Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2015

The comment period for the STHAF rule closed on July 30, 2014 and a final rule is expected by March 31, 2016, which will apply to shippers, receivers, motor carriers, and railroads. A 3PL or warehouseman may be considered a shipper, which is defined as “a person who initiates a shipment of food by motor vehicle or rail vehicle.”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshoremen Warehouse Union (ILWU) have been operating without a contract since the end of June, 2014. If your firm is currently importing cargo from Asia, you know about the challenges faced by what is rapidly becoming a crisis on the West Coast.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). More large mergers and acquisitions were announced this week: AB InBev and SABMiller reach $100 billion deal , Dell is buying EMC for $67 billion , and in the 3PL industry, the convergence continues with DSV acquiring UTi Worldwide for $1.35

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the 3PL industry remains hot, with another large deal announced this week: XPO Logistics is acquiring Norbert Dentressangle SA for €3.24 Infor Announces Major Enhancements to Supply Chain Management. Con-way Inc.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

The company’s overall share of container volume has grown from 22% in 2014 to 24% in recent months. Here are some excerpts from the press release: INTTRA and JDA are joining forces at a time when INTTRA is experiencing rapid growth in its container volume, which was up 12% in a year of much slower growth for the market.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. million, respectively, for the full year 2014. 3PL Global Trade Mergers/Acquisitions This Week in News Brazil C.H.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

On the 3PL front, C.H. Speaking of Mexico, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , the Mexican government has sent soldiers and federal police to take control of the deep-water port of Lázaro Cárdenas, which ranks among Latin America’s top 10 by cargo (the port is expected to handle 38 million tons this year).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma also contributed to demand, as the storms disrupted supply chains and boosted spot truckload rates to levels not seen since December 2014. Hypleroop One is rebranding itself as Virgin Hyperloop One, and Branson is joining the board…Virgin Hyperloop One will focus on a passenger and mixed-use cargo service.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. workspace://SpacesStore/ca4cc051-3c56-4fca-94e9-4c1a61196574.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2018

Spot market rates, by definition, are paid by a broker or 3PL, who is paid by the shipper or receiver to arrange transportation. That hasn't happened since 2014, probably because of lower crop yields during the multi-year drought in California, but before then, it was a typical pattern. Why is this trend so important?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Thirteen Years After 9/11, A New Attempt To Screen 100 Percent of Cargo Containers ( Roll Call ). Is eBay Enterprises a 3PL? The post This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. DHL opens new life sciences and healthcare competence center at Leipzig airport.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As explained by Steve Syfan , in most cases, a 3PL should be able to reduce transportation costs by at least 5 percent, and as much as 25 percent, for manufacturers who have been running their own shipping departments in house. You also are reducing risk for the manufacturer, because the 3PL will even cover the cargo insurance for shipments.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2017

percent, the most since June 2014. According to Reuters, Tesla is working to show the trucking community that it can build an affordable electric semi with the range and cargo capacity of diesel trucks. Bloomberg reports that U.S. Andrew Ng Bringing AI to New Industries.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. If you define an ‘Effective Global Trade’ as a trade that is executed on schedule, without damage to the cargo and at planned cost, then your threshold for an ‘Effective Global Trade’ is too low. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2015

As noted in the press release, companies are required to use ACE for all electronic import and export manifest filings for all modes by May 1, 2015 and use ACE for all electronic cargo release and related entry summary filings by Nov. On the 3PL front, Ryder announced that it was awarded SAFETY Act Certification from the U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 9, 2018

All freight crossing the border can undergo cargo examinations. A third party logistics provider (3PL) like C.H. As the #1 North American 3PL , C.H. Source: “2014 Sales Tax Rates,” TaxTips.ca, accessed November 15, 2014. **Source: “2014 Sales Tax Rates,” TaxTips.ca, accessed November 15, 2014.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 2017, Coyote announced plans to put a 50,000 square foot hub at Atlanta’s Armour Yards, and the company has accumulated numerous accolades, from being named a Top 3PL provider in the TMS category of Logistics Management’s Quest for Quality awards to landing a spot on Inbound Logistics’ list of the 2018 Top 100 3PL Providers and more.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Hunter Yaw worked as a project manager for several companies, including as the Head of Special Projects, Fuel Logistics for the Sochi 2014 Organizing committee. Hunter has worked at Loadsmart for one and a half years now as VP or Product Management. Christoph Seitz.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

So if you operate a warehouse, if you rely on 3PL to operate your warehouse, we are a networked marketplace of, essentially, 3PL services. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked. So I wanted to tell you, why does your cargo get bumped. Why does your cargo get rolled?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Google’s 2014 purchase of the British firm Deep Mind for something more than $ 400 million produced a bonanza of publicity earlier this year, when its game playing program whipped a human master of the ancient strategy game Go. Gelernter summarizes AI technologies: “We can’t have artificial intelligence until a computer can hallucinate.”.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

By the way, to put “150 containers since October” into perspective: Walmart imported 775,400 TEUs in 2014, which works out to 2,124 TEUs imported per day.). You decide. For related commentary, see Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction? (By

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