2020 Ocean Cargo Roundtable
August 24, 2020
All eras are disruptive—it’s only a question of which disruption and when. The key advice from analysts for both shipper and carriers is to not get too greedy when you have the upper hand—your counterparts will remember when you are on the downside of the next disruption.
USPS’s service suspension in some global markets creates challenges for e-commerce shippers
April 16, 2020
At a time when coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to wreak havoc on the economy, e-commerce retailers, in particular, have faced many challenges, as evidenced by this week’s release of United States March retail sales by the Department of Commerce.
IANA data points to solid intermodal volume growth
June 21, 2018
Total units for the month of May were up 6.3% annually to 1,632,461. Trailers showed the largest annual percentage gain, rising 21.8% to 122,656. Domestic containers were up 6.2% to 686,519, and international, or ISO, containers were up 4.4% to 823,286.
BNSF and CN serve up rebuttals to the STB over service concerns
March 29, 2018
Two Class I railroads, BNSF Railway and CN, recently offered up their rebuttals to leadership at the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board (STB), regarding ongoing concerns over railroad service issues. This comes on the heels of letters penned earlier this month by STB Chairman Ann Begeman and Vice Chairman Deb Miller to the top executives at the seven North American Class I railroads, requesting each carrier’s service outlook for both the near term and the rest of 2018...
