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Freight shipments and expenditures improved from January to February but remained underwater compared to last year, Monday data from the Cass Freight Index showed. Shipments increased 7.3% from January, up 2% when adjusted for normal seasonal trends, and were just 4.5% lower year over year (y/y). The y/y decline was the smallest in 10 months…
WASHINGTON — New trucking industry-backed research finds renewable diesel (RD) fuel to be significantly less costly and more operationally effective than transitioning to battery-powered trucks. Electric vehicle purchases and electric infrastructure will cost the long-haul sector more than $1 trillion over 15 years, a study released Tuesday by the American Transportation Research Institue (ATRI) estimates….
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. In this edition, from the December 1975 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves shares the exciting…
Amazon imposes inventory-placement fees and low-inventory fees (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) For anyone involved with selling through Amazon, I recommend going through the latest newsletter published by Cartograph, a company that helps brands sell profitably on Amazon. I interviewed Chris Moe, Cartograph’s CEO, on past The Stockout shows. Those discussions impressed upon me that brands must…
Look at virtually any stock chart in any ocean shipping sector and you’ll see a similar pattern. Sometime around late February or early March, shares hit a high for the year to date, posting strong gains versus Jan. 1. Then they went south. Shipping equities significantly outperformed the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and…
The Class I railroads are still far under the employment levels needed to provide exceptional rail service, let alone grow network capacity, an attorney representing seven freight rail unions argued in a Monday filing to the Surface Transportation Board. Although the railroads say employment levels have grown since last year, head count levels are well…