AB5 and Container ShippingThe 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 CoronavirusProjecting 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 2020According 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 EconomyThe world economy, and thereby trade, is heading for a squall.
The White Flag in Trade WarsIt 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