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January 2020 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, was unchanged in January from…
FAA acts to help airlines affected by coronavirus cancellations
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is temporarily waiving minimum slot-use requirements at U.S. airports to help airlines that cancel flights due…
ATA hails streamlining of security credentialing process for truck drivers
Today, the American Trucking Associations applauded the Transportation Security Administration for taking the long overdue, but important, step to allow drivers who hold a Transportation…
ARTA celebrates five years and 50,000 quotes for its White Glove Logistics platform
ARTA is celebrating five years strong as the premier provider of innovative technology and fulfillment solutions for global white glove logistics, and revealing it has…
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CMA CGM FAK rates - from the Mediterranean & Black Sea to the Indian subcontinent
The new applicable CMA CGM Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates(*) as follows as from April 1st, 2020 (date of loading in the origin ports) until…
Plan to ban imports of hand sanitizers draws applause in Nigeria
In Nigeria, hand sanitizers are a coveted item since the country became the first in sub-Saharan Africa to identify a patient with the coronavirus.
Subways, airports in costly rush to clean amid virus threat
New York disinfected more than 4,000 subway cars, 5,300 buses and roughly 2,500 commuter train cars last weekend. Every rail and subway station in the…
Rail traffic for the week ending March 7, 2020
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 7, 2020.
Joint statement from NRF, AAFA, FDRA, RILA and USFIA on reports of forced labor in Xinjiang
As an industry representing brands and retailers, we do not tolerate forced labor in our supply chains.
The needs of working people must take center stage in COVID-19 policy debates
Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement as lawmakers respond to health, safety, and economic threats posed by the…