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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations Friday (WSJ – sub. The rains and winds of Tropical Storm Harvey are over, but the impact of the storm on the residents of Houston and the surrounding areas will continue for some time. Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub.

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The Future Remains in the Clouds

Enterra Insights

According to tech journalist Antonio Regalado ( @antonioregalado ), “The term [‘cloud computing’ dates back] to late 1996, and to an office park outside Houston. ” MIT Technology Review, 31 October 2011. [2] Cloud computing is no longer a novel concept. ” How far has that new paradigm advanced? .”[9]

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Five days later, the Ideal-X sailed into Houston, Texas, where waiting trucks collected the containers for delivery to local factories and warehouses. 7] Stephen DeAngelis, “ Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation ,” Enterra Insights, 17 August 2011. ” Are Collapsible Shipping Containers the Answer?

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance. Ideal X (aka Maxton ) ships 60 containers on deck from Newark, N.J. The next year, Pan Atlantic ship Gateway City begins the regular service. Significance.

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

DAT Solutions

Much of that activity is centered in the Houston market. The top four flatbed lanes in the country originate or end in Houston: #1 Houston market to Houston market. #2 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4. Dallas market to Houston market.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. . Significance. Ideal X (aka Maxton ) ships 60 containers on deck from Newark, N.J. The next year, Pan Atlantic ship Gateway City begins the regular service. Significance.

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Answering the Call in Times of Disaster

Material Handling & Logistics

Recent estimates suggest that Hurricane Harvey destroyed a minimum of 100,000 homes in the Houston-Beaumont, Texas, area. In the first nine months of 2017 alone, the United States experienced 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, one shy of the full-year record set in 2011, according to U.S. That translates into some $1.8