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 This is a guest post by Charlotte Sanders. Peak season freight surcharges have become a major issue for firms in the logistics and supply chain management industry as they navigate the year's [...]

18 days... The clock is ticking. With about two and a half weeks until a planned strike from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) shuts down all the East and Gulf Coast ports of [...]

20 days... That's all that's left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). No deal by then, [...]

Last week, shippers thought they could feel a little more optimistic about cargo continuing to flow through East and Gulf Coast ports. After all, the International Longshoremen's Association [...]

For more than a handful of years, a big problem for international shipping has been a trucker shortage problem. A partial, if not full, solution for that problem could be automated trucks. The [...]