Warehouse open capacity is at a historical low, driving two areas of focus; automation and modification to current operations. Shifting resources and budget, along with streamlining or eliminating services offered at site will be key to growth.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant supply-chain crisis has provided an opportunity for shippers and carriers to tweak North American transportation routes. Sunset Nashville’s Managing Director, Jonathan Falcon, speaks on emerging Midwest cargo routes and the Port of Houston.
Attention LTL shippers: we wanted to make you aware of important industry-wide changes (led by FedEx earlier this year) for your LTL shipments. In the past, most carriers (not all) had a surcharge associated with the maximum number of linear feet you can take up in a trailer on a single freight bill. What’s changed? Sunset’s Steve Pandolfo speaks on double-stacking, LTL, and what this looks like for shippers moving forward.
Fuel prices are expected to continue to rise dramatically through the end of year, with early drops in U.S. temperatures compared to recent history. Demand has been rising faster than supply, resulting in higher prices exacerbated by industry driver shortages. Consumer purchasing has spiked ahead of the holiday season, impacting several goods including turkeys, pumpkin, chip-reliant electronics, and more.
The Journal of Commerce (JOC) provides an in-depth quarterly report into the US intermodal market to facilitate conversations between shippers and logistics companies about transportation modal decisions. The JOC Intermodal Savings Index — the Spot Index and the Contract Index — measures how much an average shipper should anticipate saving on the rail versus over-the-road…
Industry conditions will remain tight across all major transportation modes heading into an early holiday season. Trailer orders are ramping up, with orders pushing out until mid-2022 due to raw material shortages.
Fuel prices are expected to rise through the end of October 2021. Shipping trends shift as long-haul averages decline, manufacturing disbursement places pressure on local distribution, and consumption of goods rise as we approach the holiday season. Carriers control the market on all three types of equipment keeping spot rates elevated.
Consumer spending is on pace to increase by 9% in 2021, which would be the highest increase since 1946 on the heels of WWII. Conditions will remain tight across all major transportation modes heading into an early holiday season.
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