Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Reports 2012 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results. Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. Robinson and Con-way both reported Q4 and full-year 2012 results this week. percent in 2012 compared to 2011 (including contribution from acquisitions). percent in Q4 2012. While we wait for the storm… C.H.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 12, 2015

Market Update: Transportation Industry News. In the transportation industry, there are many moving parts that can impact your day-to-day operations. At just 44 fleets, it bested the previous low of 70 fleets in 2012. Government Regulations. Which transportation indicators or topics are most relevant to your interests?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is generally supportive of the proposal , while the Director of Government Affairs at the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) stated that “[it] still needs to examine the proposal to see if the input from small-business truckers was truly taken to heart. million a year.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Prediction Ten indicated that: Government incentives tied to industrial policy are leading to the eventual regionalization of component supply and end production capabilities for deemed essential industries. In the latter, the report indicates a fourfold increase in companies assembling Apple hardware products.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. Advocates for delivery drones posit that this technology could work in tandem with existing transportation methods to facilitate faster and cheaper fulfilment of goods. For example, in the US alone drone delivery has grown from a $40 ?million

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

Here’s how the scheme works, as described in an AP article published last October ( Thieves Pose as Truckers to Steal Huge Cargo Loads ): Thieves assume the identity of a trucking company, often by reactivating a dormant Department of Transportation carrier number from a government website for as little as $300.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend. skilled production workers.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In 2001 the government of Aragón in northern Spain realized that its economy had become overly reliant on a small group of industries, notably auto manufacturing. In the case of PLAZA, the Aragón government partnered with MIT CTL to execute its economic strategy. The challenge now is how to take PLAZA to the next level of growth.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This was the subject of a call I was on last Friday, with the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and a number of other leading experts including Hau Lee, Jason Miller, Labor shortages in the general economy are also spilling over into the transportation realm, specifically in ports, rail yards, and truck drivers.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

IBM Launches Blockchain Initiative with Dubai Government Agencies and Enterprises on IBM Cloud. Former Hyperloop One Executives Launch New Rival In Race To Design Hyperloop High-Speed Transportation Systems. December 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2016

As a transportation management 3PL, the United States Infrastructure and the evolution of and investment of our infrastructure is of great importance to us and our carrier partners. In order for our freight economy to stay healthy, it requires a stable infrastructure, specifically in the transportation sector.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study is based on over 2,250 responses from both shippers and logistics service. Government investment in infrastructure will contribute to attracting global manufacturers and 3PLs to do. and packaging sufficiently to handle long distance transportation. About the 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. counterpart, while doubts about the security of goods being transported give carriers pause. Despite these drawbacks, Walmart is continuing to bank on Mexico’s supply chain. million TEUs.

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Internet Truck Stop and Freight Quote have been connecting supply and demand in the trucking industry for over a decade. Some have raised millions in venture capital from some of the top names in the tech industry.

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Internet Truck Stop and Freight Quote have been connecting supply and demand in the trucking industry for over a decade. Some have raised millions in venture capital from some of the top names in the tech industry.

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Internet Truck Stop and Freight Quote have been connecting supply and demand in the trucking industry for over a decade. Some have raised millions in venture capital from some of the top names in the tech industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

This regulation will see the largest reduction in the Sulphur content of the transportation fuel under taken at any time in the history. Under this regime, the primary responsible party in the freight market will be the vessel owner or operator. Later in the year 2012, it was further reduced to 3.5% m/m will fall to mere 0.5%

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning. A major freight company employs a team of meteorologists that works closely with its flight dispatchers and contingency coordinators, for example. Professor Yossi Sheffi is Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 22, 2013

When the local or national capacity is overwhelmed the government may request regional or international support. A 2013 MISI Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program thesis analyzes the transportation needs of UNHRD. Brussels: CRED; 2012. And MISI is making an important contribution to this effort.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Regardless of what the internet hype suggests, offshoring rates have continued to surpass the rates of reshoring from 2012 through 2015, explains A.T. Freight costs of offshoring may exceed the freight costs of domestic shipping. . Foreign governments may not have laws to enforce the intellectual property of U.S.

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

The emergence of UAS as a commercial asset has the potential to completely alter the way the world transports physical goods as well as services infrastructure within supply chains. Last year Rolls-Royce unveiled a virtual prototype for unmanned freight cargo ships, showing that the future of drones isn't exclusively airborne.

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Freightera

MAY 4, 2017

Freightera to Build North America’s First Low Emission Freight Marketplace, Partners with SmartWay to Showcase Certified Carriers. has partnered with Natural Resources Canada’s SmartWay program in an initiative to reduce fuel costs and emissions from freight transportation. Freightera Logistics Inc. About SmartWay.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As befits an island nation, transportation in Japan is robust across all modalities. Japan has more than 175 airports; 142 with paved runways and most of them capable of handling freight planes and jets. There are 23 air carriers registered in the country, and they moved 8,868,745,000 mt-km of freight in 2015. About 2.9%

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

US port congestion is well recognized as a constraint on the world’s largest market; inadequate investment in infrastructure and imposition of port fees by local governments contributes to the problems. Governments have a responsibility to collaborate in facilitating trade for their economic benefit. ► 2012. (1).

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