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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.11-3.15

Freight Plus

British Navy saves 27 aboard doomed cargo ship. Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. If you look at 2019 here in the U.S., But we still think that 2019 is going to be a very, very good year for the Class 8 truck market.”

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. percent from February 2019. Measuring the Imbalances*. Ocean Freight.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019. In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging. Content Summary: Autonomous Boats Could Ferry Cargo in Busy Cities. Media Type.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart began piloting its first market fulfillment center in Salem, NH in 2019 and recently announced it is planning dozens of locations, with many more to come. The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

”[3] Back in 2019, Jasper Dekker ( @dekkerjasper ), an Associate Design Director at Smart Design, reported, “In New York City, 1.5 Calvert reports some cities, like New York, are trying to encourage the use of cargo bikes. ” Big packages, however, are a problem for cargo bikes. Footnotes. [1] 7] Jennifer A.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

A dispute between two unions over which workers get certain jobs at a cargo-handling terminal at the Port of Seattle is holding up labor talks between West Coast dockworkers and their employers. In 2019, the e-commerce giant also gave its Prime members the option to pick a specific delivery date. trade with Asia. Amazon.com Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

The past 36 hours have been a rollercoaster for anybody involved with cargo flowing through the ports in British Columbia, with the strike by longshoremen flipping between resumption and being called off. As for the specs and pricing, Tesla hasn’t updated those since the launch of the prototype in 2019. That’s all for this week.