What are RFP expectations for 2022?

2021, like the year before, has been marked by great uncertainty and has disrupted logistics networks. This has made planning and budgeting especially difficult for shippers affected by supply chain shortages and port congestion, but the show must go on.

What’s in store for 2022? If only we knew — but we can get an idea of what the industry expects.

In speaking with many of its shipping partners, Echo Global Logistics found market expectations to be mixed. That, in turn, has shippers implementing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-are-rfp-expectations-for-2022

Heated produce season may further freeze capacity

This summer is shaping up to deliver a very strong season for produce. With capacity as tight as it is now, many industry leaders are speculating that any difficulty in sourcing refrigerated trailers may impact the dry van segment as well, considering the ongoing effort supply chains are making to replenish inventory amid freight network imbalances.

“Currently, there is no indication of either demand slowing or supply increasing,” said Sean Burke, chief commercial officer at Echo Global Logistics

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heated-produce-season-may-further-freeze-capacity

Navy Using New Working Groups to Problem Solve Sustainment Issues

Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Joshua Espinoza, from Houston, welds a bulkhead on a weather deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in Portsmouth, Va., on Aug. 7, 2020. US Navy Photo

As it works to improve sustainment efforts across its platforms and infrastructure, the Navy has formed new working groups to problem solve the issues contributing to its maintenance and sustainment woes.

During a virtual conference last week hosted by the American Society of...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/21/navy-using-new-working-groups-to-problem-solve-sustainment-issues

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