The city of Chicago has threatened to revoke the licenses of contractors that process cargo for airlines at O’Hare airport if they don’t open to union organizers, putting two-thirds of cargo traffic at this major international hub at risk of being stranded and stressing supply chains for an undetermined period.
Cargo airline executives warn it could take months to find replacement ground handling agents, leading to long backlogs at other overstretched facilities and forcing them to hunt for...
Ocean Network Express has signed definitive agreements to acquire a...
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A return to normalcy among trailer manufacturers gained momentum in October with order intake 82%...
Chart of the Week: National Trucking Index, Outbound Tender Reject Index – USA SONAR: NTI.USA, OTRI.USA
National truckload spot rates increased a marginal 1.5% over the past week, according to the National Truckload Index (NTI), as the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. this year hit the southwest coast of Florida. Similarly, national tender rejection rates seemed unaffected, indicating transportation managers have little to fear in terms of capacity availability on a national level.
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The risk to manufacturing, agriculture and distribution sectors in Florida is rapidly intensifying as powerful Hurricane Ian takes aim at the state’s southwest coast. But the economic ripple effects are likely to be felt well beyond the storm zone.
Experts are predicting severe disruption to supply chains from flooding, power outages and wind damage that could stall factory and farm production, as well as freight movement through major port, airport, highway and rail nodes. The Tampa-to-Orlando...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-effects-from-hurricane-ian-could-linger-for-weeks
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Airport services provider dnata is making contingency plans for a potential strike by staff at facilities in Australia that could disrupt cargo shipments as dnata grapples with COVID-related backlogs at its cargo terminal in Melbourne.
The news comes as German flag carrier Lufthansa avoided another strike by pilots by tentatively agreeing on a new contract with union representatives.
The Australian office of dnata, previously known as Dubai National Air Travel Agency and part of the Emirates...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/australian-airports-face-more-cargo-delays-as-dnata-strike-looms
Month-over-month orders for Class 8 trucks nearly doubled in August. But fleets are still not getting all the new equipment they want, even in a slowing economy.
FTR reported preliminary North American Class 8 net orders for August jumped 98% over July to 21,400 units as OEMs began to fill build slots for the first quarter of 2023. But caution remains to avoid a repeat of late-2021 cancellations due to overbooking colliding with supply shortages.
“OEMs felt the need to start filling in their Q1...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/class-8-bookings-rebound-in-august-as-oems-crack-open-orderbooks
Playing with Lego bricks to illustrate supply chain disruptions, how the passenger vehicle market mirrors the trucking industry, and Hyliion’s Hypertruck free rides — those and other musings from the ACT Research Seminar 67 this week in Columbus, Indiana.
Explain it to me like I’m a 4-year-oldWhen you see some of the full-size creations from Lego bricks, you know they are not just for children. Check the recommended ages on some of the boxes if you want evidence.
Those plastic bricks helped Paul...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-summer-acts-edition
