No. 3 container carrier CMA CGM Group will become the first ocean carrier listed on the Freightos online booking platform, starting with China-U.S. trade lanes and extending to other trades in the near future. cma-cgm.com/news/2329/cma-…

Nearly 100 House lawmakers are calling for an investigation into alleged "disturbing treatment" of employees XPO warehouses, citing recent The New York Times & Los Angeles Times reports of pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment & unsafe working conditions. cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.ho…

“It doesn’t seem like anything was actually agreed to at the dinner & White House officials are contorting themselves into pretzels to reconcile Trump’s tweets (which seem if not completely fabricated then grossly exaggerated) with reality,” JPMorgan wrote in a trading note. Oh.

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Global air freight volumes rose 3.1% y-o-y in October, up from a 29-month low growth rate of 2.5% in September, while cargo capacity grew 5.4%, marking the eighth consecutive month in which capacity growth outpaced demand (per IATA). iata.org/pressroom/pr/P…

Tariff Man strikes again? The U.S. trade deficit expanded another 1.7% to $55.5 billion in October, its highest level in a decade, on rising imports and sliding exports. YTD the deficit has ballooned 11.4% y-o-y (per BEA News). bea.gov/news/2018/us-i…

The U.S. transportation sector added another 25,400 jobs in November (per BLS-Labor Statistics). Unsurprisingly, the largest gains were seen in the Couriers and messengers, Warehousing and storage, and Trucking segments, as parcel carriers ramp up for the holiday. bls.gov/news.release/e…

North American Class 8 truck orders slowed to 27,500 in November, the lowest since September 2017, per FTR | Transportation Intelligence. The drop off was expected, as OEMs have essentially sold out for 2019 after a record 2018 ordering spree spurred by the tightest truck market in over a decade.

Note to all those great supply chain newsletters out there. I know linking to articles behind a paywall reduces the virality of your content, but recognize that some articles are behind a paywall for a good reason. Good, unbiased analysis generally requires that writers get paid.

My interviews with JJ Ruest & Keith Creel of CN and CP respectively show both KCS merger scenarios would aid cross-border shippers. The real question is which one would offer US Midwest shippers the best intermodal service to new port options. bit.ly/2To9H0E

Some big acquisitions in the world of #LogTech today. e2open is buying BluJay Solutions, now part of E2open for $1.7B. More to come on JOC on that and another deal that hasn't been announced yet. 😅