The Lunar New Year has come and gone, but its impact at U.S. ports has been felt for weeks after the holiday.. Even with the impacts of the Lunar New Year arising at ports across the country in the form of sequential declines in imports, port figures across the board are holding up compared to…
The Federal Highway Administration has announced $148 million in grants to combat pollution at the nation’s ports caused by idling trucks. The funding is part of a $400 million program to improve air quality under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The first round of grants provides funding to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the Reduction…
On Episode 710 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about the Federal Trade Commission’s ruling that bans noncompetes. Armchair Attorney Matthew Leffler breaks down what the ruling means for employees and employers, and looks toward what’s next. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business supply chain management programs are consistently ranked among…
Shares of less-than-truckload carriers were priced for beat-and-raise results heading into earnings season. Saia missed first-quarter expectations Friday, sending its stock 20% lower and pulling the rest of its peer group down for a second time in a week. Saia (NASDAQ: SAIA) said March didn’t provide the seasonal demand uptick the company normally experiences. The…
New data from Xeneta reveals an eye-popping increase in emissions as a result of the Red Sea diversion. The Xeneta and Marine Benchmark Carbon Emissions Index (CEI) shows carbon emissions increased by 63% in Q1 2024 compared to Q4 2023 with regard to containers being shipped via ocean from the Far East to the Mediterranean….