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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Welcome back to the Friday news roundup, where we are excited to bring you all the logistics news you’ve been craving. This creates a higher shipping cost and is not as environmentally friendly as shipping the one item back in a smaller package or as part of a consolidated return.” I’ll cheers to that.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

According to Plunkett Research, transportation revenues in 2017 reached over $1 billion in the U.S. Today, trucking, shipping, air shipping, and other logistics services are all experiencing disruption: As consumer expectations evolve, businesses are constantly pressured to deliver high-quality goods in the shortest amount of time.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

According to Plunkett Research, transportation revenues in 2017 reached over $1 billion in the U.S. Today, trucking, shipping, air shipping, and other logistics services are all experiencing disruption: As consumer expectations evolve, businesses are constantly pressured to deliver high-quality goods in the shortest amount of time.

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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

Per the contract, Eni will deliver one LNG cargo per month between 2017 and 2032. While higher operational costs are expected across all industries, transportation & logistics, aerospace & defense, energy, agriculture, mining and construction are expected to see unique, industry-specific impacts (more on that below).

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

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news. Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Ship operators and brokers say that at the start of 2022, there were around 50.5

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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. The shortage of workers has hit the trucking and logistics industry particularly hard. 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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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

This past October, the American Trucking Associations warned that the trucking industry could be short 50,000 drivers by the end of 2017. In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. Confusing, isn’t it?