Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

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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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

One of the inflationary trends driving up 2021 end-of-year prices was the cost of logistics. Journalist Tim Robinson reports, “The logistics industry which was valued at $7,641.2 billion in 2017 plummeted to $5,200 billion in 2020. Journalist Tim Robinson reports, “The logistics industry which was valued at $7,641.2

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Personal consumption expenditures rose 4.3%, the best performance since the fourth quarter of 2017. Following on its heels was Georgia-based Ready Trucking, which had 108 power units and 91 drivers. Some small carriers are closing up shop. Terrill Transportation Inc. of Livermore, California, ceased operations on July 30.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This idea was further confirmed when we held a roundtable discussion with the supply chain industry’s leaders at the 2017 CSCMP Edge Conference. According to this Inbound Logistics article , The Jel Sert Company, a manufacturer of fun foods such as Otter Pops, used half pallets to ship mixed products for display in retail stores.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

I’ve noticed that to write about logistics, you have to know logistics. The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. This city has more people connected to logistics per capita than any other city in America. 03:50] Your content at FreightWaves is so insightful.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

Craig Fuller is CEO and Founder of FreightWaves, the only freight-focused organization that delivers a complete and comprehensive view of the freight and logistics market. FreightWaves.com, the company’s news site, is the leading provider of news and commentary for the transportation and logistics space. About Craig Fuller.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Compared to 2016, cargo theft dropped by 32% in the second quarter of 2017, according to Keith Lewis, Vice President of Operations at CargoNet. He has 20 years of experience in transportation logistics, and is also a former law-enforcement officer and detective.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

The year’s struggles were pervasive and felt by most carriers, but as the year closes it leads us to the question, what is the logistics market outlook for 2020? The possible thawing of tense relations could spell an eventual welcomed change from the logistics world. Zipline Logistics’ Regional Roundtable.

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3PL Insights

JULY 5, 2019

Evans was established in 1929 and has a history of providing integrated logistics solutions in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Ilitch passed away in 2017 and now his son Christopher leads and provides oversight to the Ilitch companies. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He also owned the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Russia is strongly believed to have used cyber weapons to attack Georgia during the military incursion into the country in 2008. In the Interos article they stated that the 2017 NotPetya attack on Ukrainian tax reporting software spread across the world in a matter of hours.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. According to Lee Klaskow, senior freight transportation and logistics analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, “the survey data shows what has likely become the tightest trucking market in a generation and looks poised to keep supporting spot rates into 2022. .” That’s all for this week.

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