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Typhoon Muifa is expected to hit Shanghai today. This comes just ten days after Super Typhoon Hinnamnor hammered the area. Analysts say that while they don't expect too much damage, Muifa, while a smaller storm, is slow-moving and will compound delays.

A provisional deal has been endorsed by 10 of the twelve rail unions. The impact of a strike might be felt by tens of thousands of workers.

The New York Times recently ran an editorial discussing the loneliness and regulations of life on the road. Drivers are key to ensuring goods reach retailers in time for holidays. The US started 2022 80,000 drivers short of what they needed. There are still 3.36 million truck drivers in the US alone.

Our divisions are working in tandem to offer complete supply chain services while being committed to the overall mission of providing great customer care. For our importers, we can source service providers for containers to be transloaded at port or to a JA Logistics warehouse and also source a trucker to linehaul that freight to the receiver.

Analysts expect it to get worse before it gets better. 260,000 TEU of containers were recently released from a locked-down Shanghai set to hit US ports soon. Port congestion and transloading issues only going to get more complicated. Let's get it done together at JA Frate and JA Logistics.

Transloading increases efficiency by creating a central point from where cargo can span out in different directions when delivering to retail or end destination.

With our warehouses, you can store your products in bulk so that you don’t have to worry about inventory being stuck in a port bottleneck when supplies run low.

They say big things come in small packages. But what happens when the package is oversized and needs to get from point A to point B?

Here we share a recent project that included several companies across a variety of industries in a multitude of locations, where we stretched to reach the potential tha

With Lunar New Year approaching and coinciding with the Beijing Olympics, there are a lot of things going on that ma

Here at JA Frate oversize and large loads are handled with ease for our customers. We know the ins and outs of internal and cross-state permitting and have years of experience to help keep your loads moving. 

Carriers often require accurate dimensions in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping. With dimensions, freight class and weight, shippers need enough information to receive the most accurate quote possible. But why do carriers need dimensions? And how do you ensure you have the correct ones?