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…
While overall capacity will remain the biggest challenge for shippers, sustainability in the current environment will become the focus for shippers/customers. General inventory levels will not be meaningfully refilled and balanced until 2022.
The following insights are taken from a weekly discussion between Sunset’s nine US/MX branches. Trends and discussions range from seasonal manufacturing and agriculture trends that affect available capacity to general insight into outside factors affecting freight volumes.
Due to the shut down of the I-40 bridge from AR/TN, river traffic is being fully halted on the Mississippi. The timing of shutdown is unknown and diverting river moves is much more difficult than road traffic. This delay is expected to have an impact in the coming weeks.
St. Louis Managing Director Justin Danks takes us through a few of the outside factors affecting TL capacity as summer quickly approaches: Video Summary In 2020, we saw LTL carriers forced into bankruptcy. Now, labor shortages and e-commerce pressure have these already-struggling networks creating embargoes to rebalance and catch up. International transportation is also in…
International Road Check Week 5/4-5/6 HAPPENING NOW. We are seeing carrier shortages and capacity outage pockets. For carriers still hauling, rates have shifted up slightly to accommodate for the supply/demand shift. For those who have been able to adjust shipments to accommodate, we are expecting the end of week and next to be very heavy in volume.
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…
Ahead of International Road Check Week, carriers are preparing fleets ahead of the blitz, and some are preparing to remove them off the road for that duration of time. Be mindful of extra shut downs or holding loads causing late deliveries
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