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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

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Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. Amazon is using a smaller distribution center for fulfillment in New York City , and other companies are following its lead. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.”

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Three former SpaceX engineers have founded Parallel Systems , a firm specializing in autonomous battery-powered electric rail vehicles for shipping and freight. In celebration of this new partnership, Grubhub is offering customers 50 percent off orders $15 or more.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 16-20, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Just yesterday I participated in a webcast organized by MercuryGate on “ Parcel Freight and its Role in Enterprise Transportation Management ,” which I’ll write about in a future post. In same-day delivery news, Deliv acquired Zipments for an undisclosed amount.

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Freight Forwarding Catches Up with Sharm Chelliah

The Logistics of Logistics

Freight Forwarding Catches Up with Sharm Chelliah. Sharm Chelliah and Joe Lynch discuss the topic, “freight forwarding catches up” which refers to the recent technology advancements made in freight forwarding that has enabled it to offer a customer experience and visibility on par with tech-enabled 3PLs and freight brokers.