Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Gatik’s four-year project with Walmart — using driverless trucks since 2021 — ended with the closing of the warehouse where it was picking up loads. days for general cargo vessels.
MIT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Warehousing response to online growth Consulting firm Deloitte forecasts that e-commerce sales will grow by 25% to 35%, year-over-year, during the 2020–2021 holiday season, generating $182 billion to $196 billion in sales. A Seattle startup, FLEXE, has gone a step further by creating what amounts to the Airbnb of warehousing.
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Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The photos of the cargo ships at anchor waiting for berth at the ports of LA and Long Beach certainly generate an emotional response, “what in those containers will affect my work or personal consumption plans?” Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. The LA and Long Beach Container Vessels.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 16, 2023
The Biden administration is trying to ease tensions between the West Coast dockworkers’ union and port employers as escalating strains in contract negotiations threaten to reach cargo operations and obstruct the movement of goods through some of the country’s biggest trade gateways.
QAD
DECEMBER 16, 2021
A lack of railcars to move cargo from the ports is adding more delays. IndustryWeek conducted a survey of CEOs in October 2021 to identify supply chain pain points. The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are likewise expanding gate hours. And the current global supply chain disruptions may be sticking around longer than we might think.
Cathy Roberson
MARCH 25, 2024
Photo 114433559 | Fedex Freight © Oksanaphoto | Dreamstime.com However, UPS sold its LTL carrier, UPS Freight, in 2021 to TFI International. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Its Freight division is considered the largest LTL provider.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com. 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.
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