How can a new company break into the venerable freight-forwarding business? Technology holds the key. For decades, freight forwarding was dominated by a host of smallish, regional firms, many of them family-owned and passed down through generations. Read More

Keeping rail freight moving in the bustling Northeast Corridor is a difficult task in the best of times. And even tougher in a pandemic.

The lessons of the pandemic forced shippers to take a fresh look at the way they deal with carriers.

Thanks to the pandemic and heavy customer demand, parcel shipping is currently mired in “chaos.”

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with supporting distribution facilities and infrastructure in the area, are suffering from severe congestion. What’s the cause — and the solution?

Blame the glitches in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines on any number of factors, but is there a quick solution to the obstacles encountered on the distribution end? Read more.

Spending patterns in the transportation industry are a good barometer of the condition of the economy at large — but the results can be murky. Read more.