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Ocean Freight

Import Customs Brokers > News > Ocean Freight
28 Jan
Tight capacity pushes CH Robinson to the spot market, hikes prices 29%
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The market is showing signs of normalization, but pricing for customers will continue “gravitating higher throughout the course of the year,” CEO Bob Biesterfeld said.
27 Jan
Walmart will add automated micro-fulfillment to dozens of stores
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The move, which represents the largest deployment of the robotic technology to date, will test various configurations from multiple tech vendors.
27 Jan
Is Lunar New Year the turning point for equipment shortages?
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Manufacturers are operating at full capacity to produce containers. It’s just a matter of moving the new equipment to where it’s needed.
26 Jan
Pick speed improves when augmented reality replaces paper: study
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The research suggests that some of the main benefits of the technology could be in training new workers and getting them up to speed more quickly.
26 Jan
Eager to innovate in pickup, retailers look to lockers and kiosks
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
As retailers look to storage units to enhance omichannel and delivery service, they must grapple with limitations that could impede adoption.
26 Jan
Biden invokes DPA to combat supply shortages, but experts say it’s no ‘magic wand’
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The Defense Production Act moves government orders to the front of the line and requires U.S. suppliers to comply.
26 Jan
Intermodal carloads up 12% but railroads struggle with trip plan compliance
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Traditional commodities, such as coal, saw volume slump on the rail lines in 2020, but intermodal grew thanks to a tight trucking market and a glut of containers needing to move.
25 Jan
UPS sells Freight segment to TFI for $800M
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The move is in line with CEO Carol Tomé’s “better, not bigger” approach. 
25 Jan
Pandemic parcel dynamics drive a new shipper hierarchy
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
In a world where parcel carriers choose which volume they carry, some shippers will win capacity and some will lose. Skill and investment will determine the winners.
22 Jan
Ocean rates rose through January as ports report record year
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Carriers have held off on the blank sailings that usually happen around Lunar New Year, but one forwarder suggested booking loads for spring now as capacity is strained.
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