freight costs
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NMFTA Proposes Mixed-Pallet Pricing Rewrite—What LTL Shippers Must Model Before December
NMFTA’s proposed Rule 640 would shift many mixed LTL handling units toward density-based classification while preserving a highest-class override for special freight. Here is what shippers should model before the…
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Fuel Surcharges Are Outrunning Fuel Costs—What Shippers Should Audit Across Rail, Parcel and Ocean
Union Pacific’s $91.1 million second-quarter fuel-surcharge surplus and widening parcel and ocean surcharge gaps give shippers a concrete reason to audit benchmarks, lags and decline provisions.
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Truck Freight Costs Are Up 10.9%—Rail’s Intermodal Conversion Window Is Widening
Truck freight prices remain 10.9% above last year while rail is up only 1.3%. Here is how shippers should test the widening intermodal conversion window lane by lane.
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Carrier & Broker Risk · Freight Markets · Maritime, Ports & Drayage · Regulation, Infrastructure & Risk · Shipper StrategyU.S. Strikes Three Iranian Oil Tankers as Hormuz Traffic Stays Constrained—The Freight Cost Exposure
Two additional tanker attacks and below-average Hormuz traffic expose U.S. shippers to fuel, insurance and capacity costs—even without a full closure.
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Truck Freight Prices Fell in July—But Remain 10.9% Above Last Year
Truck freight cooled in July but remained sharply higher than a year earlier as water freight continued climbing. The real procurement signal is to separate linehaul, fuel and accessorials before…
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Carrier & Broker Risk · Freight Markets · Maritime, Ports & Drayage · Regulation, Infrastructure & Risk · Shipper StrategyA Vessel Was Struck Near Hormuz. The Freight Risk Now Runs Through Fuel, Insurance and Capacity.
A confirmed vessel strike near Oman—and provisional reporting that an LNG carrier was disabled—raises immediate fuel, insurance and capacity risks for freight decision-makers.