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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...
Southern California Ports
August 8, 2019
What shippers should know about driver misclassification by California drayage carriers
With the state supreme court’s Dynamex decision, followed by its Senate Bill 1402 (SB 1402), California’s position on the hiring of independent owner-operators by drayage carriers is now firmly...
Southern California Ports
July 25, 2019
Why Experience Matters for Drayage Drivers
Drayage is technically just another transportation service. A driver picks up a load and then delivers it. With port drayage, however, this simple process becomes much more complex. Navigating...
Southern California Ports
June 27, 2019
Update on the Southern California Logistics Services Market
When it comes to Southern California logistics, there’s never a dull moment. The region is home to the busiest ports in the country, while the state continues to dramatically alter the way logistics...
Southern California Ports
April 11, 2019
Why Carriers are Stepping Away from Independent Truck Drivers in CA – and Why Shippers Should Care
Carriers are having a rough go of it as of late. The truck driver shortage has left them scrambling to find new drivers to fill seats vacated by those retiring, leaving the industry, or switching...
Southern California Ports
January 10, 2019
4 Ways to Move Drayage Freight Despite the Driver Shortage
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: we’re in the midst of a truck driver shortage. While we may feel that we’ve reached the saturation point in hearing – and reading – about this shortage, the...
Labor issues
July 12, 2016
Leading High Performance Teams
Management practices have evolved over the last 40 years or so. There has been a slow but unmistakable move towards a more inclusive and more open leadership style. That style supports a level of...
West Coast Distribution
April 9, 2015
Lower Costs by Boosting Employee Morale
Do you have disengaged employees? Well, if you said yes you are not alone. About 70% of U.S. workers are disengaged. Why should you care about employee engagement? These disengaged employees are...
weber logistics news
July 29, 2013
Reduce Logistics Turnover with Better Employee Orientation
(Sheila Jordan is Vice President of Human Resources at Weber Logistics)
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