Transportation capacity ‘historically low’; prices ‘show no sign of slowing’

Further tightening in the supply chain

“Growth is increasing at an increasing rate” across most components of the supply chain, according to a Tuesday report.

The Logistics Managers’ Index stepped 2.3 percentage points higher from March to 74.5% in April. This was the second-highest reading the dataset has logged in its nearly five-year existence.

The LMI is a diffusion index wherein a reading above 50% indicates expansion and a reading below 50% indicates contraction. The survey is designed to capture the rate of change in areas like...

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