Freightos

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In air cargo, rates ex-China remained elevated but level last week even in whats meant to be one of the busiest weeks of the year, as capacity additions, frontloading and advanced capacity reservations combined to avert peak season chaos. America rates have climbed about 20% since the end of October with prices pushing past $4.00/kg

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

In 2024, cargo theft incidents surged to 3,625 across North America, a 27% year-over-year increase, with losses exceeding $455 million and an average loss per theft of $202,364. cargo thefts, are prime targets due to their resale value. Context: Electronics, comprising 24% of 2024 U.S. Link: FreightWaves: Was the $1.4

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 27, 2025

Mexico-Canada Freight Down in All Modes for April Photo: iStock/grandriver June 27, 2025 SupplyChainBrain Total transborder freight in North America was $126.3 Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). billion in April, decreasing 8.5% compared to April 2024, according to the U.S.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2025

The tariff applies to imported sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans, and light trucks, along with key components such as engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical systems. These volumes reflect how deeply intertwined the supply chain has become across North America. effective April 2. As the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

For several years, Ferrero has been seeking to grow its business in North America, making a series of acquisitions, including Nestlé’s U.S. Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. confectionary business in 2018. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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EFT

MAY 22, 2025

businesses (89%) made an adjustment to their sourcing, manufacturing or transportation activities in the first quarter of 2025, with tariff policy identified as a key issue for senior supply chain managers (C-suites). A majority of U.S. Evidence from across supply chains v shows that U.S. businesses adjust supply chain operations as U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

transportation supply chain, the largest end market in North America, and specifically the automotive market. De minimis shipments account for 92% of all cargo entering the US. A 25% tariff on current Canadian export volume to the U.S. could represent $1.5 billion to $2 billion of additional annual cost for U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

companies would relocate at least part of their supply chains to North America by 2026. Reshoring, or bringing production back to the U.S., is also gaining traction, supported by government incentives. A 2025 Deloitte study predicted that 40% of U.S.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

cargo have surged since the countries declared a 90-day truce on punitive tit-for-tat tariffs last weekend, operators said, spawning traffic jams at Chinese ports and factories that could take weeks to clear. China to US ocean cargo bookings surge after tariff pause, Vizion says U.S. retailers including Walmart (WMT.N)

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 11, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Pedro Navio, North America president at Kraft Heinz, said in a statement that the company removed artificial colors, preservatives and flavors from its Kraft macaroni and cheese in 2016, and that its Heinz tomato ketchup has never had artificial dyes , according to ABC News.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. About Mark Vickers Mark Vickers is a leading expert in domestic and cross border transportation risk management and insurance. Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 22, 2015

From logistics service providers to news publications to industry bloggers, these experts will keep you updated with the latest news and insights from the world of logistics and transportation. Cerasis, a 3PL servicing North America, is no stranger to the transportation and shipping industry. Eye for Transport.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

ABTC is building a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility that will process 100,000 tonnes of materials annually, supporting a sustainable battery supply chain in North America. Typhoons also disrupt industrial production, transport, and supply chains, with severe flooding and damage to road and rail networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company said that it has already replaced 95 percent of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal by year’s end. It is the company’s largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America to date and will remove almost 15 billion plastic air pillows from use annually.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2024

Joe and Joe discuss the critical role of cybersecurity in the supply chain, transportation, and logistics space. The rise of cargo theft through cybersecurity loopholes demands robust countermeasures like two-factor authentication and restricted access controls.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Department of Transportation, which has selected 37 projects to be given funds made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program. Multiple members of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) were the recipients of the funds.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Faced with the challenge of limited data availability, he co-founded Vizion, an API-first solution empowering cargo owners, freight forwarders, and software providers to achieve true supply chain visibility by tracking ocean freight in near real-time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

Thousands of flights were grounded or delayed at the world’s largest air freight hubs in Europe, Asia and North America. The trucking industry is turning a corner after a prolonged freight recession that succeeded the Covid boom in transportation rate and services, according to logistics executives. Pete Buttigieg, U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Previous industry experience includes president and CEO of Port America Group and president and CEO of P&O Ports North America. Stephen holds a BS degree in Transport Management from Aston University in England. billion in its infrastructure – creating a network of six terminals that can handle any type of cargo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. After being limited to only offering takeout and delivery for months under some of the strictest lockdown rules in North America, food product shortages are just the latest headache for small business owners to contend with.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2024

Nicole is the Founder and CEO of Candor Expedite , a transportation leader known for making its customers heroes by delivering creative, fast, effective, and sustainable solutions for time-sensitive and white glove shipments backed by a trusted carrier network. Nicole built her own team to address the lack of transparency in the industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) Transportation teams could drill into their top bottlenecks by facility, carrier performance, dwell time and volume. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Getting Ahead with Export Space.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. Shippers – the companies paying Ocean, Rail, and Truck carriers to transport their goods – can do little to speed shipments snarled by port congestion. They have a fleet of over 250 container ships and a transport capacity of 1.8

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Cargo ships lost 661 containers at sea in 2022, down from the 15-year average of 1,566 lost per year, according to the latest figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC). This resulted in meaningful cost savings for our last mile delivery program overall,” he added.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020. Capacity from Asia Pacific to North America – down by 17%. Using passenger airliners to provide cargo-only services.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 29, 2023

This shift is more prominent in North America as they have typically, bigger houses and therefore, more scope for concepts such as a home gym and home office. This meant a huge movement of goods from East Asia to Western Europe and America, creating an asymmetry in demand as well as freight rates.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Although 2023 first half reliability has been improving to around 65%, the lead time variability is still high compared to other modes of transportation, and still below pre-pandemic levels. Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. Financial Times).

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. In North America the low hanging fruit for long-haul loads is rail. Each full “truckload” equivalent of freight moved by rail reduces C02 emissions by 66%.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2014

October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Department of Transportation Eliminates $1.7 Here are some excerpts from the press releases: Originally opened in 2012 with a focus on the fast growing temperature controlled transportation segment, the C.H. Robinson Expands Focus in Dutch Market. Trucking Industry.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport. Supply Chain Execution excellence (warehousing and transportation) improves asset utilisation, capacity and throughput whilst reducing the variable costs associated with warehousing and distribution.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Intel partners with Rolls-Royce to develop autonomous cargo ships (VentureBeat). As reported by the Wall Street Journal : On-demand rentable trailers could cut the time carriers spend at a shipping site by 25%, said Ties Soeters, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of logistics procurement in North America.

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