In this Issue:
- 38th Annual Salary Survey: Salaries begin to rebound
- Air cargo volatility lingers
- Investment in risk management tech takes off
- Europe's new challenges
- Special Report: Top 50 Trucking Companies
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April 2022 Logistics Management
April 5, 2022 · A confluence of factors—labor demand that’s outpacing supply, worker retention challenges, rising e-commerce sales, supply chain shortages, and relatively healthy economic conditions—have led to a rebound in supply chain salaries.
April 5, 2022 · Automatic data capture just got a new ally: the edge. The technology allows everything from scanners to voice systems to process data on the edge of where it is collected. The result is real-time decisions that deal with reality, not a plan that no longer applies.
April 4, 2022 · Even with a strong recovery in revenue, the IATA maintains that air cargo did not meet its full growth potential last year. In the meantime, tight capacity, labor shortages, infrastructure shortfalls—and now the Russian invasion of Ukraine—continue to cloud the forecast in this vital sector.
April 1, 2022 · For the 38th year running, Logistics Management (LM) is using its April issue to share the findings of our Annual Salary Survey, the clearest, most comprehensive snapshot available of logistics management salaries and employee development needs available in the market. As in years past,
April 1, 2022 · Leading carrier executives say a key strategy for staying on top is creating a company culture that “sets the tone for everything and everybody.” Investing in new equipment, driver training and salaries doesn’t hurt either.
April 1, 2022 · The supply chain took center stage during the pandemic, and now 64% of shippers are evaluating or implementing supply chain risk event monitoring tools and 73% are doing the same with supply chain visibility and multi-tier mapping applications.
April 1, 2022 · According to Bentz, comprehensive visibility to product and data flows and driving real-or-near-real-time network intelligence on what’s really going on.
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FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index falls to lowest level since last September
May 17, 2024
For March, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI came in at- 7.25, following February’s -5.31 reading.
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for week ending May 11, reports AAR
May 17, 2024
Rail carloads, at 209,319, fell 7.0% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 254,429 units, rose 7.7% annually.
Cass Freight Index points to annual shipments and expenditures declines
May 17, 2024
April’s shipment reading, at 1.098, decreased 4.0% annually, and expenditures, at 3.227, were off 16.8% annually.
ALAN opens up its nominations for 2024 Humanitarian Logistics Awards
May 16, 2024
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has officially opened nominations for its eighth annual Humanitarian Logistics Awards.
U.S.-bound import growth remains intact in April, reports Descartes
May 16, 2024
From March to April, the report found that U.S.-bound container import volumes were up 3.0% compared to March and were up 9.3% annually, coming in at 2,208,849 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Descartes explained that the 3.0% gain was downwardly impacted by the effects of the Chinese Lunar Year, adding that when compared to pre-pandemic April 2019, volumes increased 15.1%.
Looking at a reshoring history lesson
May 16, 2024
A three-decade expert in supply chain, the Reshoring Institute’s Rosemary Coates explains how the reshoring trend has progressed.
NTSB: Ship lost power twice before slamming into Baltimore bridge, closing port
May 15, 2024
Twice the huge container ship Dali lost power and slammed into one of the bridge's support columns, causing the Francis Scott Key Bridge to fall into the waters outside Baltimore, killing six and causing the closing to maritime traffic of one of the busiest ports on the East Coast.
ISM May Semiannual Report points to growth in 2024, at a reduced rate
May 15, 2024
As was the case in its previous edition in December, the manufacturing and services sectors remain on diverging paths, to a certain extent, in May. One common theme the sectors share, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) May 2024 Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was issued today, is that growth is expected over the balance of the year, albeit at reduced rates.
April retail sales are mixed, reports Commerce and NRF
May 15, 2024
Commerce reported that April retail trade sales were up 0.4% over March and were up 2.7% annually. And the National Retail Federation reported that NRF reported that February’s core retail sales, which it bases on Census data and excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, fell 0.2% on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to March and were up 3.9% on an unadjusted basis annually.
LM Podcast Series: S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Rogers assesses 2024 import landscape
May 15, 2024
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Following USTR review, White House announces tariff increases on certain U.S.-bound imports from China
May 14, 2024
The impetus for the increase in tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on $18 billion worth of imports from China is due to various actions China has taken, according to the White House, including unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation threatening American workers and flooding global markets with artificially low-priced exports.
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Inflation continues to have a wide-ranging impact on supply chains, notes Blue Yonder survey
May 14, 2024
Blue Yonder’s annual survey finds cost of materials and transportation being impacted; disruptions remain.
National diesel average decreases for the fifth consecutive week, reports EIA
May 14, 2024
The national average, at $3.848 per gallon, dropped 4.6 cents from the $3.894 average, for the week of May 6, which was off 5.3 cents from the $3.947 average, for the week of April 29.
New Union Pacific service connects Southern California and Chicago
May 14, 2024
New route promises three-day delivery, enhancing supply chain efficiency
