DAT Solutions

AUGUST 25, 2017

Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit South Texas, including Houston and the Gulf Coast, tonight or tomorrow morning, and it may remain in place for days. Hurricane Harvey 2017. Harvey will be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in almost 12 years.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 31, 2017

Houston Chemical Factory Set to Explode after Flooding, New Drone and RFID Inventory System from MIT,Things Looking Up for Container Carriers for a Change, New Amazon FC from Ruins of Huge Cleveland Mall

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. becomes more of the fact.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Here are some posts I wrote this year sharing my takeaways from various conferences: Elevating the Heavy Building Materials Supply Chain (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 Conference). More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference). Vendor Conferences (alphabetical order).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That all changed with the summer of 2017. Looking back on how we arrived at this point, many experts point to the 2017 hurricane season, specifically with Hurricane Harvey hitting the Houston area in late August 2017, followed by Hurricane Irma hitting Florida just a few weeks later.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2017

EST on August 28, 2017. Hurricane Harvey is causing catastrophic flooding in Southeast Texas, leaving the Houston metro area in a severe crisis situation. Houston area schools as well as a significant number of businesses are closed for the week and many areas are only accessible by boat or helicopter. Current as of 2 p.m.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The total for 2017 is expected to come to 20 million TEUs, topping last year’s previous record of 18.8 The first half of 2017 totaled 9.7 million TEUs, down 1% from January 2017; February at 1.59 million TEUs, down 1% from January 2017; February at 1.59 November is forecast at 1.63 million TEUs, down 0.5%

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In April 2017, William B. This puts a strain on the existing transportation resources, and if mother nature wipes out the infrastructure in coastal areas, such as Houston, the Port of Miami or even shipments between Puerto Rico and the mainland, capacity tightens faster than anyone expects.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 2, 2022

According to tech journalist Antonio Regalado ( @antonioregalado ), “The term [‘cloud computing’ dates back] to late 1996, and to an office park outside Houston. 9] Akhilesh Tiwari, “ Crawl, walk, run: How global companies can shift to the cloud ,” CIO Dive, 24 October 2017.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 18, 2018

freight and generated $719bn in revenue in 2017, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). “We We could see the demographics, and now they’re finally hitting home,” says Brian Fielkow, president and CEO of Jetco Delivery, a trucking and logistics company based in Houston. Trucks moved more than 70 percent of all U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Growth has slowed from the first half of the year but 2017 is expected to total 19.8 The first half of 2017 totaled 9.7 million TEUs, down 2% from January 2017, and February is forecast at 1.58 million TEUs, up 10% from the same month in 2017. million TEUs, down 2% from January 2017, and February is forecast at 1.58

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Five days later, the Ideal-X sailed into Houston, Texas, where waiting trucks collected the containers for delivery to local factories and warehouses. 2] Marc Levinson, “ The Now-Ubiquitous Shipping Container Was an Idea Before Its Time ,” Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2017. [3]

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. By January 2017, I saw clear signals that the 18-month freight recession was over , and spot market rates started to climb in earnest. The biggest influences were the Four Es: Economic growth. E-commerce. Electronic logging devices.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. Subscribe Here!

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Texas freeze and the power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. A month later (March), many remained offline, and analysts said it could be months more before all are fully back. as supplies tighten.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Behind the scenes during the tumultuous disaster season of 2017, building materials manufacturers leaned heavily on dynamic digital tools to supply recovery efforts. The urgent phone call to the building materials manufacturer came as yet another hurricane was churning its way toward landfall during the record storm season of 2017.

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Stord

DECEMBER 1, 2022

7, 2017 -- STORD is excited to announce that we are expanding our network adding key distribution hubs in Los Angeles , Pennsylvania , Dallas , and Chicago. Meanwhile, the Dallas facility is in a major logistics and consolidation hub near the Port of Houston. ATLANTA, Nov.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Residents spent months in shelters, and some sought refuge in nearby states and cities, particularly Houston, where many stayed permanently after the dramatic events brought by Katrina. As New Orleans rebuilt its homes, its jobs, and its lives - some never came back.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

May 2017: $2.10 Much of that activity is centered in the Houston market. The top four flatbed lanes in the country originate or end in Houston: #1 Houston market to Houston market. #2 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4. May 2018: $2.71

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DAT Solutions

JULY 6, 2018

For example, at the end of 2017, we noted that Atlanta became the first market to crack 2 million for outbound van load posts. Before 2017, Atlanta had traditionally been the only market to hit 1 million van load posts annually. This year there are 10 markets on pace to break the 2 million mark. Last year, 10 markets hit that number.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

What’s less typical is the fact that the national average is still higher than it was at any point in 2017. Van load counts rose in both Houston and Chicago , which is a another sign that we could be looking at an early spring for spot freight this year. Truckload pricing also made some gains on the Houston to L.A.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance. Ideal X (aka Maxton ) ships 60 containers on deck from Newark, N.J. The next year, Pan Atlantic ship Gateway City begins the regular service. Significance.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2018

Demand also cooled out of Houston, the largest flatbed market in the country and the top market supplying Midland and its surrounding counties. Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well. Other areas in the U.S.

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o9 Solutions

MARCH 16, 2021

Between 2017 and 2019, these 250 private companies had an average growth rate of 210 percent and, in 2019 alone, they employed more than 44,000 people and added more than $9 billion to the Texas economy. Companies based in the largest metro areas—Dallas, Houston, and Austin—brought in the highest revenue overall. More about Inc.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. . Significance. Ideal X (aka Maxton ) ships 60 containers on deck from Newark, N.J. The next year, Pan Atlantic ship Gateway City begins the regular service. Significance.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Anheuser-Busch Converts Houston Trucking Fleet to Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles from Ryder. Finally, news this week that Anheuser-Busch (in partnership with Ryder) is replacing its 66 diesel tractor fleet in Houston with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered engines. Omnitracs to Acquire XRS Corporation.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Overall, flatbed volumes are 20% higher than they were a year ago, while rates are 22% higher compared to the same period in 2017. Houston is the number one flatbed market by volume, and the average outbound rate there rose 10¢ to $2.67/mile. Several major flatbed markets posted big gains last week.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2018

Spot market volume is also now on par with 2017, with load-to-truck ratios for each trailer type finally coming back to earth. The spot market cooled in Texas , and outbound rates in Dallas and Houston have fallen more than 10% in the past month. That extra capacity has taken some of the pressure off of pricing. Falling rates.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2017

While we were already headed for an unavoidable capacity shortage in 2017, a series of unique events have led us to what could be a severe shortage in freight capacity: A strong, but late produce season from California. Devastating hurricanes in Houston and Florida, and the ongoing recovery efforts that will tie up capacity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. We actually do hire a lot of great writers that don’t have experience in the space and combine them with market experts. [08:54]

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Los Angeles ranks #8 for spot market flatbed loads, behind Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth in Texas; also behind Chicago, Cleveland, and surprising South Bend, IN in the Midwest. Flatbed freight has been the clear winner so far in 2017 for improvement in load-truck ratios and rates.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. We actually do hire a lot of great writers that don’t have experience in the space and combine them with market experts. [08:54]

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 26, 2018

Meanwhile, shipper-direct contract rates are up 20% compared to June 2017, including fuel, but spot market rates are 28% higher than last year. Houston to New Orleans cooled after three weeks of extreme highs, dropping 15¢ to a still-very-high $3.17/mile. mile (however, the lane from Columbus to Buffalo rose 21¢).

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What I hope to start seeing more of are things like the exosuit that gained Lowe’s a lot of acclaim in 2017. He has spent his entire 15-year career with the executive search firm since graduating from the University of Houston with a BBA in Marketing and is based in Houston, Texas.

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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. Per the EPA , 13 of the U.S.’s

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

For instance, according to the most recent figures available from the Energy Information Administration, construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems averaged $2,343 per kilowatt in 2017 and roughly $1,647 for onshore wind turbines. “What is more affordable depends on where you are,” Webber explained.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 22, 2017

Houston is Hot for Vans. You won't find any snow down in Houston, where freight volumes and rates continued to climb last week. Houston is number one for load posts on DAT load boards in 2017 so far, for all trailer types combined. And it's not just vans. Six Lanes Make Big Gains.

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