News / US forwarders warn peak volume rise will resurrect congestion

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US forwarders are complaining of a lack of effort to improve supply chain resilience to prepare for a surge in traffic.

Cargo flows are fairly smooth, but forwarders are concerned that a spike in volumes will overwhelm the system again, and plunge the industry into a repeat of the congestion seen between late 2020 and spring last year.

According to the Institute for Supply Management, supplier delivery performance improved in April for the seventh month in a row, to reach its best ...