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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations Friday (WSJ – sub. The rains and winds of Tropical Storm Harvey are over, but the impact of the storm on the residents of Houston and the surrounding areas will continue for some time. million in the second quarter of 2016. Descartes Acquires MacroPoint.

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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

GlobalTranz

Sudden growth in the stock market means increases in manufacturing and commerce across the country, and as a result, shippers will have more product to move. The stock market also plays a role in contributing to a capacity crunch. Demand increases, and available capacity decreases.

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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

Talking Logistics

In fact, in November 2016, a survey of shippers published by the Journal of Commerce found that shippers didn’t “appear to believe capacity will tighten considerably in advance of a federal electronic logging mandate for all interstate truck drivers scheduled to take effect next December 1.” That all changed with the summer of 2017.

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The Battle for Supply Chain Talent

Logility

In fact, the recent SCM World report, Future of Supply Chain 2016 , notes “There is a steady stream of CEOs or business unit presidents who have risen directly out of the supply chain function.” As a crew member on ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission said, “Houston, we have a problem here.”

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

26 April 2016 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. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Significance.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a more attractive, comprehensive, and integrated supply and value chain for foreign manufacturers and importers.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

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. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports.

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