Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In 2014, a port strike at Los Angeles-Long Beach caused severe congestion and freight delays. Vince joined the company in 2015 and serves as an extension of the sales team, working closely with C.H. Union labor contracts. On September 30th, 2018, it’s the East Coast’s turn for a potential labor strike.

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2015

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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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Read the December Market Update for more highlights on key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America. According to the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, the amount of time trucks spend inside terminals has decreased to averages that have not been seen since 2014. in January 2015. “It in October.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

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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Freightos

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 enabled unfettered national transportation with four lanes and no traffic lights. 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.

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Elementum

JULY 14, 2015

There’s no shipping “heat wave” expected this year – the industry has seen sluggish growth throughout 2015, and the traditionally busy months will be no exception. While the West Coast port fiascos have kept business away from Los Angeles and Long Beach, it’s not the only reason for the downtrend. Red is the New Black.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

From the impending completion of the Panama Canal expansion to the West Coast labor disruptions of 2015, along with the potential implications of China’s slowdown on trans-Pacific shipping and logistics—among many other events and topics—we’ll have a lot to discuss and learn together at this year’s conference.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. This period of elevated rates is only the beginning of a "new normal" era in freight transportation. mainland destroyed lives and property, and caused massive disruptions in freight transportation all over the country. E-commerce.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in October 2015. Disadvantaged: Los Angeles-Long Beach. East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion.Transportfolio. Since the Panama Canal is scheduled to open this Sunday, June 26, we wanted to share it with you again.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Boot Barn’s Fontana Distribution Center is a state-of-the-art, 200,000 square foot facility (opened in 2015) that ships multiple weekly outbound orders to the company’s 200+ stores in 30 states. Located in Chicago, the facility opened in 2015 , making it the first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the industry.

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

Report from TPM Long Beach. It’s the freshly appointed CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, speaking about the new opportunities that lie online during a session at Journal of Commerce’s TPM 2017 in Long Beach. Lessons from CMA CGM, Maersk and K+N on Transparency and Digitalization. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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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. freight transportation mix. Freight Services IANA Intermodal Rail Transportation'

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Freightera

MAY 26, 2017

Currently international freight transport is about 10% of the total greenhouse gas emissions but it’s going to grow based on the recent projections of the European parliament to between 20 and 50% of the total global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under business as usual scenario. Transport uses 64% of the oil globally.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

They already had three solar farms in North Carolina and Nevada before they partnered with First Solar in 2015 to build another solar farm in California. Unpredictable weather events caused by climate change not only affects the transport of goods, but the availability of raw materials as well.

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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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