article thumbnail

2025’s Top 100 3PLs: How Logistics Giants are Confronting Uncertainty with Seth Clevenger

The Logistics of Logistics

About Transport Topics Since 1935, Transport Topics has been the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. He also creates video and audio content for Transport Topics’ webcasts, podcasts and radio programming.

article thumbnail

NATO warns ports vulnerable to ‘unprecedented’ cyber threats

Freight Waves

NATO’s current maritime strategy, last revised in 2011, is critiqued in the report for lacking formalized frameworks for engagement with commercial port operators.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Rates, Rejections and Red Tape – Reading the Market Before It Moves

Freight Waves

Freight isn’t booming, costs haven’t come down, and the people at the top are still “navigating the fog” — while small fleets are stuck in it with no GPS. That means it’s still expensive to move freight, and the system isn’t getting more efficient. While Europe is charging full-speed ahead on zero-emissions freight, the U.S.

article thumbnail

AI-Tuned Pricing and Inventory Strategies are the Way Forward for Retailers

Supply Chain Brain

One boasting point worth noting – Petro says that, via crowdsourced gaming technology, First Insight identified the gown Kate Middleton wore to her 2011 wedding to Britain’s Prince William before she revealed it on the big day. “We We can help you understand what people actually want,” Petro says.

article thumbnail

The Tumultuous Mexican Cross-Border

Cathy Roberson

Since then, the Mexican railroad has become nationalized and has established partnerships with Union Pacific, CPKC (via Kansas City Southern), and others to move freight. Mexico is also a member of the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc formed in 2011 by Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru according to the US International Trade Administration.

article thumbnail

Guest Viewpoint: What’s Driving Freight Costs Higher?

The Logistics of Logistics

<strong><em>If you think the price of fuel is the only element driving freight costs higher – </em><em>Think again! </em></strong> Introduction. Ground freight was then followed by 8.7% The best indicator of ground freight cost is the US Freight Rate Index, CPM (cost per mile).

article thumbnail

The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend)

Talking Logistics

It is a relationship-based business where trusted relationships matter — because it impacts customer service and satisfaction, and by extension, the shipper’s brand and reputation — which is why the vast majority of freight is moved via contracted carriers, not the spot market. Robinson’s recent acquisition of Freightquote ).