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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations. East Coast Ports Growing.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations. East Coast Ports Growing.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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Tech Startups Have Eyes on $700 Billion Trucking Industry

GTG Technology Group

TruckerPath, founded in 2013, already accumulated more than $20 million in funding. ” Currently, third party brokers match shipping companies with freight carriers; it has worked this way for years. At first, Convoy hopes to move into the construction, manufacturing, and retail wholesale markets.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Concerns have been raised about possible widespread rail service failures this fall much like we saw in 2013-14. States and cities like Seattle are severely restricting use of driver contractors in port drayage and car services like Uber and Grubhub. Couriers Under Threat. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well.