Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here. .

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

Considered jointly, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are the 9 th largest port in the world, handling most goods transiting between China and the United States. million worldwide. However, the capacity expansion of the Panama Canal may change this shipment pattern.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Now, after eight months of increasingly bitter contract negotiations and lobbying by Congressional representatives, President Obama has ordered his Secretary of Labor, Tom Perez, to jump-start stalled labor talks between shipping companies and the dockworkers’ union. West Coast Dockworkers Strike/Slowdown. The post Kinks in Your Supply Ch?ain?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 14, 2015

Opportunity Knocks – The Wall Street Journal reports the West Coast ports’ share of container imports fell precipitously year over year between May 2014 and May 2015 according to U.S. What are the contours of the opportunity and how were some retailers prepared to seize it while many others weren’t? Census Bureau data.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In a single day in 2015, Alibaba handled an average of $9.9 According to Adobe research, total US online spend on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2015 hit a paltry $5.8 It’s Mind-Bogglingly Cheap to Ship To China. Trucking that same container from Long Beach to Chicago can cost more than double that price.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Strong results for air freight, container shipping and export orders in particular suggest that, while the trade recovery may moderate in due course, it will likely continue in the coming months and remain above trend,” the report says. He presented his outlook for container shipping to the TPM Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif.,

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Based on statistics as of 2015, the following U.S. shipping ports are included in the list of largest ocean ports in the world. million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit shipping containers) in 2015. Approximately 2,000 shipping vessels come and go from this port per year. million TEUs come and go in 2015.

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Elementum

JULY 14, 2015

I Know What You Shipped Last Summer. Summer is supposed to be the busiest time of year for freight and air shipping, but given slow demand and overcapacity in recent months, expectations for the third quarter have changed, and not for the better. This year, shipping companies are not seeing the rise in demand they desperately need.

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2015

While the labor strikes are over, fears of continued unrest are leading some shipping companies to avoid West Coast ports. percent decline in container volumes from 2014 , while Long Beach reported its best month ever during the same time. They’re showing mixed recovery: In July, Los Angeles posted a 3.5

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Elementum

APRIL 20, 2015

The volume of containers handled at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is reaching historic levels as longshoremen barrell through what was once a three month long backlog of containers waiting to be unloaded. Altogether the port complex of Los Angeles and Long beach reported handling almost 1.5

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Freightos

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In 2015, trucking revenue reached $726.4 Focus on long-haul, not local. Acquiring an autonomous trucking company was another clear indicator, as was the 2015 Uber Cargo test runs in Hong Kong. It maybe be 1,100 trucking miles from the Port of Long Beach to Denver, Colorado, but it’s 7,250 miles by boat first.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Over the last 15 years, TPM has become a well-known source for information and networking within the global container shipping and logistics community. This hour-long session is also taking place on Monday, starting at 3:30. Looking forward to seeing you in Long Beach!

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Elementum

JUNE 8, 2015

Since the beginning of 2015, traffic to West Coast ports has decreased 12 percent. These ports are also better equipped to handle large ships, and Long Beach and Los Angeles are having trouble dealing with growing container sizes. This news should come as a comfort to manufacturers, and a model for ports.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in October 2015. Of course, cost isn’t the only factor—overall shipping time, flexibility, and reliability matter, too. Disadvantaged: Los Angeles-Long Beach. East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion.Transportfolio.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

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. E-Commerce Changes Shipping Patterns. Generally speaking, what's good for business is good for freight volume.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. Belk @belk With more than 300 department stores in 16 states throughout the Southern U.S.,

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Freightera

MAY 26, 2017

As many of you may be aware, freight shipping, international shipping and also aviation are not included in the COP21 agreement. The shipping industry is currently a vast producer of nitrous oxides and sulfate oxides, produce about 15% of the total nitrous oxides emissions in the world. It’s currently 19% of total CO2 emissions.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As this year’s chairman of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), I was thrilled to meet with over 1,700 of my colleagues at the annual Intermodal Expo, which was held September 21-23 in Long Beach, CA. We talked directly and honestly about both the challenges and opportunities we saw in 2014 and those we will see in 2015.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

“We cannot let this happen again,” is what the American Apparel & Footwear Association said in 2015. Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. Guess what?

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