Transportation
Protests Over California’s AB5
California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) is a bill that requires companies to reclassify gig workers and independent contractors as employees for the purposes of benefits such as workers comp, paid family leave, and unemployment protections. The purpose of this bill is also to enact some regulatory measures over companies that employ large numbers of contract…
Read MoreKeeping Cargo in Motion with Mach 1
With the new 5G network rolling out, airlines have been forced to ground flights and cargo left and right in the US, saying the network frequency will interfere with the airplane’s systems that measure altitude. Now, in line with the COVID-19 callouts, this network issue has also been affecting several international airlines that said they…
Read MoreWestbound & Down: Getting Ahead of Disruption
It seems that everyone, lately, is focused on the myriad problems that are crashing into the logistics industry. While disruption is extensive and will likely last until late 2022, we at Mach 1 find that focusing on solutions and opportunities keeps us moving forward. One of the biggest opportunities we have right now is the…
Read MoreExclusive Linehaul Service Driven by Success
What do you get when you combine Mach 1 facilities, trailers, handling, and our famed operational intensity? Mach 1’s Exclusive Linehaul Service. Mach 1’s linehaul service is the above-and-beyond domestic ground linehaul network offering controlled, low touch, low handling, white-glove, domestic distribution for shippers needing an elevated level of ground transportation service. Our bespoke, private-label…
Read MoreHong Kong Charters & Air Freight Alignment
Don’t (only) blame air freight woes on the Suez Canal The precipitous drop in the number of passenger flights operated during the pandemic has yet to return to levels that will meet both the ongoing demand for air freight and the increased demand because of port congestion, rail delays, trucking woes, and sky-high ocean freight…
Read MoreCrush Congestion Delays and Move Mach 1
If you’re going to work for a company named Mach 1, moving fast is critically important, but in the weirdest, most disrupted logistics market most of us have ever seen, moving fast isn’t as easy as picking a cool name. Congestion delays are plaguing ports, rail, trucking and air shipments as delays pile up around…
Read MoreSupply chains and slurves: What baseball & logistics have in common
While many of Mach 1’s US offices are located throughout the southwest and along the sun belt where the weather is quite tolerable in the winter, we do have some stations who around this time of year start to get a little squirrely and are itching for spring. Even though it’s in our backyard and…
Read MoreCOVID and California Port Congestion
We don’t need to recount for people the current state of affairs with hundreds of thousands of TEUs of containers unloaded or awaiting inland rail movement. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach delivered their full year reports and the figures for both are simultaneously unsurprising and mind-boggling. Pandemic Impact Causes Historic Port Congestion…
Read MorePort Delays Plague Pandemic Shipping Boom
E-commerce is surging, imports are flooding into the U.S. from Asia, equipment and chassis’ are scarce in even the best cases, and warehouses are filled to the rafters. Even the FMC has announced an investigation into the causes of port congestion, trying to determine if problems arise from inefficiencies radiating out from carriers and port…
Read MoreThat charter cargo plane deal too good to be true? Here’s how to protect yourself.
The grounding of passenger flights and aircraft, coupled with the rush of eastbound PPE, meant that anybody who had a working airplane suddenly got into the cargo plane charter business. But because nature abhors a vacuum, a number of shady operators took advantage of first-time or inexperienced individuals and companies who found themselves needing a…
Read MoreImpacts of Southern California Port Congestion
The Port of Los Angeles saw record volumes in the third quarter. The Port of Long Beach was no different, recording a best-ever August moving more than 725,000 FEU’s. With these record volumes and the trade deficit widening in August to its largest margin in fourteen years to a record $82.5 billion, it is little…
Read MoreOperational Intensity Drives Mach 1 Line Haul
Flexibility defines the Mach 1 Global service model for our line haul and domestic expedited ground cargo. From the way we schedule our drivers to our efficient lane pairings, Mach 1 is the industry leader, moving cargo to locations other carriers can’t service. We’re dedicated to finding an option to suit the specific needs of…
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