229% Surge in China-US Shipping Costs Drives Inflation Pressure

The cost to ship a boxload of goods to the U.S. from China edged close to $10,000 as the world’s biggest economy keeps vacuuming up imports amid slower recoveries from the pandemic from Europe to Asia.

Freight Capacity Pinch Will Continue Into 3rd & 4th Quarters

Transportation Insight report predicts tight conditions across small parcel, LTL, truckload, and ocean routes.

Knight-Swift Acquires AAA Cooper

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings announced a deal to acquire less-than-truckload specialists AAA Cooper Transportation of Dothan, Ala.

Capacity correction still a ways off, trucking execs say

Healthy consumer spending, inventory still in need of replenishment and an industrial economy that is heating up are among the catalysts they cited for the high-demand environment continuing through the rest of 2021. 

Colonial Pipeline Update: Gasoline shortage developing, diesel less clear

A day after Colonial Pipeline said there was light at the end of the tunnel for the line’s closure due to a cyberattack, the impact of the shutdown on the ground is being felt.  READ MORE