Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 14, 2015

They’d be the ones who were able to flex their supply chain and logistics plans to overcome some very challenging obstacles in the last 12 months. The ability of some retailers to modify their transportation programs on the fly, in response to serious external disruptions (i.e.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The tighter standards may make those kinds of workarounds more difficult for American exporters About 10,000 ships pass through the Soo Locks each year to bring iron ore, grain, limestone and other staples across the Great Lakes and Canada into the Midwest and beyond. That’s all for this week.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. This year, the U.S.

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Elementum

AUGUST 30, 2017

It made its second landfall on Wednesday morning, August 30th, inundating another Texas city, Port Arthur, and hit the coastal areas of Louisiana. The logistics industry is one of the greatly effected. Houston shipping channels and ports at Corpus Christi and Galveston have been shut down.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 16, 2021

As the produce season marches forward, the risk of loss, due to the perishing of goods or simply being unable to guarantee delivery, will continue to drive demand for more strategic shipping services. However, the real advantage rests in connecting the pieces to ensure the right type of transportation mode is used.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2017

While the storm is directly impacting south Texas and Louisiana, this supply chain disruption will be felt across North America. Transportation Update by Mode. Global Forwarding – Ocean and Air Shipping. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected in this area as they endure the situation. Intermodal / Rail Operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amid the concern of gas shortages, Bloomberg reports the Biden administration may consider waiving the Jones Act, passed in 1920, to allow foreign tankers to transport gasoline and diesel fuel. Philadelphia lobbied for the capital to remain in Pennsylvania, but it was no use.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

As long as Florida’s ports remain open, deliveries of fuels from so-called Jones Act tankers, or ships with permission to move supplies between two U.S. Last week, ships that normally move fuel from the Gulf Coast to Florida headed north to New York and Philadelphia to load from those ports instead. Running Low.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Census Bureau, the top location in terms of tonnage, the Port of South Louisiana, processed more than 212 million tons of cargo over 12 months. The post Ports Increasingly Turn to Modern Logistics Technologies appeared first on RFgen. According to the most recent statistics from the U.S.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In addition to raw material shortages, vaccine storage and transportation is also proving to be a major hindrance. While Pfizer vaccine requirement is even more complicated, requiring ultra-cold refrigeration, temperature of -94 F to be precise, for safe storage and transportation. Michigan, on the other hand, had a different issue.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Census Bureau, the top location in terms of tonnage, the Port of South Louisiana, processed more than 212 million tons of cargo over 12 months. The post Ports Increasingly Turn to Modern Logistics Technologies appeared first on RFgen. According to the most recent statistics from the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2014

FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. Bourque Logistics Introduces RAILTRAC® 12.5. Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). Of course, this makes sense for logistics service providers like Ryder, but a similar opportunity exists for manufacturers and retailers.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The canal surely has had some issues getting the new set of locks up and running smoothly,” said Peter Sand, an analyst with the shipping association BIMCO. “It LNG tankers, he said, “are a maybe.”.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The canal surely has had some issues getting the new set of locks up and running smoothly,” said Peter Sand, an analyst with the shipping association BIMCO. “It LNG tankers, he said, “are a maybe.”.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 11, 2017

The Wall Street Journal reports on the swelling support among lawmakers for increases in gas taxes to help offset the mounting costs of the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure. Here’s the latest on the fuel tax debate and what savvy logistics directors are doing by way of CYA (cover your a**). Yet, it doesn’t have to be.

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