Inside: FedEx's market triumph, the controversy at Yellow Corp, Waabi and Uber Freight's decade deal, and the hammer comes down on PPP loan-scamming trucker.
As 2023 seasonal hiring gets underway, some retailers are cutting back on workers while others are hiring more.
Analysis of TuSimple's challenges in the autonomous trucking industry and FedEx's impressive financial performance surpassing expectations.
Descartes’ report reveals U.S. container imports for July 2023 increased from June, aligning with pre-pandemic seasonal trends.
Descartes Systems Group, a leader in logistics, has unveiled its August Global Shipping Report. According to the report, U.S. container imports for July 2023 saw a 5.1% increase compared to June, reaching 2,187,810 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). While these figures indicate a 13.6% decline from July 2022, they closely match the pre-pandemic rates of July 2019. The growth for the initial seven months of 2023 stays within a 1.7% range of the same period in 2019. EVP Chris Jones of Descartes highlighted that this growth aligns with typical pre-pandemic peak season patterns.
Key trends in freight and shipping market of June 2023, with insights into spot market, carrier capacity, LTL sector and cross-border shipping.
Molson Coors, recognized as 2023's Shipper of Choice, excels in supply chain management, shipping 13M barrels of beverages annually.
Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, affecting 50,000 pallets of medication and potentially impacting nationwide supply.
The US labor market is showing signs of stabilization as the rate of voluntary job quitting approaches pre-pandemic levels and employers implement better retention strategies.
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