Freight & Logistics News
Curated industry updates from trusted freight, logistics, transportation, and supply chain sources.
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Maersk switches pricing strategy – now quicker to pass on rate hikes
Maersk has changed the way it prices container freight, tracking market movements more closely than it did during the pandemic, according to Sea-Intelligence. Its analysis compares Maersk’s average quarterly freight rates with the Container Trade Statistics (CTS) global average, using Q4 23 as a baseline. During the pandemic-era freight rate surge, Maersk was the clear…
VEHO Industry Update: This article highlights developments relevant to the freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.
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AD Ports the clear read-through as bottlenecks shift from ship to dock
Quick recap: the freight-rate spike that produced two very different report cards at Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd is increasingly a story about who controls terminal and inland capacity, not who owns the most vessels – and nobody is making that case more directly right now than AD Ports. ZIM’s next move, meanwhile, has less to do…
VEHO Industry Update: This article highlights developments relevant to the freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.
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‘Secure capacity’ says RXO as it warns of further haulage rate rises
Spot rates in the US trucking sector rose sharply in the second quarter and are on course to climb further , with the looming peak season auguring more upward pressure, according to RXO. The transportation provider is advising shippers to secure capacity, which continues to shrink. The Curve, RXO’s proprietary truckload spot rate index, climbed…
VEHO Industry Update: This article highlights developments relevant to the freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.
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Still waiting: Broker transparency proposal yet to drop
FMCSA’s broker transparency proposal is nearly two months past its target date. But truckers have been waiting much longer than that.
VEHO Industry Update: This article highlights developments relevant to the freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.
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Freight recovery may not be long-term
Positive trends have materialized across the freight market in recent months. There are still questions to be answered.
VEHO Industry Update: This article highlights developments relevant to the freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.