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Where have all the Truckers Gone? 10 Strategies for Shippers to Fight the Capacity and Trucker Shortage

GlobalTranz

Transportation capacity problems have been a volatile issue over the past twenty years or so. Contributors to Capacity and Trucker Shortage. The 2014 winter weather triggered a trucking capacity problem. In the past, according to Perry, trucking capacity has been somewhat consistently maintained at about 90%.

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Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017

GlobalTranz

Expected Transportation Capacity Issues. The concern and dialog about the transportation capacity issues for our country have bridged the past two decades and beyond. We have heard so much over the years about a coming capacity crunch crisis , many argue if crisis is the proper terminology. Let us know in the comments below.

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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP. The world’s largest shippers and capacity providers use the Emerge Freight Procurement Platform daily, showing immediate ROI for procurement and saving valuable time in the process. Vice President of Operations, as well as experience with J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. Mark earned a B.S.

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Conquering the high seas: What’s shaking the global liner shipping industry?

DELMIA Quintiq

Rules for container traffic between Europe and Asia are being rewritten and this has had profound implications for West European terminals: Supply fluctuations have resulted in a fragmented terminal capacity. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Decrease in port calls for big ships since 2009.

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

Global LNG export capacity is constantly increasing and there are a large number of liquefaction projects at different stages of construction worldwide. Capacity Additions, Retirements, and Changes by Energy Source, 2009 (US Energy Information Administration). Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plays a huge part in this upward trend.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, the company announced that it grew its renewable energy capacity in 2022 by 8.3 UPS is preparing for a slowdown in global delivery volumes as it advised that annual revenue could decline for the first time since 2009. GW through 133 new projects in 11 countries. billion in 2023, down from $100.3 billion last year.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. Is running a multi-echelon inventory optimization even something a capacity planner has interest in? Times have changed.