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FW DAILY | Queen Transportation shuts down over Christmas holiday, leaving workers jobless


 
Walmart’s $152M deal signals Arizona’s logistics real estate boom

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Queen Transportation shuts down over Christmas holiday, leaving workers jobless

North Carolina-based company operated 89 trucks and 90 drivers

LOGISTICS

Walmart’s $152M deal signals Arizona’s logistics real estate boom

Major warehouse deals and freight infrastructure spending are reshaping Arizona’s logistics landscape

MARITIME

Zim sale review in “advanced stages”, rejects CEO bid

Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd said to be interested

LEGAL ISSUES

Amazon backs Flowers Foods at SCOTUS on delivery driver legal status

Online retailer says workers are not part of an interstate commerce supply chain and should arbitrate their grievances, not have them heard in court

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US rail shipments down 7% in last full week

Carloads off by double digits

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Highlights

The Chicago outbound tender rejection rate rose alongside the national tender rejection rate during the holiday period and now, at 13.1%, exceeds the national rate by 211 basis points. 

Compared to last year’s holiday period, the current Chicago outbound tender rejection rate is 429 basis points higher year over year. 

Consistent with that rise, nearly one-third of Chicago outbound lanes are showing changes in spot rates that are rising faster than the national average.

The Seasonality Adjusted Moving Average suggests that the January tender rejection rate, after the holiday period, for outbound Chicago loads will range from 6.2% to 7.5%.

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