Transportation News

Cargo theft
By Joe Rinehart Agency 26 Jan, 2023
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet recorded 1,778 supply chain risk events across the United States and Canada in 2022, a 15% increase over 2021.
ACT Research: Spot rates
By Joe Rinehart Agency 18 Jan, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Truckload spot rates experienced their first significant upswing in the past year from late November into early January, and the spread between spot and contract rates has started to tighten, according to the December 2022 installment of the ACT Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate, and Volume OUTLOOK report.
Plug Power Green Hydrogen Truck
By Joe Rinehart Agency 12 Jan, 2023
Produced using renewable energy, green hydrogen could help make transportation a carbon-neutral reality—if the cost can match the price of diesel. That is what Plug Power is trying to accomplish by 2030. Go behind the scenes at its operations in New York.
By Joe Rinehart Agency 04 Jan, 2023
Contract rates have spent the second half of 2022 on a slide, following a downward trendline that spot rates have seen for almost the entire calendar year. Both spot and contract rates are likely to ring in the New Year on the same slope, with the spread between the two narrowing.
2022 Year in Review
By Joe Rinehart Agency 27 Dec, 2022
All players in the global supply chain can agree on one thing: 2022 has been quite the ride! The looming impact of the pandemic, fluctuating economy and wavering political instability are likely to leave lasting effects for many into the new year.
By Joe Rinehart Agency 22 Dec, 2022
Just because truckers are on the road most of the year — including during the holidays — doesn’t mean that they can’t bring a little Christmas cheer along for the ride.
Plunge in US imports
By Joe Rinehart Agency 15 Dec, 2022
The situation remains far from normal at some U.S. ports. There were still 18 container ships at anchor waiting for a berth in Savannah, Georgia, on Monday. But for the country overall, weakening inbound cargo volumes are bringing imports close to where they were before the pandemic-induced spending splurge.
Rail Strike
By Joe Rinehart Agency 08 Dec, 2022
Most labor disputes never end up being debated in Congress. But thanks to a nearly century-old law that regulates labor relations only when it comes to railroads and airlines, what otherwise would be strictly an economic issue became a political one.
Rail strike
By Joe Rinehart Agency 30 Nov, 2022
A looming rail strike next month would send an aftershock through the trucking industry as the flow of goods via rail would need to be rerouted by truck – the capacity for which doesn't exist in large quantities.
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