The winter holidays have long been harbingers of chaos for the logistics industry. Typically, volume spikes and tender rejection rates soar ahead of the festivities, leaving shippers scrambling for capacity as shoppers scavenge store shelves for the latest and greatest gifts.
Last year’s peak retail season stands apart from previous years in that there wasn’t much of a “peak” at all.
The project44 Ocean Container Rollover Index (P44ORI) – which measures the weekly proportion of cargo departing...
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