Digital marketplace Convoy is warning US shippers and trucking companies of the risks from what may be the sixth straight year of above-average hurricanes and storms.

Suez delays and congestion in ports across Europe are slowing the return of equipment to Asia where it is needed for exports, leading carriers to advise shippers to expect container shortages in the coming weeks.

Shippers can save more money than ever before on intermodal, if they could find equipment and draymen to move their cargo to and from rail terminals amid scarce supply of both.

Rising confidence in the US and European manufacturing sectors and continuing growth in e-commerce is generating strong and sustained demand for air cargo.

The Port of Mobile says a proposed move to open a Gulf Coast rail track to passenger service would hurt its intermodal business.

Funding for cross-border technology startup Nuvocargo continues a trend of investment into companies targeting the disjointed processes associated with US-Mexico logistics and transportation.

The Port of New Orleans has become a part investor, along with developer Lineage Logistics and the state of Louisiana, in a nearby cold storage warehouse that will serve the state’s poultry exporters.

The real-time freight visibility market continues to push into the world of ocean freight, with FourKites, fresh off a $100 million funding round, acquiring global transportation management provider Haven on Wednesday.

The strong demand and high freight rates on trades out of Asia that led Cosco Shipping to a $1.50 billion net profit in 2020 have continued into 2021, with the state-owned carrier predicting a $2.35 billion profit in the first quarter alone.

Five of the largest global container lines are adopting the Digital Container Shipping Association’s track-and-trace standards, a sign that carriers are starting to recognize that shippers’ need for standardization outweighs their desire to keep systems proprietary.

Alabama-based truckload carrier AMX is raising driver pay, but wants to do so in a way that will allow the carrier to maintain increased wages when demand – and rates – recede.

Shippers holding out for a decline in the spot market have instead seen short-term rates maintaining their highly elevated levels through the first quarter, pushing cargo owners into contracts and driving up long-term rates.

US trucking companies reversed a three-month decline in jobs in March, but they haven’t escaped the employment crater created by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.

US East Coast ports will see more vessel calls and volume through April 20 due to the expected arrival of Suez-delayed container ships.

US trucking companies already running at full capacity will soon be receiving even more freight as manufacturing activity expands.

Container shipping lines are juggling port rotations to mitigate the coming post-Suez disruption at terminals serving Asia-Europe carriers as a wave of ships heads for ports at both ends of the trade.