Download Digest INDUSTRY NEWS As of January 16th, the Port of Los Angeles is reporting 16 container ships in port with 9 awaiting berth within the 40 nautical miles of both LAX and LGB ports. In addition, there are another 94 container ships en route to the San Pedro Bay, home for both LAX and […]
Download Digest What some may call, “getting close to turning the corner,” shippers are reviewing priorities and, as a result, technology is at the forefront of 2022 objectives. In the case of supply chains, visibility reigns as the number one reason for implementation of a transportation management system, followed closely by the need to automate […]
Download Digest Top 10 Challenges for 2022 LTL capacity: Acquisitions create constraints and carrier shutdowns add fuel to the fire. Broker Financial Stability: Small and midsize brokers are being constrained by credit limitations due the rising cost per load. Longer shipper terms and increased volume can create challenges for brokers trying to pay their carriers […]
Download Digest Industry News: LEADING TRENDS IN 2022 Editor’s Comments: I do not believe you will get much argument that 2021 has been a year of disruption. The general consensus was hoping that 2021 would see the recovery from the pandemic continue on a positive trend as we grasped for the pre-Covid normalcy. Obviously, events […]
Download Digest As we wind down 2021 and look ahead to 2022, truckload bid strategies are taking on a whole new meaning as forecasts become challenging based on the volatility we have seen over the last two years. Strategies being deployed include: Shorten the annual bid term to quarterly or six months, increasing tender acceptance […]
Download Digest Industry News The mid-October announcement by the White House to begin sorting out the port congestion at LAX and Long Beach ports has proven the challenge carries a great deal of complexity and will not be solved overnight. The results so far from the efforts are not encouraging with 78 containers waiting offshore […]
Download White Page It has been a few months since we talked about the One4Water campaign and its progress. If you remember, One4Water kicked off in the Spring of 2021 with Hank Kohler paddling the length of the Mississippi over the course of a few months. We were proud to partner as a sponsor on […]
Download Digest Projections are that the Transportation Management System (TMS) space will be a 2.3 billion dollar business by 2023. Today, there are no roadblocks for shippers to utilize a TMS and move away from manual processes. Traditionally, the leading roadblocks to implementation of a TMS centeredon cost and support. To overcome these roadblocks, TMS […]
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