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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

In other Walmart news, the company is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its reliance upon China as it looks to cut costs and diversify its supply chain. million through the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. Walmart shipped one quarter of its U.S. FlexCold LLC plans to use $8.2

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

Road closures isolated Denver from parts of the supply chain last week. That led to an increase on the lane from Seattle to Salt Lake City , as an alternative to bringing in supplies from Denver. Denver to Albuquerque, NM increased to $2.07/mi. Chicago to Los Angeles dropped to $1.51/mi. Rising Rates.