Rota Optimizasyonu

A penalty only works when it reaches the decision-maker with enough force to change the decision; the one coming into effect at the port on May 1 does not, writes Paul Tonsager.

The furniture retailer’s captive freight relationship with J.B. Hunt Transport Services has subjected it to weekly surcharges as diesel prices fluctuate due to the Iran war.

The apparel brand predicts that inventory will be flat on a unit basis this year as it continues to tangle with tariff headwinds. 

Tariffs and trade wars are painful, but companies that use the disruption to build something better will come out stronger.

New research from software vendor Altana found that some of the declining China-US trade flows last year morphed into complex, multi-leg supply chains routed through Mexico to qualify for USMCA treatment and thus avoid billions in tariffs.

The Iran conflict, which began late in the first quarter, had little impact on the forwarder’s Q1 business, accounting for just a 1.5% decline in ocean freight volumes.

The Port of Quebec received clearance from Canada’s customs authority to handle and inspect international containers, part of the country’s long-term pivot away from trade with the US.

A “clean-up effort” against unsafe and illegal trucking firms is cutting enough capacity to spur even bigger rate hikes, the company’s CEO says.

The current pipeline of newbuilding programs for ultra-large container vessels vastly outstrips the construction of new berths intended to receive them, meaning we are, quite literally, building a fleet for which there may soon be no room at the inn, writes Robbert van Trooijen.

While there have been some schedule changes for multipurpose vessels, reliability is still sufficient only because the shock hasn’t gotten through the system yet — and conditions will likely worsen from there, conference attendees were told.