The Weekly Roar
Logistics News, Shipping & Weekly Freight Updates
Are Logistics and Supply Chain the Same Thing?
Are Logistics and Supply Chain the same thing?Word choice is always important — even when it comes to shipping. So what are your thoughts about how “supply chain”
The Year of the Rabbit Comes in Like a Tortoise
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: no new year's rush in China, slow times for air cargo in Europe, fuel trending down, concerns over technology
More ships or less ships?
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: containers imports still tumbling, putting the brakes on new capacity, the latest in maritime tech, trouble on the
A 2023 Reset? Remains to be seen…
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: setting the supply chain table for 2023, improved schedule reliability, opinions on the West Coast port situation, the state
End of Year Mixed Bag
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: US/ Mexico trade, the end of zero-COVID, fewer ocean charters, reevaluating logistics employee management, and Jaguar's 2023 Q1 Outlook.
The Outlook for Q1 2023
Headlines for Q1 2023 Contradicting Rate Trends, The End of Zero-COVID, Falling Supply Chain Risk Global Port Performance The Headline: While many recent port
From Boom to Bust
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: an end of 2022 State of Ocean Freight, moving from scarcity to excess, further import declines, overcapacity in air
They’d Rather be Sailing
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: declining air freight demand, more transparency on detention and demurrage, a new rule from US Customs and Border Protection,
Demand is Tanking. Let’s Build More Ships!
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: dropping demand and capacity, space on the world's largest ship, new ships (do we need them?), positive labor news,
Too Little Too Late!
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: the latest on COVID and China, Maersk's view on the ocean markets, a stumble by blockchain in the supply
Trending… Downward
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: balancing ocean demand and capacity, back to zero in LA/ LB, who benefits from a rail strike when
Feast to Famine
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: the risk of a US rail strike returns, rising tensions at the US West Coast ports, declining volume
