Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index sees shipment and spending declines
May 3, 2024
The report’s first quarter shipment index value, at 87.5, was off 7.8% compared to the fourth quarter and down 21.6% annually.On the spend side, the report observed that the first quarter reading, at 194.7, fell 27.9% annually and was down 16.8%, from the third fourth quarter to the first quarter.
New Breakthrough ‘State of Transportation’ report cites various challenges for shippers and carriers in 2024
April 3, 2024
The new “State of Transportation” report issued today by Green Bay, Wis.-based Breakthrough, a provider of fuel and freight solutions for shippers, addressed myriad components of freight transportation and logistics impacting shippers and carriers, including volatile weather, sustainability and emissions reduction, and over-the-road capacity, among others.
DHL relocates Norfolk service center to new facility
March 1, 2024
Company officials said that this new facility is a full-service operation where the company processes shipments and directly serves customers at its new retail ServicePoint counter. And they added that the $7.3 million facility also increases shipment capacity and also enables faster processing, which results in faster pickup cutoff times for Eastern Virginia-based shippers.
C.H. Robinson introduces new touchless appointments technology offering
February 7, 2024
Minneapolis, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has rolled out a new technology offering focused on touchless appointments, which it said “creates a major efficiency in freight shipping.”
C.H. Robinson touts its progress on eBOL adoption by LTL carriers and shippers
January 22, 2024
The company added that over the past year, 17,240 of its customers have leveraged the eBOL, with the expectation that the tally will increase in 2024.
LM Podcast Series: Freight economy review with Matt Muenster, Chief Economist, Breakthrough
December 7, 2023
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers.
STB’s Oberman pens letter to Class I railroad CEOs, regarding service concerns
May 28, 2021
Martin Oberman, Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, issued letters to leadership to all seven North American Class I railroads, calling for updates on their preparedness to meet demand for rail service amid the ongoing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
