Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. More than $728 million is on the way to communities around the nation to bolster intermodal freight infrastructure. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
The Logistics of Logistics
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Notable appointments include work in the federal government as Attorney-Advisor (International Affairs) in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Maritime Commission and work at a public port authority as Maritime Project Manager for the Port of Boston at the Massachusetts Port Authority.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Last month, the parties announced a tentative agreement on certain key issues.
Intelligent Audit
OCTOBER 10, 2022
For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. As freight rates continue to fall, shippers will likely continue to leverage blank sailings to balance operational costs against volatile fuel prices.
Supply Chain Matters
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Founded in 2000, Germany based Transporeon provides a digital freight platform the supports more than 1,200 shippers, 100 large retailers, and over 120,000 logistics services providers and carriers. The company manages operations from eight different global office locations and can converse business in twenty-five different languages.
Zipline Logistics
JANUARY 28, 2020
Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Kansas’ produce season transportation spikes influence freight capacity and rates in early summer continuing through August. Massachusetts. Massachusetts grows the majority of the country’s domestic crop.
Supply Chain Opz
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
7) David Simchi-Levi , Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman at OPS Rules Management Consultants Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company''s entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete.
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