This story originally aired on trains.com. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference on Sunday served a 72-hour strike notice to Canadian Pacific Kansas City, saying the union will walk out at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, barring a last-minute labor agreement. Canadian National Railway, meanwhile, announced it had delivered a formal 72-hour lockout notice, following…
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This week’s FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 35 (Shippers) Last week’s FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 35 (Shippers) Three-month FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 35 (Shippers) The FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: $44 million expansion begins at Pharr international bridge; China-based tire maker to build $500 million factory in northern Mexico; RK Logistics acquires warehouse in Arizona to support clients; and new distribution and logistics center planned for…
Chart of the Week: Reefer Outbound Tender Reject Index, Reefer Truckload Index – USA SONAR: ROTRI.USA, RTI.USA The Reefer Outbound Tender Reject Index (ROTRI) and Reefer Truckload Index (RTI), which are both measures of the refrigerated or temperature-controlled truckload market, continue to trend higher heading into a period of seasonal volatility. The ROTRI, which measures the rate at…