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Recent, Happening Now
May 5, 2026
The Real Cost of Choosing the Cheapest Drayage Provider
When, as a shipper, you evaluate transportation and drayage partners, the price will always matter. But choosing the lowest bid without understanding what may lurk behind that rate can create far...
Recent, Happening Now
April 15, 2026
Certified Food-Grade Distribution: Weber Logistics and GFSI Certification
For food, beverage, and confectionery brands, choosing the right third-party logistics partner is about more than warehouse space. It is about protecting product integrity, reducing risk, and...
Recent, Happening Now
March 26, 2026
Introducing Weber Logistics’ New Warehouse Space Calculators
Planning warehouse space is one of the most common challenges for growing supply chains. Whether you’re evaluating a new facility, comparing storage methods, or trying to understand how many pallets...
Southern California Ports
May 18, 2023
An update on West Coast port negotiations
The eyes of concerned logisticians remain focused on the ongoing West Coast port contract negotiations between the longshoremen’s union and the region’s shipping ports. The longshoremen have been...
Drayage
April 20, 2023
Looking to reduce drayage fees? Here's how
Over the years, port drayage has become increasingly complicated. In the “good old days”, the trucker arrived at terminal gates, quickly found the right container mounted on a steamship line supplied...
Southern California Ports
February 23, 2023
What California’s AB5 law means for the trucking industry
Does your company hire truck drivers in California? If so, are the drivers your employees or independent contractors? If you said, ‘independent contractors,’ you’ll want to double check that....
Port Logistics
August 5, 2022
Happening Now: Container ship logjams have returned
Container ship logjams at US ports are (unfortunately) back in a big way. This time, however, the congestion is spread out across the US – especially the East and Gulf Coasts – instead of being...
Southern California Ports
January 27, 2022
3 key questions about union contract negotiations at West Coast shipping ports
Being a logistician these days – especially one who deals with imports into the US – can feel like playing a game of Whac-A-Mole. When one issue is addressed, another one pops up. The latest issue on...
Southern California Ports
October 28, 2021
How can we overcome the current supply chain disruptions?
As we approach the holiday season, the supply chain disruptions that have plagued most of the world for the better part of two years have gone from industry news to front-page news. And everybody has...
Southern California Ports
August 12, 2021
Reasons for drayage truck driver shortage and how the right 3PL can help
The current driver shortage affects every mode of trucking, port drayage included. What you may not realize, however, is that this shortage of drayage drivers is not new – it didn’t begin with...
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...
Southern California Ports
April 15, 2021
Ship overweight to combat high container shipping rates
Record-breaking shipping volumes into the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach continue into Q2 and show no sign of letting up. This has contributed to container shortages and extremely high container...
Southern California Ports
March 25, 2021
West Coast Chassis Pool Challenges at Ports of LA and Long Beach
As we examined in our recent blog post on port congestion, ports across the U.S. – most notably the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – are experiencing severe backups due to increased import...
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