US Hurricanes

Shippers and transportation companies are trying to figure out what comes next as the US continues to reel from the destruction of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which battered and broke supply chains from Texas to Puerto Rico. Below is the latest information available on the supply chain impacts of these devastating storms.

Podcasts

Setting High Bar For Sustainability, Port Corpus Christi's Sarah Garza

Emergency Management at Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi Hurricane Recovery, Infrastructure Update

Special Coverage

New challenges await Gulf ports, inland networks post-Harvey

Ports and most warehouses escaped serious damage, but freight networks in surrounding areas weren’t so lucky.

Puerto Rico’s shipments focus on relief, not infrastructure upgrades

13 Mar 2018

With a quarter of the island’s residents lacking electrical power, long-term improvements are taking a back seat to rebuilding efforts.

More surcharges, rejected freight sting US truck shippers

12 Mar 2018

In what is typically the slow season for US truckload shipping, carriers are levying surcharges and rejecting shipments.

Slideshow: Top takeaways from JOC Inland Distribution Conference

15 Nov 2017

There is a rocky road ahead.

Jones Act carriers add more Puerto Rico capacity

02 Nov 2017

The added Puerto Rico capacity comes as recovery from Hurricane Maria has rekindled debate over the Jones Act.

C.H. Robinson earnings show broad increases in shipping costs

01 Nov 2017

Purchased transportation costs rose steadily in the third quarter.

Storms snip US truck tonnage, but freight demand rises

25 Oct 2017

US truck tonnage slipped slightly less than 1 percent in September, following hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but year-over-year data shows a significant long-term increase in freight volumes.