Ekspres Kargo

The 422,000-square-foot facility will feature automated storage and retrieval to cut order wait times.

Weather-related slowdowns were compounded by track work that typically wraps up in August but overlapped this year with an earlier-than-usual surge in international and domestic intermodal demand.

The dismal outlook for the second half of the year is prompting Wall Street analysts to rein in earnings expectations as many carriers also report steep declines in their profit margins amid a mix of overcapacity and “tariff-driven cost escalation.”

The providers join Zonos and SafePackage in being able to collect and remit charges for international postal shipments on behalf of carriers.

Fifteen of the 27 EU countries will postpone implementation of the customs risk analysis program for imports into the EU until the end of the year, including France, Belgium, Spain and Italy.

The move comes after investigations found illegal deforestation and water sourcing, along with violent coercion, in the country’s avocado region.

Container lines offering regular calls at India’s busiest port have told customers the landside logjam is causing considerable supply chain risks for the trade as train turnarounds remain increasingly chaotic.

Knight-Swift already partners with both UP and NS, so a combined transcontinental railroad would fit nicely into its existing service for shippers.

Ocean carriers are seeking to curb the sharp decline in spot rates in the run-up to next month’s Golden Week holiday.

Production fell 3.6 percentage points over the previous month, wiping out gains from new orders, according to the Institute for Supply Management.