GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. April 26, 2016 (today) marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. Malcom McLean.

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Shipping Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software 120

DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2017

December was arguably the strongest month for freight in 2016. Spot market volumes still look strong, but contract freight has been a little slow. There's more freight moving out of Houston this month. Load-to-truck ratios are highest for vans in the darker red areas on the Hot States Map, above. HOT MARKETS.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 24, 2017

Those effects have been more dramatic since August 2016, with the new construction adding to the stronger-than-usual start to the year for flatbed freight. That’s a lot of freight for railroads and trucks alike. is a net exporter of liquefied natural gas as of November 2016. The Houston Hub. Gulf Coast.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 31, 2017

Freight patterns showed increased retail trade ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and since some drivers finished the week up early ahead of the holiday weekend, capacity also tightened. Many reefer markets also matched their peaks from June 2016. Houston to Oklahoma City rose 24¢ to an average of $2.04/mile.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 7, 2017

The number of loads available on the spot market last month was also up more than 100% compared to February 2016, which is a pretty good sign that the freight recession really is over. Load counts slipped in Houston , but that market has been relatively strong all winter long. The freight market in L.A.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. The move may be risky, but the mega retailer’s play may also be indicative of an emerging trend in North American maritime freight. freight imports anytime soon.

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Mexico Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Retail 60

DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

Here's how the current national average rate compares with previous years: May 2016: $1.92 Line haul rates, excluding the fuel surcharge, have risen about 35% since May 2016. Much of that activity is centered in the Houston market. 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 May 2017: $2.10

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

FreightWaves is the leading Freight Intel provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. [03:50] The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. People call it the Bloomberg of freight. I wanted to do something on my own.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

Craig Fuller is CEO and Founder of FreightWaves, the only freight-focused organization that delivers a complete and comprehensive view of the freight and logistics market. FreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. WTO: Trade growth to remain subdued in 2016 as uncertainties weigh on global demand. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 19, 2016

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake, August 15 2016. This tells us that there is not as much freight being staged in Houston, beyond the usual traffic on that lane. It's dangerous work, and you don't really know how long it will take to get to your destination, to get unloaded, and to get back out.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Goal : Freightera was tasked to move 8 heavy, oversize refinery units from Houston, Texas to Toledo, Ohio, USA (over 1250 miles) and 10 flat-bed loads. Back in August 2016, a client had to move 8 refinery pieces of 14 ft x 16 ft x 45 ft long and each weighted an excess of 50,000 pounds, some were almost 100,000 pounds loaded on a truck.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

February is the slow season for freight, and it may feel like your business is at a crawl right now. Still, finding loads and positioning your trucks is harder when there's more competition for freight, so we're going to take a look at some of your best bets for finding van, reefer, and flatbed loads during the slow season.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 4, 2017

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. We don’t anticipate a lot of impact as far as long haul freight goes, since pickup and delivery can be adjusted to avoid the extra traffic on the 285 loop.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2015

In addition to the Port of Savannah, the ports of Mobile, New Orleans, and Houston have all seen year-to-date port volumes jump more than 28% compared to 2014. Improvements to the infrastructure of East Coast ports and the opening of the Panama Canal expansion in 2016 will also make moves away from the west more viable.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 2, 2017

Flatbed demand has increased 102% year-over-year and has been on a steady climb since August 2016. and in 2016 it hit 21.6. The flatbed load-to-truck ratio has been on a steady climb since August of 2016. Construction has always been a major source of flatbed freight. million units in December 2016. To put the 43.7

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Supply and Demand Manufacturing Procurement Fort Worth Texas 75