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Daily Infographic: American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) 2022 freight bottleneck report
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Shippers Want Change As The EC Evaluation Of CBER Becomes A Point Of Contention
As the European Commission (EC) continues to investigate whether to prolong the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER), which permits vessel-sharing, the conflict between shipping lines and their clients is escalating as reported by The Loadstar.
Block exemptionThe closing date for evidence submission to the EC was yesterday, and the current CBER expires on 25 April 2024.
Last month, Israel extended its block exemption for three years without any substantial changes.
But it is the EC that...
https://mfame.guru/shippers-want-change-as-the-ec-evaluation-of-cber-becomes-a-point-of-contention/
Happy St. Paddy’s Day? Worst cloverleaf interchanges in US
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, FreightWaves wanted to know which cloverleaf highways truckers hate the most (see what we did there?). Based on a survey of Covenant Transport and Landair drivers, these are four of the interchanges they called out the most. Apparently, the luck of the Irish doesn’t help much on these roads.
Cobb Cloverleaf, Atlanta
Atlanta: I-75 and I-285The Cobb Cloverleaf is an interchange just northwest of downtown Atlanta. It’s in Cobb County, east of Smyrna and west of...
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Major Retailers Struggle With Surging Transportation And Tariff Costs
As Home Depot heads into its busy spring project season – when shoppers build backyard decks and buy patio furniture – it is tangling with surging costs for goods and transportation, on top of tariffs that cost it and other U.S. importers billions of dollars, reports Reuters.
The pressureAcross the United States, major retailers and makers of everything from Peloton spin bikes and La-Z-Boy recliners to Kia Sorrento SUVs are battling the same profit-squeezing pressures. They pass those costs...
https://mfame.guru/major-retailers-struggle-with-surging-transportation-and-tariff-costs/
The item you wanted is out of stock; who’s to blame?
We would expect with the traditional peak season behind us, freight volumes will drop off in January, right? If we learned anything in 2020, it should be that the new normal is not normal at all, and we should expect similar supply chain challenges well into 2021. Our collective reaction to the COVID pandemic changed consumer behavior nearly overnight, forcing retailers, e-tailers, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers to immediately reimagine their supply chains. Several months into the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-item-you-wanted-is-out-of-stock-whos-to-blame