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Further SKU reductions are on the horizon as the retailer prioritizes leaner inventories and a simpler supply chain.

Ocean carriers have a stronger financial backstop than past downcycles after having retired significant debt and increased their profitability in the last five years post-pandemic, writes Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.

Per-gallon costs surpassed $5 for the U.S. across all major regions this week, putting additional pressure on carriers and shippers.   

The Iran-driven fuel spike has created the widest intermodal cost advantage in years, but capturing it — and keeping it — requires something railroads have rarely practiced: orchestrated intermodal, writes Paul Tonsager.

Union Pacific for the second time in five weeks is resetting freight-all-kinds rates on key lanes for rail-owned boxes used by intermodal marketing companies.

The two companies will connect customers to more than 1,000 delivery providers through FedEx’s SameDay Local service.

The disruption could be five times larger than the impacts of previous conflicts that slowed the flow of oil from the Middle East, according to the Dallas Fed.

The funds are part of a larger $10 billion commitment to build out the automaker’s U.S. supply chain.

The carrier alliance will shake up its Asia-Europe network in April with Busan becoming the focus of its North Asia trade and direct calls ending to ports in Japan and Taiwan.

The company’s network can tap into more than 1,000 robots in over 10 cities, although aspects of the technology still need “to be ironed out,” per its CFO.