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This Week in Logistics News (September 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

American Eagle acquired AirTerra, a Seattle-based shipping and logistics startup. million imported containers in August, the most for any month in records dating to 2002. While smaller companies have tried different strategies to get ahead of the shipping crisis, large companies are taking a very different approach.

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The Year the Ports Stole Christmas? Hopefully Not.

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. LA and Long Beach account for the majority of west coast port volumes, approximately 75 percent of the volume (LA, Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle-Tacoma) in September 2021 – the most recent month on record. Yup, LA and Long Beach are Critical.

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Amazon has had such a major impact on eCommerce, that I thought it would make sense to look back on some of their innovations that are directly or indirectly impacting logistics: Super Saver Shipping Super Saver Shipping was introduced in 2002 offering free shipping for orders over $25.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. started as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle. Revenue: $8.7