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Recent, Happening Now
June 9, 2025
Happening Now: Transportation Pricing Outpacing Capacity
According to FreightWaves, transportation pricing grew faster than capacity again in May. Despite rising capacity, prices surged even more—signaling tightness in the transportation market and...
Recent, Happening Now
May 19, 2025
Per-Diem and Detention Charges in Shipping: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
Detention and demurrage charges—already a pain point for importers—are once again under scrutiny. In 2025, a mix of regulatory ambiguity, evolving steamship line practices, and a volatile...
Recent, Happening Now
May 9, 2025
The End of De Minimis: What It Means for Importers (and How Weber Can Help)
A major change in U.S. trade policy took effect on May 2, 2025: the removal of the de minimis exemption for shipments entering the U.S. from China and Hong Kong. This decision has significant...All Blog Posts

Happening Now
August 5, 2021
Happening Now: Import surge may last into 2022
As 2021 has had its share of supply chain challenges – particularly related to container imports – we all are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel and a semblance of normalcy.
Happening Now
August 3, 2021
Happening Now: Impact of Driver Shortage on Drayage Ops
While everyone is familiar with the current driver shortage, many overlook the fact that drayage operations are affected by this shortage just as much as long-haul, LTL or other modes of trucking.
Happening Now
July 15, 2021
Happening Now: A recap of the first six months of 2021 in shipping
If you’re looking to catch up on all things container shipping in 2021, a recent article in Freight Waves has got you covered. The article looks, month-by-month, at all of the “stranger than fiction”...
Happening Now
July 9, 2021
Happening Now: New Peak Surcharges from UPS
According to an article in Multichannel Merchant, UPS is issuing new surcharges which will hit shippers hard during this year’s peak season. These new surcharges will be applied between October 31...
West Coast Distribution
July 8, 2021
Weber Logistics Adds New Distribution Center in San Bernardino, CA
Weber Logistics has secured a 406,710-square-foot omni-channel distribution center (DC) in San Bernardino, CA. This newly constructed multi-client facility – Weber’s largest – is the company’s sixth...
Happening Now
June 15, 2021
Happening Now: FedEx Freight suspends service to 1,400 LTL customers
According to an article in Freight Waves, FedEx Freight is suspending outbound shipments for approximately 1,400 customers in heavily-congested regions across the U.S. This reduction in service is...
Happening Now
June 11, 2021
Happening Now: Crisis at Major Chinese Port
A recent article in Freight Waves examines the unfolding crisis at the Port of Yantian, a major Chinese seaport. Due to a substantial increase in COVID-19 cases in the region, manpower at the Port is...
Third Party Logistics
June 9, 2021
Negotiating 3PL Warehousing Contracts
While the supply chain benefits of working with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider are commonly understood, some companies still feel uncertainty when negotiating the warehousing contract at the...
Drayage
May 27, 2021
A primer on overweight container logistics on the West Coast
If you weren’t already convinced of the value of overweight container logistics, 2020 and now 2021 should have made it clear. It’s one of shippers’ most reliable tactics in mitigating the headaches...
Happening Now
May 26, 2021
Happening Now: pallet prices up 400% amid shortage
As if supply chain professionals don’t have enough on their plate these days, we can now add the procurement of pallets to their list of concerns. A backbone of retail and grocery supply chains,...Subscribe to Instant Updates
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