers.

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