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by Tom Moore on Feb 1, 2021 7:00:00 PM
The headline speaks for itself… As containerships get bigger, their losses of cargo get bigger too. A Maersk ship lost 750, and other major carriers have reported losses. The most startling was a ship operated by Ocean Network Express that lost 1800 ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 25, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Looking at the JB Hunt quarterly report released last week, it becomes clear: Truckload revenue per loaded mile – excluding fuel – is up 19% year over year (YOY) Deadhead down slightly – 18.4% vs. 19.2% YOY Dedicated is a money spinner – $4,544 per ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 19, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Surveys show shippers expect their truckload contract rates to increase by 6.9% in 2021 (last year, they expected a 1.0% decline). But there is potential relief – December was the fourth straight month with over 40,000 preliminary orders for ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 11, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Prices are up as oil is over $52/barrel. But what is happening in the future? BP predicts the future of demand – a future that indicates demand is, at best, flat. What this means to me is that the price will really depend on the willingness of ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 4, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Happy 2021! 2021 will be the year for us to capitalize on the public’s recognition of the importance of the supply chain. When they ran out of toilet paper…they noticed – when vaccines needed to be shipped at ultra-low temperatures…they applauded. ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 14, 2020 7:00:00 PM
Consumer-product companies have traditionally performed network planning every year or so. But their monolithic order systems are seldom tuned to allow such things across the network as daily: Work-load balancing Space management Least cost ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 7, 2020 7:00:00 PM
Will electric “Semi” become the norm? Right now, my guess is that the electrification of trucks will revolve around the following: Battery technology – not up to big rig standards – and progressing slower than expected. Recall that Tesla promised an ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 30, 2020 7:00:00 PM
You have probably heard that a 3PL that distributes a large share of frozen food lost all its systems in a cyber-attack. I don’t want to focus on the poor company – they have suffered enough. Instead, look at the downstream impacts: many companies ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 23, 2020 7:00:00 PM
Average spot container freight rates from Shanghai have hit all-time highs, according to Jefferies. Rates from North Asia to the West Coast of North America were… Firstly – Happy Thanksgiving to all readers! Average spot container freight rates from ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 16, 2020 7:00:00 PM
Year-end will be tough for direct-to-consumer businesses… Year-end will be tough for direct-to-consumer businesses: Cardboard lead times are getting much longer Delivery (UPS/FedEx/etc.) is projecting capacity constraints despite adding 99K people ...
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