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For lumber suppliers, the tight supply and mile-high price of lumber that impacted construction projects nationwide this spring continue to cause frustration. But builders and homeowners remain optimistic as prices have since fallen to $479 per thousand board feet, down 68% since peaking in May...

It's no secret that the global supply chain is a little … congested. The whole business world found that out firsthand back in March through the infinitely meme-able Suez Canal blockage, but based on this laughably extensive string of status reports, there probably aren't many companies that were...

Fast-growing warehouse robotics firm Geek+ is adding another weapon to its portfolio of automation solutions designed to improve warehouse efficiencies, lower costs and increase throughput speed. The Smart Mixed Case palletizing solution, co-developed with warehouse management tools provider WSR...

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Over the past year, and even more so in the last few months we’ve seen a significant change in corn market fundamentals. From a year ago, the corn ending stocks to usage has gone from 13.75% to 7.4%, one of the lowest on record. Demand for U.S. grains has been at historic levels during 2021....

The Port of Virginia had its best July on record, with the Norfolk-headquartered complex handling more than 293,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, a nearly 33% increase year-over-year. July's volume was also the second-highest for 2021. The highest occurred in May, when the port handled 315,000...

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The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) took off with a running start in July, the first month of its 2022 fiscal year. The port authority reported record volumes for containers and for roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) traffic.  The Port of Savannah handled 450,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in July, a 25%...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers)  Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to...

In Latin America, e-commerce remains in the early stages, garnering just 6% of total sales in the region, according to Nuvemshop. Delivery and payment processes are two of the barriers that are slowing growth in the region, but Nuvemshop believes it can solve both issues. The company, based in Sao...

Reading the StayMetrics quarterly driver retention chart is almost like a game of hopscotch, jumping from comparison to comparison to discern trends in the data. The recently released third-quarter report by StayMetrics, which was acquired by TenStreet in November, compiles retention data for...

Presented by FreightWaves, in partnership with ArcBest, the Shipper of Choice award recognizes the manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities, and understanding what it takes to...

FedEx Corp. will again attempt to whack its big customers with hefty delivery surcharges this holiday season. But the carrier is going about things a little differently than its competition. FedEx (NYSE: FDX) has set two cycles in the calendar to apply residential delivery surcharges: The first...

It's only mid-August — the early days of peak shipping season — but the record for container ships anchored off California is already on the verge of being broken. Port congestion is simultaneously building along the East Coast, with anchorage numbers off Georgia well into the double digits and,...

This episode is sponsored by NYSHEX. The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) is supporting the transformation of container shipping by solving inefficiencies associated with booking downfalls and shipment rollings. To learn more visit nyshex.com In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel...