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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shipt debuts Costco delivery in Tampa (Tampa Bay Business Journal). Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (February 2017). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. billion in current dollars in January 2017, a 6.7 billion from January 2016 to January 2017. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.1% in February.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

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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Grocery continues to grow and evolve

BlueYonder

Shipt said in a press release on Tuesday that it was launching the service for Costco customers in Tampa. The company overall plans to move into 50 markets and more than 30 million households by the end of 2017. Read more in Phil Wahba’s article, Soon, You’ll Be Able to Get Costco Groceries Delivered At Home.

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Grocery continues to grow and evolve

BlueYonder

Shipt said in a press release on Tuesday that it was launching the service for Costco customers in Tampa. The company overall plans to move into 50 markets and more than 30 million households by the end of 2017. Read more in Phil Wahba’s article, Soon, You’ll Be Able to Get Costco Groceries Delivered At Home.

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Flatbed Freight Continues to Gain Momentum

DAT Solutions

Overall, flatbed volumes are 20% higher than they were a year ago, while rates are 22% higher compared to the same period in 2017. The average rate out of Tampa hit $2.09/mile, That's led to tight capacity for many flatbed markets, as seen in the load-to-truck ratios in the map below. mile, which is high for Florida.