J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc

A trucking strategy that boomed during pandemic shocks is hot again

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Containers are loaded from freight trains onto trucks.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A logistics strategy called transloading, used by trucking companies during the pandemic to ease the container backlog, is increasing in popularity again after U.S. West Coast ports have started to receive higher volumes of containers that are being diverted … Read more

Insurance costs hit corporate earnings at Travelers and J.B. Hunt

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A stealth inflationary cost is biting into corporate profits. While some companies are now seeing lower input and freight costs, one expense is not falling: insurance. In its earnings report Friday morning, Dow component Travelers said insurance premiums that it charges are still soaring. Premiums on business policies jumped 14% in the last quarter. Consumers … Read more