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Intermodal satisfaction slips amid worries over drayage, tender rejections

While North American shippers remained satisfied overall in H1, they noticed the effects of the intermodal volume surge through slower train speeds, less reliable pickup and delivery schedules, and more tender rejections, according to the Intermodal Service Scorecard.

Use of mini-bids ‘blowing up’ as shippers seek shrinking truck capacity

The accelerating use of short-term, targeted contracts underscores the need to fill widening capacity gaps in shipper distribution networks as trucking rates climb higher.

Air cargo rates, volume slump after EU duty-free tax reform

New rules on low-value European imports are already changing market behavior, but the full impact on volume has yet to be measured just one month after the elimination of the de minimis exemption.