shipper strategy
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Maersk’s Five-Day Auto-Cancellation Rule—What Shippers Must Change Before ETD
Maersk’s five-day post-ETD auto-cancellation rule creates a new exception clock for eligible unresolved bookings. Shippers need documented ownership before capacity is released.
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FMCSA Doubled Emergency HOS Relief to 30 Days—That Does Not Make Every Disaster Load Exempt
FMCSA doubled the automatic regional-emergency HOS window from 14 days to 30. The change does not exempt every disaster-area load. FIR’s six-field test shows what shippers should document before relying…
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The $30 Billion U.S.–China Tariff ‘Cut’ Is Not Yet a Rate Cut—What Shippers Should Measure Now
The U.S. and China identified $30 billion of goods each for possible tariff relief—but no rates or effective date are final. Here is how shippers should measure exposure before changing…
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September 2026 Freight Outlook: A Cost Shock Without a Volume Boom
September’s freight market pairs expanding goods demand with elevated fuel and transportation costs. Explore verified truck, ocean, rail and air indicators, FIR scenarios, and practical procurement actions.
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Shanghai and Ningbo Reopened—But 10-Day Queues Are Tightening Transpacific Capacity
Shanghai and Ningbo are open, but berth delays now reach 10–11 days as dense yards, vessel bunching and port omissions threaten U.S.-bound September inventory.
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U.S. Opens 300,000-Metric-Ton Beef Quota Sept. 1—The Cold-Chain Clock Importers Must Manage
A 300,000-metric-ton U.S. beef quota opens Sept. 1 in three first-come tranches. What importers must control across customs, reefer capacity and cold storage.
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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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Canada Sets Sept. 8 Retaliatory Tariffs—U.S. Furniture Faces Duties as High as 50%
Canada will impose new 15%, 25% and 50% tariffs on C$27.6 billion of U.S.-origin goods September 8. Furniture shippers face some of the highest rates—and an immediate classification, origin and…