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Check Call: The hope of 2024 dashed

16 April 2024

Return to normalcy – a phrase that has been uttered repeatedly for the better part of six months. Everyone wants to know when supply chains will return to normal. 2024 was expected to be that year. A new report by the Association for Supply Chain Management and KPMG has found that despite tremendous improvements in the global supply chain community, 2024 might not be the year we return to that elusive pre-pandemic normalcy.

According to the KPMG Supply Chain Stability Index, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-hope-of-2024-dashed

Check Call: Baltimore mounts a comeback

9 April 2024

In this edition: The aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge destruction, and UPS and the U.S. Postal Service form a partnership.

In the collision heard round the world, the Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Two weeks after the collision happened, a lot is still unknown, but the cleanup and rebuilding process is off to a strong start. The crane of all cranes has been brought out to aid in the cleanup so that ships may soon make port in Baltimore. As for when...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-baltimore-mounts-a-comeback

Check Call: AB5 takes a body blow

19 March 2024

The battle over the independent contractor law in California rages on. Nicknamed AB5, the law changes how a lot of workers are classified. It matters in the transportation world because for carriers that also use owner-operators to haul freight, it classifies many of those owner-operators as employees versus independent contractors. To catch up on how we got here, check out some of the previous articles about it.

Why it matters now is that it’s back in the federal courts. After...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-ab5-takes-a-body-blow

Check Call: Mexico rises to the top

12 March 2024

New York’s hottest club is nearshoring to Mexico. Well, it’s not a club but it is something everyone is talking about. Just about every industry has projects started across the border in Mexico, so much so that Mexico registered a record $36 billion in foreign direct investment last year, a 2% year-over-year increase compared to 2022, according to the country’s Economy Ministry.

FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney quotes Mike Burkhart, C.H. Robinson’s vice president of North America surface...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-mexico-rises-to-the-top

Check Call: East Coast ports take center stage

27 February 2024

Welcome back to Check Call. Conference season is upon us, and wrapping up conference season is the one and only FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain. If you haven’t yet decided on going or you want to go but are looking for the best deal on tickets, then you’re in luck. Check Call subscribers get a discount. Go here to buy tickets or use CheckCallFSC24 at checkout to get the best deal around. It’s in Atlanta so flights are going to be cheap and plentiful, and all the coolest people are coming...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-east-coast-ports-take-center-stage

Take me to the ports

20 February 2024

Welcome back to Check Call. Conference season is upon us, and wrapping up conference season is the one and only FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain. If you haven’t yet decided on going or you want to go but are looking for the best deal on tickets, then you’re in luck. Check Call subscribers get a discount. Go here to buy ticketsor use CheckCallFSC24 at checkout to get the best deal around. It’s in Atlanta so flights are going to be cheap and plentiful, and all the coolest people are coming...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/take-me-to-the-ports

Supply chain M&A in 2024

13 February 2024

In 2020, 2021 and 2022, it seemed like every day brought an announcement of a new merger or acquisition. That made sense given that it was insanely cheap to get capital and there was more than enough to go around. Fast forward to 2023 and those announcements subsided. There are still acquisitions for capacity, growth and whatever problem needs to be solved but not nearly at the rate of 2021 and 2022.

So what is in store for 2024?

Depends whom you ask but the consensus seems to be that this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-ma-in-2024

No logistics, no football

6 February 2024

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

In this edition: The Super Bowl and logistics, capacity begins to tighten and big jumps in the final-mile space.