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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Thanks to the popularity of e-commerce, warehouses are some of the hottest properties in real estate. Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] The right kind of warehouse.

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FreightTech Investment Environment with John Larkin

The Logistics of Logistics

John Larkin was named an Operating Partner at Clarendon Capital in May of 2019. He resides, with his wife of 38 years, Nancy, in Dallas, TX, Baltimore, MD, and Saranac Lake, NY, and on Water Island, USVI. About John Larkin, CFA John Larkin , CFA is a Strategic Advisor to Clarendon Capital.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

Freight Plus

Trucking capacity in 2019 is about speed not rates according to industry analysts. Amazon’s safety record scrutinized after Baltimore warehouse tragedy. ELDs have changed the way that carriers score their partners and shippers with long detention times are losing capacity in the form of time, rejected loads, and partnerships.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

As retailers have adjusted to limits on the use of the Panama Canal and the Red Sea, we now face the shutdown of the Port of Baltimore to vessel traffic. With 12 miles of conveyor belts and thousands of robots to automate goods processed in the facility, it is Amazon’s first highly automated warehouse in the state.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.28-2.1

Freight Plus

Harley Davidson projects trade war tariffs will cost company $120M in 2019. DHL claims that the warehouse robots that they’ve already invested in have increased order picking productivity by 100%. Truckers protest Baltimore port delay times. Similarly, the Chinese economy is growing at its slowest pace in years.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.