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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
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...
West Coast Distribution
January 11, 2018
Air Freight Shipping: When Does It Make Sense?
Air freight shipping. In the eCommerce world, it’s a major component of everyday business. For freight shippers outside of eCommerce, however, it’s far less common than truck, rail, and ocean...
Transportation Strategies
November 3, 2016
The Advantages of a 3PL with blended Asset/Non-Asset Based Transportation Services
There are many transportation services to choose from when deciding which one is the right fit for your business. A company with robust assets – a fleet of actual trucks providing service – paired...
3PL
September 1, 2016
Benefits of 3PL Services in the Overweight Corridor
In society today, there is a large focus on weight. For many, the temptation of a pink box in the office can be cringing if you are trying to watch the pounds. Luckily in the logistics world it can...
Third Party Logistics
November 12, 2015
Shipping Cold Freight? Save Money by Collaborating.
We see the dialogue in films again and again. Two individuals, John and Jane, trying to catch a taxi cab, “Where you headed” asked John, “uptown” said Jane, then John replied “me too, want to split a...
Transportation Strategies
September 17, 2015
Benefits of an Upgraded Transportation Management System
Our society today is all about upgrading to the next big thing. We wait in line for hours and hours to get a hold of the newest gadgets. Why? Because, they are usually smarter, better, faster and...
West Coast Distribution
September 11, 2014
California Trucking Industry Could Be Hit by Hidden Gas Tax Effective January 1st 2015
Weber Logistics hosted a “Tank the Tax” press conference at our San Diego distribution center. Tank the Tax is a campaign that advocates against regulations that would raise the cost of fuel in the...
Transportation Strategies
April 23, 2014
Controlling Costs for Refrigerated Trucking
Why, with so many manufacturers of food and temperature-sensitive products, are there so few temperature-controlled carriers? And it’s not just food manufacturers that require refrigerated trucking...
3PL
January 16, 2014
Logistics Costs: The Boomerang Effect of Price-Based 3PL Selection
Let’s face it, competitive transportation and warehouse rates are critical to earning new 3PL business. Providers need to be ready to look for any and all efficiencies when pricing a deal, because...
Third Party Logistics
June 10, 2013
Warehouse Rates: Beware the Low Price Leader
Capital Management