(Marketplace.org, 3/16/23)
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains the freight index by taking us to the Port of LA and a business in Savannah...Click here for full article
(Transport Topics/Bloomberg, 03/06/23)
Global supply chains have returned to normal, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said, almost three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic....Click here for full article
(JOC.com, 02/17/23)
Declining production in sectors that support manufacturing, such as paper, aluminum, and steel, will lead to fewer shipments as 2023 progresses....Click here for full article
(JOC.com, 01/25/23)
Maersk executives believe a stand-alone carrier will put the company in a more advantageous position for the coming years, hinging on control of cargo across its end-to-end logistics....Click here for full article
(FreightWaves, 01/10/23)
A formal strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector prioritizes maritime and rail over trucking to more quickly get to net-zero emissions by 2050....Click here for full article
(Wall St. Journal, 12/23/22)
The Covid-19 pandemic might not be gone, but the global supply-chain crisis it spawned has abated....Click here for full article
(Wall St. Journal, 12/10/22)
Sharpie maker Newell Brands Inc. is opening distribution centers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina to lessen dependence on seaports in California. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is moving more merchandise....Click here for full article
(Wall St. Journal, 12/2/22)
WASHINGTON—President Biden on Friday signed legislation to prevent a nationwide strike by railroad workers, the last step in resolving a long-running dispute between workers and major freight railroads....Click here for full article
(Washington Post, 11/28/22)
President Biden is expected to call on Congress to avert a possible rail strike, to avoid triggering disruptions to the U.S. supply chain during the holidays, which could worsen inflation...Click here for full article
(Politico, 11/06/22)
Democrats facing voters on Tuesday can boast of a landmark achievement from their two years of running Washington — a $1.2 trillion infrastructure law that promises to rebuild the nation’s...Click here for full article
(JOC.com, 10/11/22)
BNSF’s newly announced Barstow International Gateway, with a rail yard, an intermodal terminal, and transload warehouses in Barstow, Calif., has the potential to transform California intermodal traffic...Click here for full article
