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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

Flooded or closed roadways, bridges, and overpasses can delay freight, rail, and even air cargo. 3 Higher freight rates Hurricanes can reduce truck capacity as carriers divert resources to aid relief efforts. For example, during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the total trucking freight load fell by 10%. Gulf Coast in August 2005.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Freight Introduces Drive Safe Systems™. FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace. Meanwhile, Con-way Freight announced the full deployment of Drive Safe Systems™, a suite of advanced on-board “monitor, sense and alert” technologies. Yahoo Autos ).