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The American Trucking Association said Julie Su’s track record of supporting California’s A.B. 5 law and a lack of support for the trucking industry has failed to reassure them she would be a successful Secretary of Labor. 

ATA urges Congress to reject Su as Labor chief

Senior Editor

With international rail volume down by double-digit percentages in 2023, chassis providers have an opportunity to reflect on the struggles of 2021 and 2022 and adjust their networks ahead of the next surge.

US chassis lessors learning from pandemic surge as demand wanes 

The ILWU Friday shut down some terminals at West Coast ports after coastwide contract negotiations broke down Thursday because the union and employers are reportedly far apart on wages.

ILWU shuts down some US West Coast port terminals

Container carrier Evergreen argues the FMC ignored “critical facts” when applying the incentive rule in a December case and, in doing so, inadvertently set a precedent that detention cannot be charged on a holiday weekend.

FMC ‘improperly’ applied incentive principle in detention decision: Evergreen

Air cargo carriers are set for a bleak few months, with high inventory levels and economic issues in destination markets further dampening the traditionally slow summer season.

Slow demand, rising capacity drags air cargo rates to three-year low 

Senior Editor, Breakbulk and Heavy Lift

Norden is looking to capitalize on an expected strong project and breakbulk market with the purchase of Denmark-based multipurpose vessel (MPV) operator Thorco Projects.  

Norden aims to diversify cargo base with MPV acquisition 

A proposed change to the billable party for detention fees would simply pass the burden from the trucker, which controls a container’s movements and is directly witness to the circumstances that can disqualify detention charges, to the cargo owner, who has no such control or visibility.

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Transport, trade and regulation

Proposal prohibiting billing truckers at odds with detention rule’s intent

Shifting capacity landscapes have caused several changes in the US freight industry — owner-operators have become company drivers or shut down, while small carriers with 10 or fewer trucks have begun exiting the market, says the executive vice president of 3PL Redwood Logistics.

Small, mid-sized truck carriers can successfully navigate market downturn

With spot freight rates largely stabilized, ocean carriers have blanked fewer sailings in May and instead opted for more biweekly sailings.  

Carriers pare blank sailings in May as ocean freight rates steady

Price is once again on the side of shippers, with excess ocean capacity allowing them to extract lower rates from service providers. 

Forwarders locked in margin-destroying price war in post-COVID ocean market 

Although the container shipping order book is the highest it has been in many years and demand remains subdued, the ground is shifting under the ocean market in new and unfamiliar ways, writes Peter Tirschwell.

Ocean trade emerges from pandemic haze to face new realities 

Executive Editor

Shippers want Congress to address their inability to challenge rail demurrage fees when they contract for merchant haulage, but finding a solution will be tricky, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.  

 

Shippers, regulators muddle through ‘grey area’ of rail storage fees

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