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    AB5 and Container Shipping

    The port drayage industry depends heavily on owner-operators driving as independent contractors to licensed motor carriers (LMCs). There...

    Forecasting in the Age of Tariff Warfare and Coronavirus

    Projecting container volume for the next year has become even more challenging with the outbreak of the coronavirus in China and its...

    A Brief Outlook for 2020

    According to the Federal Reserve, the Industrial Production Index has been on a slight decline since January 2018 with only a couple of...

    Where Did All That Economic Growth Come From?

    Real gross domestic product in the United States increased 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, according to the federal Bureau of...

    Competitiveness

    "Competitiveness" has become a hot topic for US states, municipalities, and ports. With slower post-recession economic and trade g

    Growing Concern About the Global Economy

    The world economy, and thereby trade, is heading for a squall.

    The White Flag in Trade Wars

    It turns out trade wars are not so easy to win. The Trump administration has had no real success with China, Canada and Mexico, and is in no

    Uncertainty Abounds

    A lack of certainty makes life more complex for most people. Unfortunately, uncertainty is to be found everywhere one looks at present.

    Forecasting is a Walk on the Wild Side

    We have previously highlighted the difficulty of running economic forecasting models that cannot absorb the wild deviations caused by geo-po

    Communicate Now, Perfect the Tools Later

    There are far too many surprises in container shipping. The last quarter of 2018 was huge. Pre-tariff inventory buildup has stressed carrier
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