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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. As ocean rates continue to plummet, shippers are increasingly diverting freight from air cargo lines to more affordable ocean transportation.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Liquidity Services operates eight regional warehouse-size facilities in North America. The field is large and growing.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. TuSimple plans driverless truck tests in Arizona later this year. It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. CN offers $33.7 That’s all for this week.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Refrigerated transportation is particularly at a premium and can be difficult to secure if not working with a logistics provider with an expansive network. North Carolina. What is produce season?