The Weekly Roar
Logistics News, Shipping & Weekly Freight Updates
The Outlook for Q4 2024
Headlines for Q4 2024 Geopolitics, Ocean Rate Volatility, and a Focus on Supply Chain Resiliency. Global Ports The Headlines: Global ports continue to face
Electric Avenue
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: No intervention coming for ports, global fallout from a strike, new de minimis rules, building charging infrastructure, and declining
“Chance Favors the Prepared…”
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: Preparations for a port strike, the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the maritime AI market, falling diesel prices,
FAQ for How the Potential USMX-ILA Strike Could Impact Your Supply Chain
FAQ for How the Potential USMX-ILA Strike Could Impact Supply Chains What ports will be directly affected by a strike? The strike will impact major East
Deja Vu
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: Preparing for another strike, FMC demands, surging container shipping profits, the world's largest methanol-powered container ship and regulating autonomous
Air Freight is Up — But it Will Come Down
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: Chinese import tariffs, cycles in air freight, container demand, the environmental impact of the Red Sea crisis, and the
Challenges and Transformations
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: The US-China tariff war, surging imports, the ATA truck tonnage index, a port strike in India, and a deep-dive
Adapt or Be Left Behind
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: an early holiday for shippers, U.S. imports up, an embargo in Canada, port strikes and air freight, and a
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… It’s a Drone
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: The ILA is finalizing contract demands, container rates remain high, ongoing concerns for peak season, limited approval for commercial
Risky Business
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: Air cargo and the IT outage, good news at the Panama Canal, preparations for a strike, warnings from the
CrowdStrike and Drone Strikes
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: a renewed focus on contingency planning, a Red Sea update, declining truck tonnage, new FMC regulations, and companies voluntarily
Disruptions and Challenges
The Weekly Roar In this week’s Roar: sky-rocketing container rates, ILA contract negotiations have stalled, UK and EU trade relations, sustainability no longer a priority, and