Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. Xeneta currently puts the Asia-West Coast spot rate at just under $10,000 per FEU, with some cargoes paying additional priority shipment fees of $1,400-$7,500. By October, it was up to $6,000-$6,500 per FEU.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 200

Logistics Network Optimization Software Pricing Training Indiana Logistics 200

Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Even closer to end customers, in August, Maersk acquired Visible SCM, a Utah-based B2B/B2C company, which handles over 200,000 orders a day across nine fulfillment centers, as well as a European counterpart. For a forwarder, refraining from working with Maersk today is expensive because it removes 17% of global shipping capacity.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Capacity finds those opportunities, and throughout 2016, spot markets have restored 'normalcy' without generating the ripple effects that typically drive contract rates higher. If capacity isn’t nourished, it can disappear. Further West, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho all appear to be on track for onions and potatoes.

Idaho 70

Idaho Utah Minnesota Wisconsin 70

DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Demand for vans continues to heat up on the West Coast, boosting load-to-truck ratios in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. The map depicts outbound load-to-truck ratios by state, for dry van freight.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Denver Columbus Oklahoma City 70