US Gulf breakbulk ports lean into project boom
Houston and New Orleans are coming off a year of growth for project cargo volumes, albeit with a drop in steel imports, and both ports anticipate a continuation of those trends.
Houston and New Orleans are coming off a year of growth for project cargo volumes, albeit with a drop in steel imports, and both ports anticipate a continuation of those trends.
The decision means CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and Zim will be forced to wait until early April before implementing surcharges designed to recoup higher operating costs associated with the war in the Middle East.
Reefer shipments into the port, while still small, have been growing faster than overall cargo, forcing port officials to deal with more long-dwelling containers.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the latest disruption to global shipping, highlighting once again that the market would rather ride out the problem than pay for the resilience that could bring relief, analyst Lars Jensen writes.
The fashion brand wants air transportation to be an exception in its logistics approach, rather than a regularly used mode of transit.
The restaurant chain has only six months to lock in suppliers that can scale to demand, Chief Supply Chain Officer Roland Ornelas said.
The carrier is emphasizing quality service to attract volume from pharmaceutical shippers, a segment where accuracy and reliability are critical.
Profit, not volume: Parcel strategy shifts to precision, margin and cost-to-serve discipline.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has cut off a major source of global resin supply, teeing up US production to fill in some of the gap.
The latest quarterly results show that FedEx’s less-than-truckload division is struggling with lackluster industrial demand, but a change in strategy after a planned June spinoff could provide different results.