Transportation Management

As reported in a recent CNBC article, "Diesel prices are surging, contributing to inflationary headwinds due to the fuel’s vital role in the American and global economy. Tankers, trains, and [...]

"With the current contract set to expire on 30 June, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are due to start formal negotiations on 12 [...]

Based on various data trends, several industry analysts, including those on Wall Street, are predicting the U.S. is heading toward a freight recession -- that is, a period of declining freight [...]

In the United States, according to the DOE, on-highway diesel fuel prices were $4.849 per gallon on 3/7/22, up $0.745 from a week earlier and $1.706 from a year earlier. This sharp increase in [...]

Beginning on January 22, 2022, "the Department of Homeland Security will require non-U.S. individuals [including truck drivers] seeking to enter the United States via land ports of entry and [...]

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law last month in the US includes funding for "setting up an apprenticeship pilot program for commercial driver’s license holders [...]

This week's question was submitted by one of your peers in our Indago research community. This executive asks, "Given the direction the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry is heading in with [...]

With all of the transportation-related challenges companies are facing today, transportation management systems (TMS) are back in the spotlight. Is your company currently using a TMS? Which [...]

If your contract rates are well below spot rates, and you’re experiencing high tender rejection rates, then that’s usually a sign that you’re misaligned with the market. How frequently do you [...]

Last week, Uber Freight announced that it is acquiring Transplace (disclosure: Transplace is an Adelante SCM client). As the companies state in the press release, this acquisition "will create [...]