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Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers

The Logistics of Logistics

Trillion by 2026 according to IMARC Group and the overall total U.S. miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67 He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that works on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. trillions of ton-miles by 2045 (Statista).

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

The last mile delivery market size in North America is expected to grow by USD 59.81 Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.28% from 2019 to 2026. But things have changed today.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. At the end of 2021, ocean freight rates were more than three times what they were throughout 2020. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4% Supply Chain Brain ). Bloomberg).

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Material Handling & Logistics

It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Many already believe that freight exchange platforms, dedicated to maximizing payload efficiency and reducing empty miles, have a role to play in making this vision a reality.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retailer plans to have at least 15 of the facilities, dubbed sortation centers, by the end of January 2026. According to Mike O’Connell, Vice President of Supply Chain for Pepsi, the company owns one of the largest private fleets in North America, and that’s one of the reasons it has partnered with Tesla.

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

Marine terminal automation is “the most contentious issue facing longshore unions on the West and East coasts of North America,” wrote JOC. According to The Maritime Executive , Shanghai port authorities expect automated operations to handle 30 million TEU by 2026. The automated terminal handled about 5 million of Shanghai’s 43.5