<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Sending ships through the Red Sea should improve dismal schedule reliability, but an intensification of the war between Yemen’s Houthi militants and Saudi Arabia has elevated the risk of attack. </p></div>

Sending ships through the Red Sea should improve dismal schedule reliability, but an intensification of the war between Yemen’s Houthi militants and Saudi Arabia has elevated the risk of attack.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The carrier has a sizeable war chest for fleet expansion, built up over the last several years of healthy earnings and strong freight rates. </p></div>

The carrier has a sizeable war chest for fleet expansion, built up over the last several years of healthy earnings and strong freight rates.

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Maersk eyes mega $9 billion ordering spree for 42 new ships: report

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Higher fuel prices continue to put pressure on LTL and truckload producer price indexes, leading to pricing gains ahead of trucking’s peak fall season. </p></div>

Higher fuel prices continue to put pressure on LTL and truckload producer price indexes, leading to pricing gains ahead of trucking’s peak fall season.

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US LTL truck pricing climbs 4.5% in August rebound: PPI

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The railroad has leased 750 chassis that will be deployed to Harrisburg and Charlotte to ensure containers keep moving following recent backlogs in those markets.</p></div>

The railroad has leased 750 chassis that will be deployed to Harrisburg and Charlotte to ensure containers keep moving following recent backlogs in those markets.

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Norfolk Southern expects chassis disruptions to ease next week

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Four consecutive typhoons created berthing delays lasting up to two weeks across Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, and Yantian due to terminal closures and ships having to shelter from the storm, Xeneta said in a report. </p></div>

Four consecutive typhoons created berthing delays lasting up to two weeks across Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, and Yantian due to terminal closures and ships having to shelter from the storm, Xeneta said in a report.

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Typhoon delays on China container services expected to last into October

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>But the recent good times for North American intermodal will only continue if the “goldilocks” economic conditions endure despite numerous danger signs lurking, writes Larry Gross.</p></div>

But the recent good times for North American intermodal will only continue if the “goldilocks” economic conditions endure despite numerous danger signs lurking, writes Larry Gross.

Domestic intermodal riding market tailwinds to volume growth: analyst

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Procurement must decide which costs are structural, which reflect temporary scarcity and which capacity commitments still have strategic value, writes Paul Tonsager. </p></div>

Procurement must decide which costs are structural, which reflect temporary scarcity and which capacity commitments still have strategic value, writes Paul Tonsager.

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Truckload

Freight procurement and the search for savings when the cycle turns

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The rigid annual RFP is a contract both sides abandon the moment the market moves; in a whipsaw freight market thinned by higher-for-longer interest rates, the flexible model is the disciplined one. </p></div>

The rigid annual RFP is a contract both sides abandon the moment the market moves; in a whipsaw freight market thinned by higher-for-longer interest rates, the flexible model is the disciplined one.

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All North America Class I railroads report monthly international and domestic intermodal volumes to the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). The breakdown of monthly traffic includes regional volume flows, equipment size and type, and equipment ownership (private of rail-controlled). [IANA](https://www.intermodal.org/data-products#gsc.tab=0)

North American domestic intermodal volume (IANA)

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Changing market dynamics can produce more frequent and extreme swings in freight rates, raising potential average returns for carriers even when oversupply weighs on the market, Vincent Clerc says. </p></div>

Changing market dynamics can produce more frequent and extreme swings in freight rates, raising potential average returns for carriers even when oversupply weighs on the market, Vincent Clerc says.

Ocean carriers capitalizing on shift in pricing power: Maersk CEO

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>An already strong peak shipping season is forecast to end with a bang this month as vessel delays in China and draft restrictions along the Panama Canal push robust imports into early fall, the National Retail Federation says. </p></div>

An already strong peak shipping season is forecast to end with a bang this month as vessel delays in China and draft restrictions along the Panama Canal push robust imports into early fall, the National Retail Federation says.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach have seen no changes in demurrage billing practices since the Federal Maritime Commission’s demurrage rule was struck down by an appeals court. </p></div>

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach have seen no changes in demurrage billing practices since the Federal Maritime Commission’s demurrage rule was struck down by an appeals court.

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Drayage industry hopes for FMC relief on demurrage billing

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Freight demand was either better or “less worse” at three of the largest LTL providers last month, bolstered perhaps by the need for shippers to speed some freight to inventories. </p></div>

Freight demand was either better or “less worse” at three of the largest LTL providers last month, bolstered perhaps by the need for shippers to speed some freight to inventories.

Signs of slow freight demand growth surface in LTL sector

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>That comes as ONE said the port would be temporarily omitted from 11 Premier Alliance US East Coast sailings through mid-October to maintain schedule reliability. </p></div>

That comes as ONE said the port would be temporarily omitted from 11 Premier Alliance US East Coast sailings through mid-October to maintain schedule reliability.

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