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Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminal Congestions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Due to a possible strike over the USWC, most retailers took precautions and have been moving a high level of inventory replenishment in preparation for a robust year-end shopping season. The next anticipated peak time will be during the Chinese New Year in February, 2015. Incremental Volumes. Labor Discussion.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Inventory Management. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. UPS Sets 2016 Rates. Cost Management.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 29, 2019

Stord

Developers have built five new buildings since 2015 in the area, and have recently tacked on plans to add more than 6 million square feet in the future. Additionally, inventory that was shipped late last year is now starting to leave warehouses, another factor that could raise freight demand in the second and third quarters.

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Retail Imports Hit a Record High. Again

Material Handling & Logistics

million TEUs in March 2015. A TEU is one 20-foot-long cargo container or its equivalent. increase over 2015. ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma on the West Coast; New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades and Miami on the East Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast.

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Clear Sailing for Ocean Carriers in 2018 — If They Don’t Blow It

Supply Chain Brain

He presented his outlook for container shipping to the TPM Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif., What’s more, the global orderbook for new ships stands at half the level of 2012-2015. sponsored by IHS Markit. Carrier services have stabilized as well. Carriers nevertheless have work to do. The bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co.,

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How Tianjin's Aftermath is Affecting West Coast Ports

Elementum

percent decline in container volumes from 2014 , while Long Beach reported its best month ever during the same time. Now, as traffic from Tianjin slows to a crawl, Long Beach and Los Angeles ports are poised to suffer the most from the decreased volumes. They’re showing mixed recovery: In July, Los Angeles posted a 3.5

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2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

DAT Solutions

Here's evidence of the ongoing trend, in two years of load-to-truck ratios, spot market rates, and contract rates for van freight: Load-to-truck ratios and rates declined steadily throughout 2015 and into the middle of 2016. That slump was triggered by the collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014.)