Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

According to UPS CEO Carol Tome, the 2024 U.S. “Winning back and winning new volume is part of a program we call Project Brown, which will continue into 2024,” Tome said. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. of total volumes, up slightly from 35.3%

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. How in this era of advanced technology, navigation and cargo ship advancements could such a disaster such as this occur? East Coast port presence helps in this determination. All rights reserved.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. In Germany, the Rhine River faces a historic low this year, preventing many vessels from moving cargo. The ACP also implemented “Condition 3” until September 2, 2023.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2021 and 2022 an extreme surge in demand for goods that overwhelmed ports was the main culprit of disruptions and spiking rates. Europe and Mediterranean prices would be 45% – 65% lower than their $14k/FEU pandemic peak in late 2021, and 65% – 75% lower compared to the Asia – N. America East Coast peak of $22k/FEU.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Access all the courses related to logistics on our website SCMDOJO Amazon Figures Here’s a breakdown of the latest Amazon figures you requested (as of April 2, 2024):* Turnover in 2023: $574 billion Profit in 2023: $30.4 2021: 1,608,000 Amazon Employees New hires: However, in 2022, they employed over 1.5

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some carriers were already extending service suspensions into 2024 as supply and demand are misaligned. Looking toward 2024, reports of robust holiday sales in November in the US points to the continued strength of US consumers, and suggests that importers will enter a restocking cycle after the holidays. China – N.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

After an extremely volatile first half of the year, the challenges in the air freight market look set to continue into 2021, requiring both foresight and forward planning from businesses. Airlines have adapted to the changing market by introducing cargo only flights, with minimal schedules to keep global trade moving. Our role at C.H.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Humankind’s quest to visit Mars will—if all goes well—get a major boost in 2021 as three different spacecrafts are on schedule to arrive at the Red Planet: NASA’s Perseverance; China’s Tianwen-1; and the United Arab Emirates’ Hope. China intends to orbit Tianwen-1 for several months before identifying a landing site, according to Space.com.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices. Roughly 2.5%

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. in the second quarter of 2021 due to a lack of raw materials. ( Plastic resins were in short supply all of 2021, with prices skyrocketing by up to 50%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That’s a sharp reversal from 2021 and the first half of 2022, when UPS and FedEx – awash with volume from the early pandemic’s online shopping surge – rebuffed discount requests and cherry-picked the most profitable customers. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns. or UPS Inc.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The new drone, dubbed MK30, will go into service in 2024 and replace the existing MK27-2, the model that will be used to make deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, this year. Walmart Canada piloted the solution in January 2021 and used supplier feedback to hone the system. billion in chemicals cargo a week.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Before joining the VPA in January 2021, Stephen served as President and Chief Executive Officer for TraPac, LLC.and was responsible for the overall performance of the company with focus on safety, service and sustainability. billion in its infrastructure – creating a network of six terminals that can handle any type of cargo.

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Multichannel Merchant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Bezos said all 100,000 Rivian vans should be on the road by 2024, according to USA Today , with the first in service by 2021 and prototypes possibly showing up next year. Before now, Rivian had been focused on developing pickups and SUVs , according to The Verge, after pivoting away from a challenge to Tesla’s electric cars last year.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. Zero-emission Norwegian container ship Yara Birkeland, albeit with a limited capacity of 120 TEU, made its maiden voyage in November 2021. Consolidating a variety of products into containers has lowered shipping costs and decreased lead-times.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Q1 2021 saw 39% year-over-year growth in US e-commerce sales. This growth is continuing with e-commerce sales expected to reach $6 trillion by 2024. That resulted in bottlenecks, such as the record backlogs at the port of Los Angeles, where container ships waited for weeks to offload cargo. E-commerce is here to stay.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2021

This severe restriction is typically caused by the time required to load and unload cargo and waiting for a slot at a destination. Demand for trucking capacity increased during 2021, further stretching the supply of drivers. TuSimple, the leader in autonomous trucking technology, plans to ship self-driving trucks nationwide by 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The company plans to resume opening new Fresh stores in 2024, after a pause of more than a year. Beginning in 2024, Uber will begin accepting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits as payment, as well as FSA (Flexible Spending Account), Managed Medicaid and Medicare Advantage benefits. billion as U.S.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In particular, pay attention to the red 2021 line – which is nowhere near where it was in the past for 2018-2020. By the way, the Census Bureau dropped the Q4 2021 e-commerce supplement last week, and the key takeaway when we look at e-commerce for brick-and-mortar retailers was a strong return to in-store shopping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

This means moving the cargo twice as far and twice as fast. TuSimple – a provider of autonomous freight semi-truck solutions – has said their technology will be operational by 2024. But even in 2024, these trucks will not be running across all lanes nationwide. Start-ups have been known to make extravagant claims.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Panasonic plans to resolve the bottleneck in early 2024 when it starts producing the advanced cells at the $4 billion battery factory it’s building in Kansas. The work incidents generally haven’t delayed cargo movement, but officials say they worry that confrontations over work disputes could escalate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

Later this month the nominees will be announced for the 2024 Oscars. Yemen-based Houthi militants have been attacking high-value cargo vessels in the Red Sea since November in a show of support for Palestinian Islamist group Hamas fighting Israel in Gaza. One category that has always been interesting is Best Adapted Screenplay.

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APRIL 19, 2024

On February 4 at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift announced that she would be releasing a new album, which had secretly been in the works for two years. cargo imports in May could hit highest level since last October Transloading is heating up again Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S.

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