by Mike Duff | Jul 25, 2023 | Retail Articles
The United Parcel Service has announced that it had reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 330,000 UPS employees in the United States. The five-year agreement covers U.S....
by Mike Duff | May 9, 2023 | Retail Articles
According to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates, import cargo volume at major container ports in the United States is climbing back from an almost three-year low in February but looks to remain well...
by Mike Duff | Apr 10, 2023 | Retail Articles
Slowdowns attributed to job actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13 have shaken up key West Coast ports as contract negotiations drag on, prompting a response by the National Retail Federation. NRF noted that the job actions at the ports of...
by Mike Duff | Sep 15, 2022 | Retail Articles
Things looked grim on the transportation front when Amtrak announced on September 14 that it had suspended long-distance passenger service for September 15 and the National Retail Federation issued a warning about the crippling impact of a nationwide rail strike...
by Mike Duff | Aug 9, 2022 | Retail Articles
After a record-setting spring, imports at the major container ports across the United States should slow significantly for the remainder of the year, but 2022 still looks to see a net gain in container flow over 2021 according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report...
