• California inland port project designed to speedseaport cargo flow

California’sseaports are taking a long-term view to increase cargo velocity and cuttransportation costs via 

a massive— and costly — public-private initiative todevelop inland port hubs.

• In US, Truckload rate cooling may be ‘delayedseasonality'

Truckload spot rates have cooled considerably in the last 45 days, but alarger freight recession may not be 

on the horizon given demand remains strongin other modes of commercial transportation.

• Port freight shift primes Gulf Coast spot truck rates

The shift of containerized freight from the West Coastto the Gulf Coast and Southeast is absorbing truck capacity in those regionsand pushing up spot rates, 

including rates from Houston to California.