Oct 19, 2022 Next stop on the rail disruption express By Erik Mattson Miriam Hall Andrew Kerr Last week, a union representing almost 12,000 rail workers in the United States voted down a tentative contract, which had been brokered...
Oct 03, 2022 Transportation costs have passed the inflection point By Erik Mattson Andrew Kerr Supply chain disruption has brought record high transportation costs over the past two years. Shippers – and eventually consumers – have...
Sep 15, 2022 The next supply chain disruption – crisis averted or looming chaos? By Erik Mattson Miriam Hall Andrew Kerr Over the past few months, the global supply chain has taken a collective deep breath. Consumer demand has decreased, ocean and trucking...
Jun 23, 2022 Could another supply chain crisis be on the horizon? A potential West Coast port labor strike would create a tumultuous 2022 holiday period By Brian Nemeth Erik Mattson James Roe Andrew Kerr +1 more... Show less Following the trend of continual disruption in the supply chain, the looming West Coast port labor-contract negotiation is set to take...
May 25, 2022 The recent ocean freight contracting season was one for the ages By Brian Nemeth Erik Mattson James Roe Andrew Kerr +1 more... Show less The 2022-2023 Trans-Pacific ocean freight contract season was unlike any in recent memory. For the first time in modern history, carriers...
Mar 25, 2022 One year later: How the Suez Canal disaster sparked supply chain's 'new normal' By Andrew Kerr This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Suez Canal blockage. At the time, the global supply chain crisis was still in its...
Jan 28, 2022 Walmart did a thing last year – it chartered a container ship. How’d that work out? By Andrew Kerr The chaotic (and expensive) last 12 months of supply chain chaos has been widely reported, particularly in terms of the impact on...
Oct 14, 2021 Sound smarter at the dinner table: How the ‘Supply Chain Crisis’ is playing out in Savannah, GA By Andrew Kerr If you’re to read any recent article on the supply chain crisis, it should be Peter Goodman’s recent New York Times piece, “It’s Not...