freight-costs
15 posts tagged with “freight-costs”
Diesel Is Still Above $5.50: Why Fuel Volatility Belongs in Every Routing Guide
Diesel’s May 25 average of $5.523 per gallon shows why shippers need fuel volatility, surcharge controls, and oil-risk scenarios built into routing guides.
CXTMS InsightsMay 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Furniture Retailers Need Fuel-Sensitive Home Delivery Models Before Surcharges Hit Margin
Furniture retailers face fuel exposure across ocean freight, warehouse transfers, and final-mile delivery. Fuel-sensitive home delivery models protect margin before surcharges spread.
CXTMS InsightsMay 23, 2026 · 7 min read
Tariff-Adjusted Landed Cost Is Replacing Unit Price as the Sourcing Metric That Actually Matters
Tariff-adjusted landed cost gives procurement, logistics, and finance a shared way to model duties, refunds, transportation, inventory, and compliance risk before sourcing decisions lock in fragile assumptions.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Manufacturing Input Costs Hit a Four-Year High. Transportation Teams Will Feel It First.
Manufacturing input costs are back at 2021-style stress levels. Freight teams need live supplier-delay and fuel-sensitivity signals before procurement inflation turns into transportation volatility.
CXTMS InsightsMay 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Parcel Audit Recovery: How to Stop Leaving 5% of Your Freight Spend on the Table
Parcel carriers overbill. It's not a bug — it's baked into the complexity of modern shipping contracts and rate structures. Here's how automated parcel audit recovery works and why most shippers are leaving thousands of dollars unclaimed every month.
CXTMS InsightsApril 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb: The Hidden Financial Toll on Global Supply Chains Eighteen Months Later
Eighteen months after carriers began diverting around the Cape of Good Hope, the financial damage to global supply chains is becoming clear. Here's what it's actually costing shippers — and what comes next.
CXTMS InsightsApril 28, 2026 · 6 min read
The TD Cowen-AFS Freight Index Shows Why Parcel, LTL, and Truckload Are All Getting More Expensive at Once
The latest TD Cowen-AFS Freight Index is a useful warning for shippers: parcel, LTL, and truckload costs are all rising together, which makes fuel, surcharge, and mode-governance discipline more important than ever.
CXTMS InsightsApril 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Accessorial Management for Freight in 2026: How Shippers Stop Surcharges From Quietly Wrecking Margins
Accessorial charges are climbing again in 2026. Learn how shippers can control detention, demurrage, reclassification, and surcharge leakage before margins disappear.
CXTMS InsightsApril 15, 2026 · 6 min read
The Hidden Regulatory Cost Layer in Ocean Freight: How ETS, IMO, and Security Surcharges Are Adding 15-20% to Base Container Rates in 2026
EU ETS, IMO carbon regulations, war risk surcharges, and environmental compliance fees are stacking to add 15-20% on top of base ocean freight rates in 2026. Learn how to separate regulatory cost exposure from base rate negotiations.
CXTMS InsightsApril 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Maritime Cargo Insurance Premiums Surge 300% at Hormuz: How the World's Most Expensive Waterway Is Adding a Hidden Cost Layer for Every Shipper
War risk insurance premiums for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz have surged 300% to over 1000%, turning a $40,000 voyage premium into $1.2 million. Learn how this hidden cost layer cascades through freight rates to every shipper's landed cost.
CXTMS InsightsMarch 22, 2026 · 7 min read