Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

At GT Nexus, Michelle is currently responsible for ocean transportation transaction business, which involves all of the top ocean carriers and 3PLs, plus many of the world’s largest shippers, forwarders and consignees. She has over two decades of sales, marketing and operations experience in the container shipping and logistics industries.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It’ll come to me eventually, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Kewill Acquires the IBM® Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS). Con-way Announces Enhancements to Driver Pay Package at Con-way Freight. Menlo Logistics Announces Launch of New Brand and Website.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Miami, November 2, 2017 —Ryder System, Inc. About Ryder.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Measuring the Imbalances*.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Here’s an example: Every year, a huge volume of finished goods are shipped from Asia to North America. As detailed in a New York Times analysis of the crisis, these shortages are raising prices for many common household goods, contributing to inflation. And, in many cases, how fragile.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I love knowing that some carriers are able to be home more often with their families because we offer the most loads of anyone in North America, allowing truck drivers to optimize lane selection and schedules. What the award means to Dayton Freight. Dayton Freight. What the award means to Old Dominion Freight Lines.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. At the end of 2021, ocean freight rates were more than three times what they were throughout 2020. Department of Transportation ).

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

He liquidated the business in 1991, and in 1997 he and two other partners started another trucking company, Hiawatha Transport, which they later sold. Rather than retire, in 2010 Schultz accepted a job in the transportation division of Ashley Furniture, the world's largest furniture maker, based in Arcadia, Minnesota.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Freight startup Flexport soars from ‘unsexy’ to $800M valuation (TechCrunch). CX North America Adds Replay Technology to Its Freight Visibility Solutions. In a joint effort with large fleet customers DTNA will test digitally connected trucks in everyday transport business. population, the company said Thursday.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Department of Transportation. FMCSA confirms permanent ‘restart rollback’ based on study results (CCJ).

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Tailwind

JANUARY 5, 2016

It’s akin to getting hit by a freight train. I think the term came into the ‘modern parlance’ for two reasons: One is the fact that MACK trucks were one of the originals in the industry and were de rigueur in New York City around the turn of the 20th century, where they were originally called Manhattans.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Maersk , a global leader in transportation, supply chain and logistics management, and general freight, announced February 9, 2022, “The intended acquisition of Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a leading U.S.-based The company had seen a massive acceleration in demand across all service levels, including air and ocean freight.

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Tailwind

MARCH 18, 2016

Tailwind Freight Broker and Trucking Software. Or try out our new Driverless Truck service. We will get your shipments to anyplace in North America on time with a well-rested operator. We are pulling up all the records of shipments going to the Zoo in Sche nec tady, New York. Leave the flying to us.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

July 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Yes, Amazon is taking a page from Uber’s playbook and creating a new delivery network comprised of you and me — i.e., anybody with a car and a desire to earn a few bucks to deliver packages (after undergoing a vetting process, of course). WTO cites China, U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. I was in a meeting with folks from Manugistics (now part of JDA) getting an update on the company and its transportation management system. I never forget.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. It will get worse – the invasion will create major new constraints on Asian ocean and air exports with spot container pricing.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 27, 2018

Prior to the invention of trucks, freight was hauled by horse drawn carriages and trains. To assuage his doubters, Winton ordered an endurance run that saw his car make the 800 mile drive from Cleveland to New York City. Congestion on the railroads highlighted the need for alternative modes of transportation to move cargo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

I spent the beginning part of the week in New York attending the NRF Big Show. While I was in New York, I had the opportunity to see the musical Six. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but it was an incredible show, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is in New York. Global trade declined by 1.3

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