Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

FedEx plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery with Elroy Air. Air Canada wants more cargo jets 3 months after launching service. FedEx also plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery, partnering with Elroy Air. Walgreens to offer Wing drone delivery in suburban Dallas. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 20, 2022

In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Nuro has partnered with Dominos, Kroger, Walmart, Chipotle, FedEx, and 7-Eleven and has been piloting its technology in Texas, Arizona, and California. feet tall.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

After causing long wait times for thousands of trucks, Texas officials have reduced the number of inspections for tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings, according to a U.S. The inspections are being carried out by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

The past 36 hours have been a rollercoaster for anybody involved with cargo flowing through the ports in British Columbia, with the strike by longshoremen flipping between resumption and being called off. Tesla announced that it has built the “first Cybertruck” at Gigafactory Texas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Uber, Aurora to expand self-driving truck ops in Texas to meet holiday rush. It’ll be more capable and less intrusive than the model Amazon is using in its Prime Air service, which will begin in two markets — Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas — in the coming weeks. Senate proposes $755 million for truck parking.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2022

Vehicle inspections causing delays for trucks in Texas. Commercial vehicles trying to enter the United States to deliver products from Mexico have been backed up for hours at Texas ports of entry following Governor Greg Abbott’s directive on Wednesday that state troopers increase inspections.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Hurricane Ida and a February severe frost in Texas wreaked havoc on the petrochemical supply chain, causing delays in manufacturing resins, plastics, and other components needed in everyday items. Hundreds of cargo vessels were still queuing to pass through the canal days after Ever Given was freed due to the backlog caused by the blockade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. Aurora Innovation Inc.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Following the recent attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on cargo ships in the Bab al Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea, several major global shipping and oil companies – including Maersk and British Petroleum (BP) – have suspended shipments and halted operations in the area.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2021

Let’s consider the state of Texas for a moment. Commercial trucking in Texas is a huge industry, as these big rigs lug around everything from lawnmowers to sporting equipment. Texas has more commercial truck accident fatalities than any other state, almost every year. How Bad Are Commercial Truck Accidents?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

One of the fastest growing forms of cargo theft is deceptive pick-ups (aka fictitious pick-ups). According to a September 2013 white paper published by CargoNet and the Cargo Security Alliance , 8 percent of cargo thefts in 2013 (as of August 31, 2013) were due to fictitious pick-ups, up from 5 percent in 2011.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 On the heels of last week’s announcement of the launch of Prime Lite in India, the company is continuing to focus its attention in the region.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana canceled at least one scheduled shipment while other deliveries from Cameron and Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi facility in Texas were also delayed

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. As of Thursday, August 30, the number of people killed by this catastrophic event has already reached to at least 35 people, 17 people were missing while more than 32,000 people sought refuge in Texas shelters.

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Multichannel Merchant

JANUARY 3, 2023

Amazon, facing a continued slowdown in its ecommerce business and under pressure to boost flagging sales, is looking to sell excess capacity on its commercial cargo jetliners used to move goods among its network of warehouses here and in Europe, Bloomberg reports. billion, which is $48.6 billion more than in 2019. Maximum payload is 5 lbs.,

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

Just 14 years later, the first air cargo flight took place in 1910. By 1956, the first container ship sailed from the port of New Jersey to Texas. In 1896, the invention of the ‘horseless carriage’ semi-truck improved how goods moved across our country. Shipments forever changed how goods moved around the world.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Walmart will begin the deliveries at select stores in New Mexico, Texas, and Arkansas in the next few weeks, and then expand to other markets across the country before the end of the year. Walmart has its first customer, as Home Depot will use Walmart drivers to deliver paint, tools, and other online purchases to customers’ doors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article outlining how cargo theft is on the rise. In the United States alone, cargo theft is a $15 to $35 billion industry. While cargo theft as a whole has increased 57 percent year-over-year, strategic theft has increased 600 percent from November to March.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Marketing expert Robby Pedraza explains, “During World War II, standard sized shipping containers were developed to ship military cargo to the front lines. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].

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TMC

AUGUST 31, 2017

As the unprecedented flooding and impact from Hurricane Harvey continues to be felt throughout Houston, SE Texas, and into Louisiana, the extent of the damage and cleanup efforts needed is becoming more clear. Texas DOT is reporting road closures nearing Austin and San Antonio. The reach of the flooding has expanded beyond Houston.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

According to a Forbes article, BD managed a number of disruptions seamlessly , including a rudder problem with a cargo ship that resulted in 28 BD containers being thrown overboard. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2018

Completed by the exporter, the bill of lading provides a list of the contents of the shipment, establishes the value of the cargo, and acts as a legally binding document through the shipping process. For instance, a Mexican carrier can drive through Laredo, Texas, pick up freight, and bring it back to Mexico. Bills of lading for U.S.-Mexico

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The entire country is slightly larger than the US state of Texas. Turkey has 91 airports with paved runways, many of which are capable of handling jets and cargo planes. Turkey’s merchant marine boasts 1,234 vessels, including 57 bulk carriers, 54 container ships, 363 general cargo ships, 124 oil tankers and 636 other vessels.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices.

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TMC

AUGUST 31, 2017

As the unprecedented flooding and impact from Hurricane Harvey continues to be felt throughout Houston, SE Texas, and into Louisiana, the extent of the damage and cleanup efforts needed is becoming more clear. Texas DOT is reporting road closures nearing Austin and San Antonio. The reach of the flooding has expanded beyond Houston.

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TMC

AUGUST 31, 2017

As the unprecedented flooding and impact from Hurricane Harvey continues to be felt throughout Houston, SE Texas, and into Louisiana, the extent of the damage and cleanup efforts needed is becoming more clear. Texas DOT is reporting road closures nearing Austin and San Antonio. The reach of the flooding has expanded beyond Houston.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Wing’s service from the two Texas locations will enable Walmart to reach 60,000 additional homes that are within a 6-mile range of the select stores. One of the major agreements includes the country’s National Guard meeting monthly with AMOTAC officials to create enhanced safety measures on the country’s roadways to combat cargo theft.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. Last week, ocean carrier MSC joined Maersk and CMA CGM in announcing the development of an MSC air cargo service. With air cargo service, MSC hopes to expand operations into key lanes and various industries that typically require multimodal transportation. .

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 15, 2022

According to the National Cargo Security Council, these issues result in an annual $50 billion in cargo losses. 14706 holds shippers, rather than carriers, responsible for cargo loss. . Volatile fuel prices, skyrocketing OS&D costs, and ongoing labor issues force logistics providers to do more with less.

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Resilinc

MARCH 22, 2022

While hurricanes/typhoons and other extreme weather events wreaked havoc—especially the disruptive deep freeze that settled on Texas in February—factory fires, factory disruptions of other kinds, leadership changes, port disruptions caused by labor shortages, and other human-caused events created far more disruption than natural disasters.

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Resilinc

MARCH 15, 2022

And, when something in the chain breaks – be it the inability to get a raw material from a tier-four supplier or a large cargo ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal – not having visibility into your entire supply network can wreak major havoc. But back to the part about how supply chain is having a moment.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. Lastly, US Cargo has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. In over 35 years, Spee-Dee has grown to over 1,800 employees.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. Lastly, US Cargo has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. In over 35 years, Spee-Dee has grown to over 1,800 employees.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. Lastly, US Cargo has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. In over 35 years, Spee-Dee has grown to over 1,800 employees.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2023

This Austin, Texas based tech provider which operates globally and employs upwards of 600 indicates that it will track more than $1 trillion in total cargo in movement in 2023. The company indicates a 96 percent recovery rate for FTL cargo theft, and an 80 percent ratio reduction as compared to the insurance industry benchmark.

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