Equipment imbalances can overcomplicate difficult situations, especially when ocean carriers have blanked sailings to adjust capacity due to falling demand. While the movement of ocean freight is, at its simplest definition, a way to move cargo and inventory between nations with trade relationships, the movement of equipment is another part of the equation. Anyone who...Read More

A number of different factors came together to create a shortage of chassis this summer, including trade issues that were implemented as retaliation against China as far back as early 2020. Alongside the pandemic, record levels of imports and shortages of warehouse space kept chassis at local warehouses under the containers as they were used...Read More