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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment. Each container — the kind commonly seen on trains, trucks or ships — costs $85,000, not including shipping.

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Memorial Day 2021

Enterra Insights

.”[2] Twelve years later, Evans assumed command of the destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) — the only commanding officer the ship would ever know. On the day of the ship’s commissioning, 27 October 1943, at Seattle, Washington, Commander Evans addressed the crew and prophetically stated, “This is going to be a fighting ship.

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4 Highlights of Microsoft Build 2019

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Recently I was I lucky enough to take a break from cleaning barnacles off the hull of the good ship SYSPRO to spend the week attending the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle. The post 4 Highlights of Microsoft Build 2019 appeared first on SYSPRO US.

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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. The ship ultimately sank to a depth of 2,800 miles. 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., Mack forecasted another 310,000 Class 8 orders in 2019.

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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. Some ports are quarantining arriving ships for 14 days.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

The ISM I ndex contracted in April after going up in January from its low at the EOY 2019. Seattle is becoming a more favorable market for carriers to head to with rejection rates increasing a bit. . Moving freight into Seattle, Ontario, California, and Denver , Colorado markets should pick up. Arkansas . Colorado .