In the first seven months of 2021, cargo volumes between Asia and North America were up by 27% compared with pre-pandemic levels.

The Postal Service’s plans will delay a third of mail in 27 states, according to a Washington Post analysis, hitting states west of the Rocky Mountains especially hard.

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Prices to ship containers from Asia to the U.S. and Europe are rising at a historic pace as cargo owners bid up rates in a search for ocean transportation capacity that shipping industry executives expect to remain tight for the rest of the year.

U.S. business costs, buffeted by a COVID-decimated year of “chaos” worldwide in 2020, fell 4% to $1.56 trillion. That amounted to 7.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), nearly an all-time low, according to a new authoritative report on the logistics sector.

Backed up ports and the Suez Canal fiasco are just surface problems. When things go wrong in this business, they go seriously wrong.

Sales and charters of boats of all sizes are up this summer. You can forget about bargaining, brokers say.

The delivery giant’s performance lags behind UPS, data show, as a pandemic-fueled e-commerce surge overwhelms its network.

The report’s shipment reading—at 1.178—saw a 27.6% annual gain, which outpaced March’s 10% annual increase, and was down 3.1% compared to March on a seasonally-adjusted (SA) basis. On the spend side, Cass reported that April expenditures—at 3.452—headed up 45.1% annually, setting a new record and topping March’s 27.5% annual increase, and saw a 1.1% SA gain compared to March.

Pressures on global supply chains are increasing and disruptions are likely to only get worse as summer approaches and the economy booms.