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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Now, it takes nine.

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Hurricane Winds and Flooding Expected in Houston

DAT Solutions

Hurricane Harvey 2017. Meanwhile, oil refineries and drilling platforms are also located in the hurricane's path, as are several seaports and the Houston Ship Channel, so analysts expect an impact on fuel prices and cargo transportation, respectively, according to Bloomberg. How You Can Help, or Ask for Help.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results. What do you get when you combine an electric van with a fully automated cargo space, drones, joystick control, and cloud-based algorithms to control order picking, the loading of packages, the automated cargo space, and route planning for the vehicle and delivery drones?

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Outlook on U.S. Exports: Forecasting the “Perfect Storm” or Something Else?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

A Diverse Mix of Goods is Driving U.S. export commodity base is a diverse mix of goods and is well balanced across many commodity segments and cargo values. exports are diversified over the material goods segment. Consider this: The U.S. Aside from scrap and recycled products, the remaining two thirds of U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Airline group says global cargo volume grew 6.9 UPS posted record quarterly earnings on Tuesday and forecast 2022 revenue above expectations, driven by higher shipping rates and e-commerce demand, sending shares of the logistics giant up 7 percent before the bell. Record robot orders in 2021. percent in 2021. days last January.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

Products include petroleum, steel, high-tech, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications equipment, electronics, chemicals, consumer goods, food, lumber and mining products. percent annually as of 2017, but that increased to about 4 percent in 2018. Cargo transportation in the U.S. percent in 2017.

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Doing Business in Italy

QAD

It is also a modern industrial country at the forefront of fashion, consumer goods and construction. Much of Italy’s industry focuses on high-quality consumer goods and luxury brands, many produced by small, family-owned and mid-sized companies. . annually as of 2017. billion worth of goods in 2017.

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