Overnight airfreight. Every shipping manager’s least favorite option. Let’s face it, if you need overnight air freight, something has usually gone drastically wrong. The situation typically goes something like this: Either your customer needs a critical part to keep their plant up and running, you are dangerously low on a key inventory component, or you […]
Data Suggests Freight Recession Fears Overblown “Freight Recession” fears have been in the news recently, with many media pundits fanning the flames. Is there a “freight recession” underway in the U.S.? While some sectors are struggling, most notably the rails and the oil field industries, the evidence remains somewhat anecdotal and often conflicting. Our most […]
Not to be outdone by Google, German vehicle manufacturer Daimler AG announced the introduction of a self-driving truck yesterday. U.S. based Freightliner, in turn, has been given a license by the State of Nevada to begin testing the vehicles on the road. From port automation, to Amazon delivery via drones and now this, the […]
As was widely anticipated, trucking delays have been mounting in recent weeks in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, the nation’s busiest port and gateway to Asia. The delays are largely the result of a scramble to offload vessels and get freight out of the harbor in advance of next week’s July 1st deadline for […]
New MAP-21 Law Threatens to Revoke Many Freight Broker’s Licenses Update (12/11/13): As of today, the FMCS has revoked over 3,500 broker licenses, representing over 30% of all licensees. As we have written about previously here, the new MAP-21 law poses a serious threat to many smaller freight brokers throughout the country. While last ditch […]
New $75K Broker Bond Law Could Raise Shipping Rates This Fall While you were busy enjoying your summer last year, Congress quietly passed legislation known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act, on June 29, 2012.?? Shortly thereafter, the program was signed into law by President Obama.?? Ho-hum, you say??? Just […]
Logistics is serious business and at Air & Surface Logistics, we take it very seriously.?? It involves deadlines, commitments and lots of open highway.?? Speaking of open highway however, even the most serious amongst us needs to have a bit of fun now and then.?? With Memorial Day weekend and the start of summer just […]
After last month’s epic move from Northern California down to Dallas, we’ve just learned that the Plastiki will be on the move again in a few short weeks. This time it is just a short hop across town to the Perot Museum for this summer’s exhibit. Check back here soon for some interesting video and […]
Have you ever scheduled freight for shipment, only to have your forwarder come back and tell you that the “chargeable weight” or “dimensional weight” was three or four times more than the shipment weighed in your warehouse? What the heck is going on here? Is your forwarder some kind of crook? Hopefully not. Odds are, […]
And you thought we were all about moving pallets and cartons! Join us as we transport the vessel Plastiki on a 12 day, 1,834 mile journey from Napa Valley, CA to Dallas, TX. The boat will be the star attraction of Engineering & Humanity Week at Fair Park, before it transfers to the Perot Museum […]
