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by Tom Moore on Aug 25, 2022 10:44:16 AM
The Cass freight index appears to show expenditures and Shipments tracking fairly closely. Case Freight index The same is not true for bulk ocean freight. The London-based Baltic Exchange index is a weighted average based on 11-20 international ship ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 22, 2022 10:38:58 AM
Transportation Planning provides an incredible competitive edge. To quote a VP at a Fortune 50 consumer goods manufacturer: “We deploy, at a premium cost, a product that may not be needed, from sites that may struggle to ship it, to sites that may ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 13, 2022 1:00:00 AM
Many major shippers suffer high-cost spot freight. And Kimberly-Clark did something about it: Project EARL (Early Tendering and Leveling). AutoO₂ and our sister company’s LevelLoad are the underlying technologies driving the savings. Call Tom Moore ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 28, 2022 1:00:00 AM
The contradiction is: Maersk’s CEO sees inflation pushing container rates up faster than 25% to 30%. This is aided by port and rail congestion Spot rates for containers are sometimes not below contract rates. The average rate per 40-foot container ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 23, 2022 11:45:23 AM
Diesel prices are holding their own— despite refineries coming online. What gives? While fuel exports haven’t hit records, they are trending higher than in prior years. Seaborne gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel shipments departing the U.S. Gulf Coast ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 1, 2022 1:00:00 AM
June 1, 2022 Expect controversy and some great tips from veterans Jeff Potts and yours truly. 15-minute webinar on June 9th. 1 PM CST Registration: https://new.elasticwebcast.com/user/registration/theme_04/index.php?videocast=NDY0. Diesel prices are ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 12, 2022 10:39:55 AM
April 12, 2022 Diesel: $5.07 (down 7 cents). But, in March, fuel prices were up 27%! Are brokers passing fuel surcharges (FSC) on fast enough? By their very nature, FSC is in arrears—so when prices rise fast, the carrier is playing catchup—add ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 5, 2022 10:59:46 AM
This is a victory for 3PLs and everybody who uses contractors in the supply chain. While it was overshadowed by the union win against Amazon, something good came out of the Senate: David Weil’s nomination for the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 29, 2022 1:00:00 AM
March 29, 2022 Several sources have commented that spot truckload rates have leveled off or have even declined. This may be true, but savings are being masked by fuel surcharges running 65 cents per mile (dry van) — up 19 cents from February and 33 ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 16, 2022 1:00:00 AM
Diesel topics worth repeating: Street prices react to oil’s rise quickly — but when oil falls, the price you pay lags far behind. In traditional contracts, carriers make incremental income out of fuel surcharges: Their real mpg vs. that contracted ...
Our founding team of supply chain veterans and ML experts has created one of the most sophisticated suites of optimization tools in the supply chain world. Let us show you.