Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

MercuryGate Announces Dynamic Exchange Offering Faster, Easier Access to Capacity. Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. You can probably guess the answer, but if you need a little hint, check out the Song of the Week below. UPS Boosts Saturday Operations To Increase E-Commerce Delivery Speed.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. If you’re a transportation executive, you already know what’s happening in the market today: capacity is tightening and rates are climbing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ocean Alliance: The Ocean Alliance was formed in 2017 and consists of four major shipping companies: CMA CGM, Cosco Shipping, Evergreen Line, and OOCL. While GSAs can provide benefits such as cost savings and increased efficiency, they also introduce new risks and challenges for shippers. Where do we stand today?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Molex ended up selecting a product from Infor Nexus – GT Nexus at the time. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. It is part of Koch Industries. The Molex Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 23, 2021

Wells said, ‘I thought that maybe if I could just write down a few lines of wintry verse, I could physiologically get an edge over this heat.’ Journalists Kristine Solomon and Rachel Sylvester report, “If you’re an early Christmas shopper, listen up: right now is your time to snag some serious deals. ”[2].

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

” This is just stating the obvious. ” This is just stating the obvious. ” This is just stating the obvious. req’d) Global Blue Chips Intensify Efforts to Increase Supply Chain Transparency (WSJ – sub. req’d) Global Blue Chips Intensify Efforts to Increase Supply Chain Transparency (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). More data points this week confirming what we already know: demand for freight transportation is weak, which is leading carriers to cut back on capacity. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 percent from 3 percent.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. ” Driver shortages and limited capacities also play a role in retailers’ decisions.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Analysts from Samsung observe, “As the omnichannel experience raises customer expectations to an all-time high, retailers must create supply chain-based operational efficiencies if they want to maintain strong customer service. This focus sharpened and became even more important with the rise of e-commerce and omnichannel operations.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Demand growth, the type of capacity airlines are adding to the market, and tariffs are big trends to watch this year. It is likely that 2018 will end with a growth rate in the 4% range, down from 10% in 2017 (measured in freight tonne kilometers per IATA ). Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Demand growth, the type of capacity airlines are adding to the market, and tariffs are big trends to watch this year. It is likely that 2018 will end with a growth rate in the 4% range, down from 10% in 2017 (measured in freight tonne kilometers per IATA ). Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 17, 2020

Ocean carriers have canceled hundreds of services, parked ships and sent vessels on longer voyages to eat up capacity and preserve their finances amid diving trade volumes. They were double the size of the largest ships the industry operated just 10 years earlier. It only works in specific corridors, otherwise it’s too big.”.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

Tom Albrecht, Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets shared his outlook of the transportation market — in short, a lot of factors are leading to weak demand today, including the current state of commodities, but he expects supply and demand to balance out by the end of the year, with capacity maybe tightening in 2017.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2018

Even with all those records and peaks, one statistic stands out for me: As 2017 drew to a close, national average rates were higher for spot market trucks than for their contract fleet counterparts , for all equipment types. Spot market rates rose slowly at first, then rocketed up in the summer of 2017, surpassing contract rates in December.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates. In fact, 23 percent of its GDP in 2017 went to investments in fixed capital and inventories. Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 21, 2017

On April 1st, 2017 ocean shipping got bigger by getting smaller. After a tumultuous 2016 that saw rates bottom out, capacity issues, and bankruptcy for of one of the world's largest carriers (Hanjin), we were bound to reach a tipping point. What is the capacity of each carrier and their alliance along your key routes?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Then on the last day of 2015, we will feature the top 50 most read blogs of ALL time from the 653 Cerasis blogs as a special treat! Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017. We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Like most sectors of the gig economy, drivers are paid purely for the jobs they do (in this case deliveries) and have none of the benefits enjoyed by full-time workers, such as medical and pension assistance, or paid holiday and sick leave. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In the shipping sector, new rules from the International Maritime Organization on sulfur limits in fuel is transforming that industry by requiring ships to burn low sulfur fuels; additionally, there is currently over-capacity of ships internationally (for a variety of reasons), and that will have a major impact on the ship-building industry.

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

In 1995 airlines via online travel marketplaces started selling tickets directly to consumers online and by 2017, 83% of US travellers were using digital channels to book their trips. It was made possible by a foundation of pricing and capacity automation dating back to Sabre’s reservation system in the ‘60s.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

And this doesn’t just apply to how long can a vehicle go on a single charge; it also applies to the actual life of a battery, as a new battery can cost upwards of $25,000. Existing technology for EV batteries can only create cells that last up to 20 years or around 200,000 miles before their capacity drops too low to power a vehicle.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 25, 2017

growth in world cargo volumes for 2017, air freight rates have been dramatically up this peak season. Given that cargo space on this route is still quite tight, these cancellations are pushing rates back up. By John Edmonds, Research & Marketing, Freightos. Against a background of IATA’s estimated 9.3% WOW CHANGE.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2017

While the changing atmosphere of ocean carrier alliances for containerized cargo isn’t something new, it’s certainly top of mind for many shippers and carriers alike thanks to a tumultuous last few years. But what does this realignment mean for the industry? But what does this realignment mean for the industry? back to Asia).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The 2023 Strategy envisions a Just and Equitable transition, meaning that the transition to a low-carbon economy is fair and inclusive, leaving no one behind. This had been a concept absent in the IMO’s Initial GHG Strategy, or Ambition, set in 2018. Use a ‘five decarbonisation lever’ framework to develop a road map for decarbonisation.

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

The Semi, set to be unveiled in 2017, is a large electric-powered, long-haul trucking vehicle that Musk says will “deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.”. Autonomous driving means that companies will save time and money.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. A 2017 Global Sourcing study from American Shipper magazine found that 58% of shippers said their highest concern today is rising transportation costs.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Shippers who have been playing the spot rate market have been paying more for freight than at anytime in 2017. Since February and March are traditionally slow the pressure on capacity has been spread over rail, however turmoil is around the corner as the market heats up again in the Spring. trucks.com. per mile, down from $2.26

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Iron ore may get a reprieve for the remainder of this year before tougher times return in 2018, according to Schroders Plc, which says the raw material may sink back below $50 a metric ton as the effect of credit-led stimulus in China wears off and demand concerns resurface in the top user. and Australia’s government. and Vale SA.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

MercuryGate Offers Easy, Efficient Access to Intermodal Capacity with ShipCSX Integration. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results. At the same time, the system supplies two drones, each with a payload capacity of two kilogrammes, with consignments for autonomous delivery within a radius of 10 km.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers. This isn’t just about pricing power that derives from those volumes. Yes, Maersk maintains valuable real-time information and market strength to shape pricing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. What’s more, faster delivery times could potentially reduce shipping costs for customers, and this, in turn, may result in a sales boost for retailers. Recent years have seen a flourishing interest in the use of drone technology to deliver packages.

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Freight Center

MAY 30, 2019

2017 went down on record as one of the costliest years for natural disasters in the United States, standing at $306 billion in damages. Hurricane Harvey by itself affected 10% of the nation’s trucking capacity after leaving Houston flooded. Together, Florida and Texas represent nearly 15% of the U.S.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Berry explains that imported goods may be subject to more active monitoring and testing or treatments designed to kill pathogens, increasing both processing time and costs. According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to believe that Halloween is just five weeks away. A number of companies are looking to woo consumers with low-end devices priced for challenging times. Lower fees, no wait times, are top reasons for grocery pick-up. The technology will help the retailer detect low-stock or out-of-stock products in real time.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 5, 2018

It’s a fact: shippers who have been playing the spot rate market in 2018 have been paying more for freight than at any time in 2017. addressed the capacity crunch in his most recent report. addressed the capacity crunch in his most recent report. Cass Freight Index. Cass Freight Index. With freight volumes up 6.2%

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Freightera

MAY 9, 2022

They are trains specifically designed to be able to haul the maximum possible amount of cargo (freight). The obvious difference is that one is built for hauling heavy cargo while the other is designed to transport people. Sensitive cargo. So let’s dive right in. The Technical Differences. Now let’s get into it less succinctly.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 18, 2018

Over time, you will spot patterns that help you to get ahead of emerging trends. Over time, you will spot patterns that help you to get ahead of emerging trends. We often explain that freight rates in DAT RateView are based on $45 billion worth of actual freight payments per year, on 65,000 point-to-point lanes.

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