As we reach the one-year mark of the pandemic in the U.S., the long-term fallout for shippers and the logistics industry is becoming clearer. Yet, many details and the lasting effects are still to be understood. It is for this reason, much of this month’s update follows the theme of how COVid is impacting the industry.
At the same time, freight still needs to get where it’s going. So, to give you information to make sure your own logistics operations stay on track, the team at Transportation Impact has curated some information to help.
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Logistics
$1,400 COVID relief checks to trigger surge in e-commerce shipments
Coronavirus: Where the transport industry is now and how it got here
International
COVID-19 Global Trade Fallout: The container boom has lasting power
Major Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage
Trucking/ Intermodal
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index remains on solid footing to start 2021
Will intermodal’s cost advantage be enough to grow beyond 2021?
Crash Trends a ‘Concern,’ FMCSA Officials Say at Safety Meeting
Warehousing
Robotic Goods-to-Person Systems Will Quadruple Through 2023
Small Parcel
FedEx completes shift of former Postal Service business, rebrands service