Commentary

Because “hedonic,” supply-and-demand-based pricing leads to bigger swings in trucking rates, accounting for both costs and market sentiment data could smooth the market’s inherent peaks and valleys.

How logistics providers came together to expedite a buried container needed for one of the world’s top tennis tournaments show why personal relationships still matter in this industry.

Technology is often cited as the key to overcoming challenges for shippers and the logistics providers that serve them, but what if technology hinders the achievement of those goals instead of enabling them?

Focusing on the mid-size and large players, modernizing core systems and shifting to modern systems is the baseline to which many need to aspire.

With so many products currently subject to Trump administration tariffs, a huge portion of entries from China will not be eligible for CBP's recently announced COVID-19-related duty deferral program.

It’s time for PSR 2.0++, which provides the means for implementing and scaling PSR for mainstream adoption – not just within individual railroads, but across railroads and across the entire transportation ecosystem.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) puts supply chain in the global spotlight, though, it fails when purchasing, manufacturing and transportation don't come together.

Any rush to return to normalcy could lead to the doubling or tripling of inland transportation costs per container.

Many companies still lack adequate risk aversion planning, planning that should now include disruptions, including special tariffs against China and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

A revolution is coming in freight forwarding, driven by cargo owners who seek more predictable deliveries to secure revenue faster and reduce inventory.

US import tariffs on Chinese goods have dominated the headlines of late, and for good reason, but they may be distracting from other pressing matters for US-based firms engaged in international trade.

The Trump administration's recent labeling of China as a currency manipulator is unlikely to have the desired impact with respect to larger trade negotiations.

Deals like the $4.6 billion merger of forwarders DSV A/S and Panalpina can be incredibly beneficial, with better all-in-one solutions offered with a greater reach and at more competitive prices, but the complex and lengthy integrations that follow can also disrupt service levels.

Despite publicly indicating a preference for the Port of Trieste in Italy, China may have really been working on securing market entry into Europe via a connection to the Rhine-Alpine corridor in Rijeka, Croatia.

Maersk Line and CMA CGM have gotten a lot of press for their plans to offer services many see as “new,” while others say this is just the next iteration of something carriers have tried to do for decades.

The forecast for the second half of 2019 is cloudy as far as what the markets will do, putting carriers in the position of controlling their destiny through capacity management.

A broker would be inept to sign documentation listing it as a carrier just to gain a business deal.

Working with a third-party purchase order management solutions provider can give shippers the volume to secure the rates and capacity they need, as well as added flexibility and efficiency in their supply chains when combined with transportation, logistics, warehousing, consolidation, and customs services.

The Port Commission of Port Houston opposed a law signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbot that restricts the size of vessels transiting the Houston Ship Channel, but port authorities say they will move on to deal with other challenges, notably a project to widen and deepen the key waterway.

A combination of rising fuel costs and softening demand combine to create an environment of great unknowns and challenges for container carriers and their shipper customers.

Under the Uniform Commercial Code, a carrier has a lien on the freight charges owed by a shipper on a given shipment, but that lien doesn’t extend to any other money the shipper may or may not owe the carrier, including unpaid freight charges or other shipments.