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Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past market cycles are any guide.

Vessels loaded with shipping containers are docked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

Raul Alfonso, chief commercial officer with Port Tampa Bay, discusses how the pandemic and surge in consumer buying have motivated international shippers to seek alternative gateways, in order to avoid congestion at major port complexes.

The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

American Airlines Cargo Continues International Route Expansion With Service to New Delhi

American Airlines Cargo, the shipping arm of American Airlines Inc., has further expanded its international network with the introduction of service to New Delhi, starting on November 12, 2021.

Five Ways Parcel Shippers Can Navigate Peak-Season Rate Increases

This year’s higher-than-normal general rate increases for parcel shipping caught many companies by surprise.

Packages move down a chute at a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

Foldable Shipping Containers? New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

Foldable Containers

Biden Signed the $550 Billion Infrastructure Deal. Here's Who Gets the Money.

President Biden signed the $550 billion measure at a White House ceremony on Monday, after appointing a group of officials to guide the law’s enactment.

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Three Ways Service Providers Can Rethink Sustainability

By rethinking product lifecycle, reverse logistics and resource optimization, logistics companies and service providers can introduce sustainable change.

L.A., Long Beach to Delay Start of Fee for Lingering Containers

The $100-per-day fee for containers was put on hold until Nov. 22 because the ports have seen a “significant improvement in clearing import containers” in recent weeks.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Battle Over Independent Truckers’ Employment Status Wages On, Awaiting High Court Ruling

The recent debate over who is an independent contractor versus a direct employee promises to have a big impact on commercial truckers.

A heavy goods vehicle drives down a highway. Photo: Bloomberg.

Optimize Existing Labor to Meet Customer Demand

Many organizations have begun to invest in applications to make warehouse operations more efficient and deliver better customer service. But each of these technologies entails a unique set of complexities.

A warehouse worker scans inventory items as he picks an order. Photo: Bloomberg.

Georgia Port Pins Hopes on Rail to Move 80,000 Containers

At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s building blocks stretching as far as the eye can see.

A truck carries a shipping container at the Georgia Port Authority Mason Mega Rail Terminal in Garden City, Georgia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucking Profits Soar as Their Customers Grapple With Shortages

While a global supply chain crisis is crimping sales for companies from Apple Inc. to Caterpillar Inc., transportation firms are riding an unprecedented profit boom.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

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