Plus, a CSX train collides with a semi hauling a military tank in South Carolina, a truck driver is awarded $160M in a lawsuit over a defective truck, and Truckstop announces another round of layoffs.
Alabama jury rules against Daimler Truck NA in a $160M verdict for a truck driver injured due to alleged defective cab and seat design.
ATRI study shows 39% of truck deliveries face costly delays. Industry loses $15B annually.
Major shipping companies fuel an industry boom with record $90 billion vessel orders, but the overcapacity threat looms.
The world's major shipping companies, backed by their pandemic profits, are investing in new vessels at an unprecedented scale. The global order pipeline has reached an almost historic level of $90 billion. Companies such as MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, and Hapag-Lloyd are contributing to an industry boom. However, the notoriously cyclical shipping sector is signaling a downturn. Freight rates are teetering near below-breakeven levels, while supply chains operate more efficiently, raising concerns about a looming overcapacity crisis.
Source: Bloomberg/Yahoo News
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Shipping groups urge governments to intervene as Houthi attacks claim more lives and send freight rates soaring. Second vessel sinks in Red Sea.
East Coast port strike looms while LA imports fall slightly. But bigger storm brewing as ocean freight rates could hit $20,000 per container.
Container rates hit new highs, causing shipper worry. With tender rejections in LA hitting 2-year highs, FreightWaves' Craig Fuller is "bullish" on 2H recovery.
Plus, the Port of Los Angeles posted its 11th straight month of year-over-year gains in exports, processing 770,337 total TEUs, up 12% from last year.
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