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WEBAn Illinois-based trucking and logistics company that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail and had more than 480 drivers ceased operations abruptly Thursday, according to sources familiar with the closure. Read More ». Stuart Chirls Friday, September 6, 2024.
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WEBRefrigerated carrier A&A Express closes South Dakota facility, cuts 111 jobs. Refrigerated carrier A&A Express announced plans to lay off 111 employees, including 85 truck drivers, and wind down operations by Friday at its Brandon, South Dakota, facility. ... FreightWaves provides award-winning trucking news coverage.
How big are the world’s largest ocean container ships?
WEBJan 14, 2023 · Twitter/X. LinkedIn. Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine in June launched the largest container ship ever built, the aptly named Ever Alot. The massive ship has a capacity of 24,004 twenty-foot equivalent units, just a little more than its slightly older sibling, the Ever Ace, launched in July 2021 and the …
Tidal wave of new container ships: 2023-24 deliveries to break …
WEBOct 5, 2022 · Historical delivery data from Clarksons shows that annual fleet growth averaged 970,000 TEUs in 2001-20. Deliveries in 2023-24 will be 2.6 times higher than that average. The previous single-year record for annual growth was 1.7 million TEUs in 2014, according to Clarksons data, well below what’s to come.
How many gallons of fuel does a container ship carry?
WEBJan 15, 2020 · Those ships are generally in the 8,000- to 14,000-TEU range. Ships in that size range can carry between 2.5 million and 3.5 million gallons of fuel. The amount of fuel actually be used on a sailing depends primarily on the ship’s speed. Most ship engines have been designed for top speeds ranging between 20 and 25 knots per hour, which is ...
Crude shipping revs up; supertanker rates top $100,000 a day
WEBMar 10, 2023 · LinkedIn. Spot rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) — tankers that carry 2 million barrels of oil — just breached the $100,000-per-day threshold. It could be a taste of things to come. Analysts and investors are increasingly confident that the tanker business is headed into a long, sustained upcycle. “VLCC rates have surged at the ...
Different container indexes, vastly different rates. Which is right?
WEBJul 29, 2021 · The latest assessment for Asia-West Coast rates from the Shanghai Container Freight Index (SCFI), a weekly estimate as of last week, was $5,388 per forty-foot equivalent unit. Wednesday’s daily assessment from S&P Global Platts was $7,400 per FEU. Xeneta’s was $8,697. The weekly assessment from …
The Home Depot’s culture of supply chain innovation
WEBFeb 3, 2021 · It’s become increasingly clear that The Home Depot’s supply chain has fostered a culture of innovation that encourages experimentation and collaboration with FreightTech startups, a serious commitment to sustainability and new ways of partnering with carriers. These strategies tend to self-reinforce, as in the case of The Home Depot’s ...
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WEB5 days ago · Lufthansa Cargo invests more than $600M to overhaul Frankfurt hub. Lufthansa is in the early stage of an expensive, multiyear renovation and expansion of its global cargo hub in Frankfurt, Germany. American Shipper.
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