DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 18, 2018
But by 2012, with the U.S. We could see the demographics, and now they’re finally hitting home,” says Brian Fielkow, president and CEO of Jetco Delivery, a trucking and logistics company based in Houston. The Great Recession and the years of recovery that followed largely masked the problem. This isn’t something we just woke up to.”
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RFgen
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Hurricane Harvey has caused incredible damage in Houston and the surrounding area as heavy, sustained rainfall has led to flooding. With Houston largely unavailable from a commerce perspective, businesses can no longer rely on their supply, transport and warehouse networks in the area.
RFgen
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Hurricane Harvey has caused incredible damage in Houston and the surrounding area as heavy, sustained rainfall has led to flooding. With Houston largely unavailable from a commerce perspective, businesses can no longer rely on their supply, transport and warehouse networks in the area.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 31, 2018
Demand also cooled out of Houston, the largest flatbed market in the country and the top market supplying Midland and its surrounding counties. Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well.
Elementum
MAY 13, 2015
As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. International operator, APM Terminals, signed a 32 year concession in 2012 for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new deep-water terminal at Lazaro Cardenas.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 3, 2019
For the first time since 2012, the national average van rate was lower in December than it was in November. Denver to Houston , fell 52¢ to $2.59/mile, While this past December might have been slower than expected, 2018 ended much the same way it started: Not enough trucks to keep up with demand.
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