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Study: Driver shortage, capacity crunch ranks biggest challenge for supply chains in 2019

Respondents who opted to write-in their own answer by selecting “Other” noted issues such as damages to products in transit, temperature-control shipping, optimized inventory management and lead time reduction.
January 17, 2019
Over 44% of respondents ranked driver shortage and capacity crunch as the biggest challenge for supply chains in 2019, according to a survey conducted by Kuebix, Maynard, Mass.
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Study: Container shipping rates have bottomed out, forecast to rise

Liner shipping has had a torrid time so far in 2016, with spot freight rate volatility reaching unprecedented levels.
July 6, 2016
Container freight rates are forecast to rise modestly over the next 18 months from the all-time lows reached recently, but this will not be sufficient to rescue the industry from substantial losses in 2016.
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Study outlines rise and fall of North American freight, rail, trucking

Trucks carried 63.4% of U.S.-NAFTA freight and continue to be the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners.
March 4, 2016
The value of commodities moving by truck decreased by 3.1% in December 2015 compared to December 2014, while the value of air freight decreased by 3.5% and rail by 9.3%, according to a report published by United States of Transportation’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Washington, D.C.
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