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LTL Carrier Scorecard, Rebill CSV & Port of LA's Record Month
This week's top news in trucking and logistics
The fourth quarter is opening with busy West Coast gateways and businesses fine-tuning how goods clear customs and reach customers. Here's what matters for your freight and sourcing decisions.
Top articles this week
Compare LTL Partner Carriers with the new Carrier Scorecard
The new LTL Carrier Scorecard is now live in the Mothership dashboard, showing on-time pickup and delivery, rebill rate, average rebill cost, and damage and loss rates for every National LTL Partner Carrier on the platform. A 1 to 5 overall rating weights on-time delivery most heavily. For shippers, it's easy to compare carriers side by side and export to PDF in one click to share with teammates.
Which carrier metric matters most for your next shipment?
Download rebills as a CSV from the Mothership Dashboard
Mothership customers can now download rebills as a CSV from the Manage billing page in the dashboard: one rebill, several, or a full filtered view. Each charge line item gets its own row with status, respond-by date, and dispute notes, using the same export flow as invoices. For shippers, it's faster to review, reconcile, and share rebills with finance without copying rows by hand.
How could a CSV export speed up your team's rebill review?
Panama Canal challenges drive shippers to Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles handled 1.04 million TEUs in September, its busiest month in 118 years. Executive Director Gene Seroka said about 5% more cargo is shifting to Los Angeles as shippers avoid Panama and Suez Canal challenges. For shippers, Seroka expects volumes may stay a little elevated ahead of an early Lunar New Year.
Where does West Coast routing fit into your Q1 inventory plans?
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In Other News
BD strikes supply chain pact with Trump administration
BD plans to invest $19 billion in the U.S. under a pact offering relief from future Section 232 tariffs.
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Levi's to use part of $80M tariff refund for supply chain
Levi's received roughly $80 million in tariff refunds and plans to put part toward distribution and logistics.
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Shippers waiting an extra week for US-bound containers
Global ocean schedule reliability slipped to 27% on-time in September, and Xeneta suggests allowing more lead time for October bookings.
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CBP eyes earlier filing deadlines for low-cost imports, postal changes
CBP proposed requiring informal entries valued at $2,500 or less to be filed by the time goods arrive.
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Walmart opens 'next gen' California facility to boost West Coast fulfillment
Walmart opened a more than 900,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Stockton, California, its fifth next-generation site.
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