<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Management said on the company's third-quarter earnings call that early bidding opportunities could require average double-digit rate increases, although it cautioned it was too early to forecast pricing for the entire year. </p></div>

Management said on the company's third-quarter earnings call that early bidding opportunities could require average double-digit rate increases, although it cautioned it was too early to forecast pricing for the entire year.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Notwithstanding the rate correction, sources believe unchanged or only slightly lower westbound allocations on the lane have kept carrier spot asks from crashing more steeply. </p></div>

Notwithstanding the rate correction, sources believe unchanged or only slightly lower westbound allocations on the lane have kept carrier spot asks from crashing more steeply.

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India-Europe carrier booking rates halve from August highs amid slowing demand

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>While the rate of expansion has begun to flatten out, data center investment by big tech is expected to increase over 40% year over year to $1 trillion in 2027, noted the air cargo analyst. </p></div>

While the rate of expansion has begun to flatten out, data center investment by big tech is expected to increase over 40% year over year to $1 trillion in 2027, noted the air cargo analyst.

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Slowing AI demand growth masks hyperscaler spending boom: Rotate

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The long-haul LTL carrier says shippers on both sides of the US-Canada border need more speed and flexibility as tariffs disrupt supply chains. </p></div>

The long-haul LTL carrier says shippers on both sides of the US-Canada border need more speed and flexibility as tariffs disrupt supply chains.

Roadrunner adds Canada-to-US LTL service to speed goods across border

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>After years of capacity shocks, geopolitical conflict and shifting trade policies, a panel of shipper executives told a Tiaca conference they placed greater value on reliable logistics partners and less on securing the lowest possible freight rate.</p></div>

After years of capacity shocks, geopolitical conflict and shifting trade policies, a panel of shipper executives told a Tiaca conference they placed greater value on reliable logistics partners and less on securing the lowest possible freight rate.

Air cargo shippers prize proactive counsel over crisis-driven rate hikes

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Retailers with distribution centers in the eastern half of the country say their ability to deliver containers carrying holiday merchandise in time for Black Friday sales is in jeopardy. </p></div>

Retailers with distribution centers in the eastern half of the country say their ability to deliver containers carrying holiday merchandise in time for Black Friday sales is in jeopardy.

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North American ports

LA-LB rail container backlog causes growing concern among retailers

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Chronic inland congestion and structural bottlenecks have fundamentally shifted this power dynamic, upping the need for port authorities to be more active to support the port ecosystem, writes Robbert van Trooijen.  </p></div>

Chronic inland congestion and structural bottlenecks have fundamentally shifted this power dynamic, upping the need for port authorities to be more active to support the port ecosystem, writes Robbert van Trooijen.

Port infrastructure

International ports

Port authorities must evolve beyond passive landlords

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Many cargo owners, carriers and logistics providers are still behaving as though today’s supply chain challenges are temporary; they are not, writes Chris Rogers. </p></div>

Many cargo owners, carriers and logistics providers are still behaving as though today’s supply chain challenges are temporary; they are not, writes Chris Rogers.

Supply chain

We know where shipping’s bottlenecks are; why aren’t we acting on them?

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The three-year deal announced Friday comes a week after Montreal employers and the port workers union agreed to a five-year contract after a one-year arbitration process, and as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government pushes port labor reforms. </p></div>

The three-year deal announced Friday comes a week after Montreal employers and the port workers union agreed to a five-year contract after a one-year arbitration process, and as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government pushes port labor reforms.

Longshore labor

ILA, Halifax port employers reach tentative labor pact

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>A stakeholder group of drayage carriers wants enforceable standards for managing empty container handling, putting more burdens on ocean carriers for managing their equipment. </p></div>

A stakeholder group of drayage carriers wants enforceable standards for managing empty container handling, putting more burdens on ocean carriers for managing their equipment.

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

NY-NJ port truckers seek FMC rulemaking on empty returns

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Even when the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens, the network of alternative ports and land corridors that have provided a Plan B during the war will likely remain in place so they can be activated when security risks return, experts say.</p></div>

Even when the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens, the network of alternative ports and land corridors that have provided a Plan B during the war will likely remain in place so they can be activated when security risks return, experts say.

Land routes expected to remain in play once Persian Gulf transits normalize

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The island’s busiest port of Kaohsiung, as well as the ports at Keelung and Taipei, were among the harbors closed Friday as the storm, packing winds of up to 120 mph, approached. </p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Rail executives who have watched how sharply truck pricing has risen this year are looking forward to the 2027 bid cycle just underway to hike intermodal contract rates for the first time in four years. </p></div>

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