<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Stakeholders fear a new COVID-19 lockdown that has gone into effect in Bangladesh will worsen congestion at the Chittagong port yard, further slowing the delivery of containers.</p></div>

Stakeholders fear a new COVID-19 lockdown that has gone into effect in Bangladesh will worsen congestion at the Chittagong port yard, further slowing the delivery of containers.

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<div><p>Nearly 20,000 TEU of Bangladesh-bound containers are stranded in regional transshipment ports owing to the dearth of feeder vessels amid a capacity crunch and congestion in Chittagong. </p><p>Most of the containers have been stuck in Colombo, Singapore, and Port Klang...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The company told analysts during its third-quarter earnings call some customers moved freight elsewhere after it increased truckload rates, only to return through mini-bids as they reassessed capacity and pricing. </p></div>

The company told analysts during its third-quarter earnings call some customers moved freight elsewhere after it increased truckload rates, only to return through mini-bids as they reassessed capacity and pricing.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>But participants on a Hapag-Lloyd webinar indicated the timing and severity of the market correction remain contested, with the outlook heavily dependent on geopolitics.</p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The drop in transit cargo was a deliberate operational trade-off made to free up space for inland freight, which has allowed hinterland volume to grow sharply this year. </p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>For-hire motor carriers added jobs year over year in September for the first time in 41 months as higher pay and an uptick in demand drew more employees. </p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Charlie Cunnion most recently served as vice president of supply chain and customer service for CMPC Forest Products North America.</p></div>

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