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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour. Freight rates are on the rise, and there are signs that the shortage are unlikely to abate. Truck driver salaries are up, with private fleet drivers earning as much as $86,000 annually in 2017, with an entry level median position of $53,000.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ship brokers and consultants estimate about 12 percent of the world’s boxships are stuck outside congested ports for weeks longer than normal, and inland distribution—especially in the US—is still hampered by a lack of trains, truck drivers and limited warehousing space. s CargoNet.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2% But some Class 1 railroads, CSX in particular, are cutting back on intermodal service to favor more profitable freight. Parcel delivery volumes jumped 7% to $99 billion in 2017.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

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The retailer plans to have at least 15 of the facilities, dubbed sortation centers, by the end of January 2026. More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up. .” And now on to this week’s logistics news. There is no set date for rollout.