by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 24, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Drayage, Supply Chain
Trucking in the Chinese New Year can have various challenges that shippers should know when starting. The Chinese New Year (or Spring Festival) celebrates a new year on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. In 2025, this festival will start on January 29th and end on...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 21, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Freight Brokers, Trucking and Supply Chain
A denial of pending waivers days before President Trump enters office has resulted in California dropping the ACF rule. On January 13th, the California Air Resource Board (CARB) notified the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the regulation. The...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 14, 2025 | Drayage, ILA Strike, Supply Chain
After negotiations with the USMX regarding the current contract extension, ILA reached a tentative agreement. The extension ending on January 15th would have resulted in a potential strike, significantly impacting shipping. In a joint statement on January 8th, the two...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 7, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Freight Brokers, Supply Chain
With a new year beginning, what can be expected of the trucking industry in 2025? Over the past few decades, domestic shipping has evolved to have numerous influences on shippers. Even In 2024, various changes impacted the ways carriers moved shipments. For example,...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Dec 17, 2024 | Domestic Shipping, Freight, Supply Chain
An essential consideration for shippers to ask when starting a supply chain is understanding what is intermodal trucking. Before comprehending this domestic shipping type, the shipper must know what intermodal shipping is. Intermodal shipping is the freight movement...