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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

Multichannel Merchant

Amazon has reportedly hired executives with experience marketing air cargo assets, sources told Bloomberg, to sell capacity on deadhead return flights, for example. The company launched Amazon Air in 2016, prompting rampant speculation it was chasing much-larger UPS and FedEx fleets for dominance in retail/ecommerce air freight services.

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Van and Reefer Operators Give Thanks for Rate Increases

DAT Solutions

Outbound rates increased in key California markets, including Sacramento, where rates rose 14¢ last week, to an average of $2.20 Twin Falls, Idaho is a great source for outbound reefer loads, prior to Thanksgiving. Other Hot Markets include Albuquerque, Grand Rapids and Little Rock.

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Managing Merged Manufacturing Operations

IQMS

With $40 million in annual revenues and 150 employees, the company operates four manufacturing facilities in Shelbyville, KY where it is headquartered; Sacramento, CA; and Kapolei, HI. Enabling Continuous Improvement Across Facilities. About Revere Packaging Holdings, LLC.

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Sun Belt States are Hot for Seasonal Freight

DAT Solutions

The big Texas markets, primarily Houston , but also Dallas and Fort Worth , continue to be stable and reliable sources of flatbed loads. Rates from Sacramento to Los Angeles rose by double digits, in both directions last week, to a roundtrip average of $2.15 Reefers Gear Up for Produce Season. The head haul rate from L.A. per mile.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is also delivering Pepsi out of its Sacramento warehouse on 100-mile daily routes, going directly to stores, and making 300- to 400-mile runs to other warehouses. Asda said it is experiencing “sourcing challenges” on some products that are grown in southern Spain and north Africa.

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Will the Nuclear Power Sector Make a Resurgence? Part One

Enterra Insights

No economy or business in the world can be successful without a reliable source of electricity. Blood, “ Governor, lawmakers debate longer run for California nukes ,” The Sacramento Bee, 30 August 2022. [2] Footnotes. [1] 1] Michael R. 2] Ivan Penn, “ Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S.,