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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

Just 14 years later, the first air cargo flight took place in 1910. It has been around since 2005 and is celebrated every year as a way to thank those who work hard behind the scenes, ensuring that goods are delivered quickly, efficiently and safely.”[3] That includes packaging, warehousing, shipping, and more.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

In April of 2005, just a month after completing my first half marathon (and vowing I would never run a full marathon in my life), I went to the finish line at the Boston Marathon and saw Team Hoyt for the first time. When I saw Team Hoyt cross the finish line in 2005, I turned to my now-wife and said “I want to run next year.”

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The Cost of Disaster

Elementum

For instance, Hurricane Harvey impacted nearly 10 percent of the trucking industry for two weeks and prompted several ports and businesses in the region to shut down, consequently forcing the mass rerouting of cargo to places as far as the Bahamas and Mexico. Rallying the Logistics Community.

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Put Port Resilience on the Risk Management Map

MIT Supply Chain

Port security is in the news thanks to the debate over a mandate to scan all containers flowing into the US and ongoing contract talks between the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union and US West Coast waterfront employers. Yet the issue of how to make the nation’s ports more resilient is still being largely overlooked.

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Hurricane Winds and Flooding Expected in Houston

DAT Solutions

Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and other parts of the region in 2005, came ashore as a Category 3, but Harvey is a Category 4 and may retain that strength and speed when it makes landfall. Harvey will be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in almost 12 years.

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Amazon Prime Prime was introduced in 2005 and for $79 (now $99), customers got unlimited free two-day delivery. Amazon’s recent patent for airborne warehouses reveal that drones may be central to Amazon’s future. Drones taking off from the airborne warehouses and landing at homes and businesses could be tremendously efficient.

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Amazon, FedEx and Adjacent Innovation

Techgistics

Amazon recently leased 20 cargo planes to deliver goods to and from fulfillment centers, registered as an ocean freight forwarder in China , and hired former CEO of UTI Worldwide , a freight forwarder, as Vice President of Global Logistics.