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shippers
Logistics Modal Shift: Why Shippers Avoid Cheaper Intermodal Despite Cost Savings
Nicholas Shipe from Circle Logistics explains that in automotive logistics, shippers avoid cheaper intermodal rail because production uptime is the priority. Cost is not the only driver; manufacturers also consider America's overlooked energy advantage shaping industrial supply chains.
Logistics Freight Market Shifts Push Shippers Toward Network Flexibility Amid Record Rates
The SONAR Sitrep report highlights record-high truckload rejection rates and spot rates, along with unprecedented intermodal savings. Shippers are advised to build flexibility across six dimensions to mitigate market pressure and tariff-driven disruptions.
Supply Chain Trimble TMS for Shippers Grows Directly from Transporeon Acquisition, Offering Modular AI-Integrated Platform
Trimble's new TMS for Shippers, built from its 2022 acquisition of Transporeon, offers a modular, AI-integrated transportation management system. The product can integrate with existing TMS systems and is designed for U.S. shippers, with optional features like freight procurement and rate management.
Logistics ITS Logistics warns shippers budgeting flat face capacity reckoning as pain builds
ITS Logistics president Ryan Martin warns that shippers budgeting flat transportation spend face significant pain as market tightens. Driver exits, carrier closures, and high inventory carrying costs are building pressure. The post-pandemic inventory overhang is clearing slowly, with SKU rationalization and a shift to wholesalers like TJX Companies.
Logistics Are You Overpaying? Why Shippers Should Revisit Emergency Fuel Surcharges Now
Drewry warns that shippers may be paying duplicate fuel cost recovery through emergency bunker surcharges (eBAFs) introduced after the Iran conflict, while standard BAF mechanisms have already adjusted to higher prices. With bunker prices retreating from their peak, shippers are in a stronger position to negotiate the removal of eBAFs.