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Market Update: Transportation Industry News

CH Robinson Transportfolio

West Coast ports can now resume full operation, it will take months for trucks to clear the cargo backlog. in January, driven by a strong manufacturing sector and easier comparisons due to early 2014’s weather issues. It is unknown when the port employers and dockworkers will vote to ratify the proposal.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

For comparison, this makes the country about half the size of Russia or South America, and more than twice the size of the European Union. Manufacturing in the U.S. Manufacturing averaged about $1.98 Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Cargo transportation in the U.S. million sq. km of area, 9.1

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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

(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.). companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? Mexico trade and relations, which is not only a concern for manufacturers and retailers, but also logistics companies.