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01.25.23: Laufer Client Advisory – UP “temporary ingate suspension”
On Monday, January 23rd, Union Pacific announced a service suspension due to a bridge outage on its network in New Mexico. As a result, the UP has halted both the eastbound and westbound movement of all domestic and international containers between Southern California and the key inland hubs of Chicago…
Jan 25, 2023

Transpacific Eastbound Market Update – Week 2, 2023
As we turn the calendar to another year, our industry welcomes continuation of the improving market conditions experienced during the second half of 2022. Average global transit times are declining monthly as port congestion disappears, rail dwells decrease, and chassis availability improves.
Jan 11, 2023

Ocean Export Market Update – Week 48, 2022
This Ocean Export market letter will address the top issues facing US exporters as we approach the final month of this year. Much of the recent industry news has been bringing attention to the drop in overall import volumes and rapid improvement of port congestion issues particularly on the US…
Nov 30, 2022