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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management. The post This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has started increasing the free shipping minimum to $35 for non-Prime members in some markets, according to notices on its website, as the company looks for more ways to cut costs. Until now, the minimum purchase for free shipping has been $25. Amazon has tweaked the free shipping threshold for non-Prime members in the past.

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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

The Denver-based firm operated in all states west of the Appalachian Mountains. Significant detention times at shipping and receiving facilities can create a number of challenges for trucking operations, including interruptions to otherwise tight schedules and inefficient use of equipment and labor. It also had 12 owner-operators.

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Spot Market Van Rates Soared in September

DAT Solutions

per mile , the average rate in September was 18¢ higher than the August average, and 35¢ higher than September 2016. Columbus is a key distribution point for the Midwest and the Northeast, and it shipped more to the Southeast after the storms. Chicago prices also continued to climb: Chicago to Denver added 38¢ at $3.05/mile.

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Spot Market Volumes Are Strong, but Rates Still Lag

DAT Solutions

On the other hand, spot market volumes last month were a lot stronger than they were in March of 2016, when the average rate last year was 11¢ lower than it is now. to Denver paid 10¢ better at $1.77. Did you know that California ships 87% of the strawberries in the U.S.? The other 10 were neutral. The lane from L.A.

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Uber Freight: Another “Uber-for-Trucking”?

Freightos

Spun off from GlobalTranz (July 2016). Platform launch in May 2016. Global Distribution : As of August 2016, Uber was active in 66 countries and 515 cities , creating a powerful footprint ready to be leveraged. 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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