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Articles by Gary Frantz

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TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Emerging from the pandemic, transportation management enters its next phase

As shippers and carriers adjust and adapt to a post-pandemic world, technology providers face a fast-changing market full of new entrants and fresh demands as well as old challenges.
January 27, 2023
Gary Frantz
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As shippers and carriers adjust and adapt to a post-pandemic world, technology providers face a fast-changing market full of new entrants and fresh demands as well as old challenges.


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MARITIME/PORTS

Ports, maritime operators see tide turning as ocean freight tsunami subsides

With the Covid-19 shipping boom fading into history, the maritime community faces a new crisis: slumping demand and plummeting rates.
January 6, 2023
Gary Frantz
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With the Covid-19 shipping boom fading into history, the maritime community faces a new crisis: slumping demand and plummeting rates.


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LAST-MILE DELIVERY

Market throws last-mile providers a change-up as consumers, retailers pivot

The pandemic supercharged last-mile delivery as stuck-at-home consumers ordered everything from treadmills to computers and furniture for their homes. Now with Covid subsiding, pocketbooks thinner, and inflation rising, is last-mile growth hitting a wall?
December 5, 2022
Gary Frantz
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The pandemic supercharged last-mile delivery as stuck-at-home consumers ordered everything from treadmills to computers and furniture for their homes. Now with Covid subsiding, pocketbooks thinner, and inflation rising, is last-mile growth hitting a wall?


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PARCEL EXPRESS

Shippers back in the driver’s seat as parcel market growth softens

A number of factors are conspiring to tap the brakes on two years of accelerated, pandemic-driven growth in parcel volumes. That means that unlike last year, shippers in 2022 are finding ample capacity and competition for their parcels.
November 1, 2022
Gary Frantz
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A number of factors are conspiring to tap the brakes on two years of accelerated, pandemic-driven growth in parcel volumes. That means that unlike last year, shippers in 2022 are finding ample capacity and competition for their parcels.


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INTERMODAL/RAIL

Intermodal struggles continue as congestion, capacity, supply chain disruptions persist

Rail intermodal operators, already challenged on numerous fronts, have little ability to flex up as peak season rolls on. Shippers are wise to make contingency plans to avoid further supply chain pain.
October 4, 2022
Gary Frantz
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Rail intermodal operators, already challenged on numerous fronts, have little ability to flex up as peak season rolls on. Shippers are wise to make contingency plans to avoid further supply chain pain.


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MOTOR FREIGHT

Struggles ahead for truckers as market softens, pricing power swings back to shippers

The last two years have invigorated the bottom lines of the nation’s trucking fleets. As inflation powers ahead, consumers switch spending from goods to services, and supply chains remain disrupted, is the trucking profit party about to end?
August 30, 2022
Gary Frantz
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The last two years have invigorated the bottom lines of the nation’s trucking fleets. As inflation powers ahead, consumers switch spending from goods to services, and supply chains remain disrupted, is the trucking profit party about to end?


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MARITIME/PORTS

Maritime operators adjust to uncertainty as capacity/pricing pendulum starts to shift

Containership lines racked up record profits in 2021. Entering the second half of 2022, protecting those margins is job one, but as demand eases, a softer market may have other ideas. For the nation’s ports, congestion once again may raise its ugly head as the 2022 peak season swings into full gear.
August 1, 2022
Gary Frantz
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Containership lines racked up record profits in 2021. Entering the second half of 2022, protecting those margins is job one, but as demand eases, a softer market may have other ideas. For the nation’s ports, congestion once again may raise its ugly head as the 2022 peak season swings into full gear. 


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PACKAGING AND SHIPPING TECHNOLOGIES

Shippers, battling escalating packaging costs, look for answers

Persistently high trucking rates are busting shipper budgets. At the same time, costs are escalating for all forms of packaging equipment and material. How can shippers and carriers manage these costs, while still delivering goods on time, intact, and claims-free?
July 18, 2022
Gary Frantz
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Persistently high trucking rates are busting shipper budgets. At the same time, costs are escalating for all forms of packaging equipment and material. How can shippers and carriers manage these costs, while still delivering goods on time, intact, and claims-free?


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Pitt Ohio adopts wind, solar generating systems to power Parma terminal, charge trucks

Fleet installs renewable electricity generating infrastructure, trains drivers on new tech.
June 8, 2022
Gary Frantz
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Fleet installs renewable electricity generating infrastructure, trains drivers on new tech.



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PARCEL

Challenges ahead for parcel carriers?

Covid lockdowns in China. Moderating demand easing capacity constraints. Softening e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores make a comeback. Is it just an early, temporary seasonal lull for parcel carriers or a harbinger of a shifting market?
May 25, 2022
Gary Frantz
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Covid lockdowns in China. Moderating demand easing capacity constraints. Softening e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores make a comeback. Is it just an early, temporary seasonal lull for parcel carriers or a harbinger of a shifting market?



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