The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since 2021 as the Green Corridor contributor, I’ve focused my roundup on the same basic categories. Aeronautics engineering innovation is sadly only paddling forward in comparison to the ship building industry. How fast or slow that is I hope to share with you in this years annual roundup!

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

However, while both last-mile carriers noted strong revenue growth, the combined parcel volume from smaller carriers outpaced UPS and FedEx volume growth rates in 2021 according to Pitney Bowe’s latest estimates. UPS and FedEx lead the US parcel market in terms of volumes and revenues. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The number of package flights operated by FedEx Express and UPS significantly declined month over month in July, underscoring how far the overall air cargo market has sunk since the spring of 2022 and the effect of efficiency initiatives the companies have undertaken in response to lower express volumes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

This column featured details of that acquisition in a November 2021 update. The company reportedly added new customers, applications and geographies while achieving over 170 percent gross retention in contracted revenue from existing customers in 2021. billion acquisition in December of 2021 in an all-cash tender offer.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. On a per-dollar basis to 2019, at the end of Q1 2021, 2019 was down 2.7%. As 2021 progresses, volumes will likely swing upward turning the current 2019 and 2018 negatives into positive growth due to anticipated continued strong sales.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

Fastenal expects spot buys to continue through 2021 but "perhaps not quite as intensely in the second half." In comparison, B2C ecommerce sales grew 15% to $601.75 It further noted that the lead times to move its products had increased, resulting in shortages in its hubs. trillion from $1.1 trillion in 2018.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, the global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached a high of 416.45 parts per million, in comparison to the 1960 levels of 316.91 The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. A slow-moving crisis.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to a Heavy Duty Trucking article , analysts from FTR expect spot market rates to remain elevated in 2022 despite decreasing from the estimated 2021 level. This trend was present during much of 2021 as consumption grew or matched 2020’s explosive figures. percent from a month earlier in November 2021 after surging 1.8

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2021

However, as a commercial truck driver, you usually make more money and give yourself more options if you can take your cargo from state to state. Commercial trucker training article originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on July 30, 2021. The FMCSA Regulations. The post Commercial Trucker Training!

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As of November 20, 2021, the costs have skyrocketed to nearly $7,000 more per container. The key to success lies in aggregating all the data from all ocean freight transporters, normalizing it to make apples-to-apples comparisons, deriving actionable insights through analytics, and making those insights easy-to-view within custom dashboards.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ producer price index (PPI) for couriers and express delivery services, standard courier services have increased 30.023 points from November 2020 to November 2021, index based on 1992=100 and not seasonally adjusted. This combination resulted in higher shipping costs for retailers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. s CargoNet.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

GRIs for 2021 and Prospects for 2022. While understanding what a GRI stands for in shipping is great, it’s important to understand how these charges are shaping up for the remainder of 2021 and 2022. Some carriers choose to update rates only once or twice a year to keep things simpler for everyone involved. Normalize data.

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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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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

– Lloyd’s Report, 2021. Supply chain risk management maturity levels define how well a company has developed the risk management processes in comparison to industry benchmarks. The backlog of cargo owing to numerous supply chain disruptions is increasing logistical delays. That’s about 7% of all seaborne oil.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For comparison, the prices stood at just under $11,000 for a similar container in the last week of July 2021. During the start of the year, pandemic-related restrictions resulted in a 75% increase in rollover cargo at the top 20 global ports. Freight prices have climbed over 500% in the last year. .

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 19, 2021

In comparison, there are 20,139 large businesses. From October 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021, 530 million Section 321 filings have been made. Besides running a logistics market research firm, catch my weekly articles on air cargo, freight forwarding, the express markets, and a monthly podcast on Air Cargo World.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Those problems matured as customers’ demand for low prices and free shipping grew unchecked up to the biggest peak season in history, 2021. That’s where the real problem became inevitable, and CFL had to shutter operations on the eve of the biggest trucking surge in history—again, peak season 2021.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

While it may have been acceptable in the past to consider underutilised containers as an unavoidable cost of international shipping, the astronomical costs of container freight in 2021 no longer allow for such a luxury—at least, not for companies serious about maintaining realistic margins and staying in business. How about palletisation?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The work incidents generally haven’t delayed cargo movement, but officials say they worry that confrontations over work disputes could escalate. Use of mobile apps during check-in received a score of 67 percent satisfaction, in comparison to other methods that were not as quick or easy to use.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. From January through August, there was about 20 percent less import cargo volume at major container ports than the same period last year, according to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. in comparison to a historical expansionary average of 6.1%, the company said.

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