Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. 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. West Coast ports to Mexican ports by 2016.

Mexico 60

Mexico Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Retail 60

DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2017

December was arguably the strongest month for freight in 2016. There's more freight moving out of Houston this month. California was also shipping more after a week of difficult weather, but there were enough trucks to accommodate the increase in demand. HOT MARKETS. HOT MARKETS.

Freight 70

Freight Houston Los Angeles Philadelphia 70

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. More important, oil has been above $45 since Q4 2016. E-Commerce Changes Shipping Patterns.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Houston Freight Capacity 70

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. Did you know that California ships 87% of the strawberries in the U.S.? Denver to Houston came back down after a spike, falling 28¢ to $1.49/mile.

Denver 70

Denver Miami San Francisco Charlotte 70

Elementum

MAY 19, 2015

Port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip Sanfield claims that year-to-date shipping volumes have likely dropped off because cargo ships have not returned to normal schedules after February’s delays. Sanfield laments that, “In March, a lot of the ships unloaded here and went back to Asia and didn’t get back to their routine rotations.”.

Long Beach 60

Long Beach Los Angeles Panama Houston 60

Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The canal surely has had some issues getting the new set of locks up and running smoothly,” said Peter Sand, an analyst with the shipping association BIMCO. “It in Houston. was developing import terminals.

Panama 52

Panama Purchasing Skills Just-in-Time Asia 52

Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The canal surely has had some issues getting the new set of locks up and running smoothly,” said Peter Sand, an analyst with the shipping association BIMCO. “It in Houston. was developing import terminals.

Panama 40

Panama Purchasing Skills Just-in-Time Asia 40

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.

Case Study 20

Case Study Study Transportation Freight 20

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In February 2016, Cheniere became the first company to ship LNG from a commercial facility in the contiguous United States. Bill H: “We have two trade zones in Oklahoma and Houston, and are under construction to produce one in Corpus Christi. Cheniere is the “smallest” of the Fortune 500 companies.

Global 52

Global Pricing Training Negotiating Skills Negotiate Pricing 52