Baltic Index Falls For 13Th Straight Session
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index declined for a 13th straight session on Friday, weighed down by declining rates across all vessel categories. The...
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Baltic Index Falls On Capesize Demand
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Friday weighed by weaker capesize demand, but the index ended the week up 2% on higher...
Baltic Index Approaches 6-Month Low
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index declined for an 11th consecutive session on Wednesday, and nearly touched a six-month low, pressured by falling rates...
Slowly, but surely, ‘digital’ and ‘traditional’ forwarders are getting closer
© Virojt Changyencham By Alex Lennane 13/11/2019 Incumbent forwarders with an interest in obscuring transparency have played a role in slowing efforts to digitalise the industry, according...
Freight Forwarder Market is Thriving Worldwide
The Latest research study released by HTF MI “Global Freight Forwarder Market” with 100+ pages of analysis on business Strategy taken up by key and...
What a long strange trip 2019 has been for short-haul truckers
Life on the road is never easy. But 2019 was a particularly grueling year for truckers in the Los Angeles area who’ve seen their paychecks...
Snowstorm before Christmas keeps trucking across Pacific Northwest
A strong storm that FreightWaves began reporting on earlier this week continues to spin over the northwestern U.S. heading into the weekend before Christmas. Truckers...
FMC order denies container carrier service contract filing exemption
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission in a Dec. 20 order said it will proceed with a proposed rule to exempt ocean container carriers from an...
Q&A: Tanker boss Zabrocky on the eve of IMO 2020
The clock is about to strike midnight for ocean shipping. The deadline for IMO 2020 regulation, mandating a game-changing global switch from cheap high-sulfur marine...
Start-up of the Day: Smarter logistics for trucks and less congestion thanks to AI
It’s a straightforward rationale. Of the approximately 14,000 Dutch trucks driving around at home and abroad (according to 2017 figures from the Dutch Central Bureau...