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June 19, 2025
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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...
Happening Now
February 23, 2024
Happening Now: A Shipping-Market Rebound Taking Shape
According to The Wall Street Journal, the logistics and shipping industry is witnessing signs of recovery after nearly two years of downturn, marked by an increase in demand and rising freight rates...
Happening Now
February 6, 2024
Happening Now: The Supply Chain Agreement goes into effect this month
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the Supply Chain Agreement, part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, will come into effect on February 24, 2024, marking a...
Happening Now
February 1, 2024
Happening Now: Red Sea concerns may boost West Coast shipments
According to FreightWaves, the recent spike in shipping costs resulting from ocean carriers avoiding the Middle East conflict poses a potential long-term threat to rates. Retailers are currently...
Happening Now
January 16, 2024
Happening Now: West Coast imports expected to surge
According to The Loadstar, US West Coast ports are anticipating a surge in imports due to a combination of supply chain and geopolitical disruptions. These disruptions include transit difficulties...
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January 12, 2024
Happening Now: a Lean transformation in action
A recent article from Supply Chain Digest was written in conjunction with the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI). The article focuses on the Lean transformation recently undertaken by aerospace...
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January 4, 2024
Happening Now: Optimism for Manufacturing in 2024
According to Supply Chain Dive, the US manufacturing industry ended 2023 with growing optimism for a 2024 rebound. Both the ISM and S&P Global PMI indices pointed to rising business optimism and...
Happening Now
December 20, 2023
Happening Now: Optimistic signs for 2024 Transportation Market
According to FreightWaves, the gap between trucking supply and demand is narrowing, which bodes well for 2024. Tender volumes are about 10% higher this December compared to last, continuing the trend...
Happening Now
December 5, 2023
Happening Now: Freight volumes down in Atlanta, up on West Coast
According to FreightWaves volume data, Atlanta’s share of the US freight market has fallen more than 11% over the past year. While, over the same period, the freight markets in California are...
Happening Now
November 29, 2023
Happening Now: Guarding Against Cyber Risk is a Key Logistics Focus
According to Inbound Logistics, “about half (51%) of transportation companies worry about the potential for compromise, theft, and/or loss of customer/client records due to theft.” The article then...
Happening Now
November 20, 2023
Happening Now: Asian Imports Shifting Back to West Coast
According to The Loadstar, the market share of containerized imports from Asia to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has risen over the last three months – increasing from 42% to 46%. The Ports...
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