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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. mile-long span. An estimated 11.5

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

Understanding the state of holiday shipping and learnings for the next peak season means realizing that rates are always going to jump-start near Halloween. Any conversation about the state of holiday shipping would be incomplete without discussing ocean freight congestion and shortages. Ocean Freight Shortages Abound.

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Port Shutdowns Continue Shipping Delays During Peak…Here’s What Shippers Need to Know

Intelligent Audit

And now, additional port shutdowns in China are undermining the overall flow of goods just as the back-to-school rush winds down and as shippers begin to enter the peak holiday shipping season. Additionally, shipping rates are already above their 2020 peak season levels. Why Port Shutdowns Are Continuing.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The answers lie in investments in supplier development teams, the simplification of the bill of materials and product platforms, and analytics to forecast requirements based on consumption. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The answers lie in investments in supplier development teams, the simplification of the bill of materials and product platforms, and analytics to forecast requirements based on consumption. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days.

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Modernizing Distribution with Daniel Sokolovsky

The Logistics of Logistics

About Daniel Sokolovsky Daniel Sokolovsky is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and Co-founder and CEO of WARP, a tech-powered freight network specializing in middle-mile solutions. Cost-Effective & Transparent: Their approach reduces shipping costs and provides real-time shipment tracking.

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Fine-Tune Your Supply Chain By Looking at Amazon

Savi

Heads up UPS and FedEx, Amazon is piloting package delivery in Los Angeles for marketplace customers. Does that mean to compete today, you need planes, trucks, ships and a global network of distribution centers? Analytics that use machine learning get better over time, which translates into continuously improved performance.