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A labor stoppage at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been pushed back again, but the latest move changes the freight risk more than it resolves it. The Pacific Maritime Association said ...
A possible labor stoppage at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was delayed again on November 5, with the Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU Local 26 extending their contract through midnig...
Fresh reporting on November 4 indicates the Strait of Hormuz story has moved beyond headline security risk and into freight-network redesign. AJOT reported that disruption tied to the strait is res...
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026, with many U.S. plants, warehouses, and distribution centers also closed or running reduced operations on Friday, November 27. That creates a compr...
Cargo theft moved further up the freight-risk agenda on Thursday, October 29, 2026, as rail and trucking groups pressed for a stronger federal response while new same-week cases underscored how qui...
A route that worked in July can become a materially different move in December even if the miles, permit class, and cargo dimensions do not change. For oversize and heavy-haul freight, winter often...
Nearly 35,700 import containers were waiting for on-dock rail service at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the latest late-October readings, a sign that one of the most important U.S. impo...
A new legal and operating risk is moving up the freight stack just as trucking capacity remains tight: carrier selection. On October 27, FreightWaves reported that Transportation Intermediaries Ass...
Fresh third-quarter results released on October 21-22 suggest the late-2026 freight market is not loosening in the way many transportation buyers hoped. Across truckload and rail, large operators a...
A grounded aircraft waiting on a replacement engine is not just an expedited-shipping problem. Once the part is large enough to require a transport stand, main-deck fit checks, special loading equi...
