Plastic packaging suppliers raise red flags over Iran war impact
The conflict is causing supply disruptions and price increases, and renormalization isn’t expected until 2027 at the earliest, experts say.
The conflict is causing supply disruptions and price increases, and renormalization isn’t expected until 2027 at the earliest, experts say.
The answer to emissions-cutting challenges facing the shipping industry cannot be overlapping regional measures or conflicting systems, Soren Toft told supply chain executives gathered at the IMO.
Communication and processing upgrades helped, but several services still fell short of performance targets, per a report from the USPS Office of Inspector General.
The National Shipper Advisory Committee, which guides the maritime regulator on ocean freight issues, meets once a year to drive policy decisions.
The unanimous ruling in a case involving C.H. Robinson adds a new layer of responsibility for brokers to consider the safety history of the motor carriers they hire to haul loads.
The producer price indices for truckload and LTL transportation in the US both leapt about 20% year over year in April, revealing growing pressure on supply chains.
Terminal operators and port authorities must transition from their historic, passive roles as infrastructure caretakers into active orchestrators of integrated logistics ecosystems, writes Robbert van Trooijen.
Carrier sources have reported an average berthing delay of two days for regular services and up to five days for ad-hoc vessel calls at both ports, with the problems driven by inadequate drayage capacity.
Highlighting the impact of lower freight rates in its first-quarter financials, Taiwan’s largest ocean carrier recorded a 22% year-over-year drop in average revenue per TEU, to $968/TEU.
Capacity that has been exiting the truckload market since the start of the year isn’t likely to return, logistics experts say, making trucking more expensive for US shippers in the long-term.