Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

China Trade Battle Spawns a New Era of Tariff Dodges (WSJ – sub. Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Trucking costs to halve by 2030, study predicts (LLoyd’s Loading List). Loadsmart Announces $21.6

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Demand for last-mile delivery is soaring and is expected to grow by 78% globally by 2030.- With last-mile delivery costs contributing to more than 50% of total shipping costs, the rising expectations in home delivery increases the risk of encountering inefficiencies. More Focus on Last-Mile Delivery. But things have changed today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. Leading members of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, including Chair Christopher Smith (R-N.J.),

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Over 400 suppliers in China, India, the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Accenture ).

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. Now planning for complete Physical Internet system by 2030.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

China is at 74%, the United States tracks at 73%, Australia at 70%, and India at 42%. In Los Angeles, due to the trade deficit between the United States and China, 3.5 containers are received rom China for every container shipped. Labor shortages abound for road freight. Making the Argument. Price Increases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

The retailer has partnered with the Bengaluru-based cargo airline Quikjet to launch its maiden air freight service in the country, which it said will enable the firm to speed up its delivery. India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service. Regional shipping companies across the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

The energy crisis in China and the European conflict are bringing additional chaos in the form of production shutdowns, raw material shortages and blocked shipping lanes. billion by 2030 — an annual growth rate of 13.2%. Digital Freight Bidding. The industry’s well-documented labor shortages are not ending anytime soon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

Ford expedites freight to alleviate supplier disruptions in China. A few weeks ago, I wrote that UPS is entering the metaverse , having submitted several trademark filings for goods and services including “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs); “virtual goods, namely, packages, parcels, [and] shipping labels;” and “virtual retail shipping.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Staten Island workers could challenge the company’s current labor model, which is the backbone of its Prime two-day shipping promise. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Retailers turning to specific-day delivery over speediest shipping. Companies are coping with rising costs to source and produce goods in China and other Asian locales. Several freight executives say they expect to reduce staff by attrition, though some suggest layoffs could come as their companies cut costs. trade with Asia.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The restaurant, which has more than 20 locations in the northeast US and China, will open to the public in early October. Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. Smartphone shipments in China in August fall 9.9 In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers. billion parcel shipments, up from 1.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Amazon has taken steps to electrify its fleet with 1,000 electric vans now on UK roads, as it strives to deliver half its shipments with net-zero carbon by 2030 and all by 2040. The growth comes despite increased US regulatory scrutiny of such charges, highlighted by the June passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), a U.S.

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APRIL 19, 2024

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. waters in recent years Ocean freight rates expected to jump after Iran seizes containership Walmart Canada is launching a national pilot program for customers to recycle their reusable shopping bags.

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