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This Week in Logistics News (June 26-30, 2017)

Talking Logistics

That’s what I wrote last December in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and last September in The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt. South Florida Container Terminal, for example, said dry cargo could not be delivered and no container would be received.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It’s December 1, the beginning of the end of 2017. UPS To Launch eBike In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, October’s total cargo volume broke the all-time record for the month. How did we get here so fast? Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

The climate is mostly temperate, but Alaska is arctic, Florida and Hawaii are tropical, and the Great Plains are mostly arid or semi-arid. percent annually as of 2017, but that increased to about 4 percent in 2018. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes.

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Elementum

The year 2017 has been catastrophic in terms of natural disasters, particularly hurricanes; in August, Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of coastal Texas and prompted the shutdown of several ports and petrochemical complexes in the region.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Established in 1925, Burris Logistics operates an expanding network of temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution centers from Florida to Massachusetts. workspace://SpacesStore/877d10d6-6e49-46bc-8a32-230c485ea6f6. 2016 revenues: $3.62 2016 revenues: $6.09 Printer-friendly version.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

Talking Logistics

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Content Summary: Autonomous Boats Could Ferry Cargo in Busy Cities. Media Image. transactionID.