Peak Season

In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Marc Iampieri, global co-leader of the Logistics & Transportation practice, as well as Partner and Managing Director, for New York-based AlixPartners, a New York-based global consulting firm.

​​​​​​​Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with DHL Express U.S. CEO Greg Hewitt to discuss various topics, including: macroeconomic themes, Mexico's growth, the fall Peak Season, and logistics trends, among other topics.

A recently-conducted Logistics Management reader survey of more than 100 freight transportation, logistics, and supply chain stakeholders highlights various aspects of the 2024 peak season in terms of how things are currently progressing as well as things to monitor over the coming months.

LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Nathan Strang, Director of Ocean Trade Lane Management, for San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport. Strang provided Berman with an overview of the current state of ocean container rates and inights into Peak Season, tariffs, and other topics.

Freightos highlighted what it called “an unexpected start to Peak Season,” coupled with Red Sea-driven congestion, tight capacity, and low empty container levels at Asian hubs to roll containers and push ocean rates up sharply.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research for S&P Global Market Intelligence.

LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Port of Oakland Maritime Director Bryan Brandes. Brandes addressed various topics, including Peak Season, volumes, and vessel alliances, among others.

Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson is keeping a close eye on the current inventory situation, for the 2023 holiday season, in terms of how it has changed the flow of retail freight and subsequently led to retailers relying more on predictive ETAs (estimated time of arrival). C.H. Robinson Head of Retail Logistics Noah Hoffman provided LM with an overview of how predictive ETAs are helping retail shippers during the busiest time of...

Quarterly revenue—at $22.2 billion—was down 2.6% annually, and operating income—at $1.42 billion—increased 14.8%. Net income, at $1.01 billion, topped the $820 million recorded for the same quarter a year ago. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $3.99, up 20% annually while falling short of Wall Street expectations, at $4.19.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with DHL Express U.S. CEO Greg Hewitt to discuss various topics, including: the 2023 Peak Season; the freight economy; and variuous logistics trends and themes. Their conversation is below. 

For October, the most recent month for which data is available, Port Tracker reported that import volume, for the ports covered in the report, came in at 2.05 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), marking a 1.3% gain over September and a 2.5% annual increase, marking the first annual increase going back to June 2022. Along with September’s 2.03 million TEU tally, this represents the second month that time imports have eclipsed the 2 million TEU mark going back to October 2022.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers.

October’s shipment reading, at 1.108, was down 9.5% annually, and October expenditures, at 3.375, fell 23.3% annually

In this podcast, Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Jon Monroe, president and founder of Jon Monroe Consulting.

From September to October, Descartes reported that U.S.-bound container import volumes increased 4.7%, coming in at 2,307,918 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), which it said was inconsistent with the Peak Season decline that traditionally starts in the August timeframe, while rising 3.9% annually.