Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. For example, when one company orders from a supplier in Asia to be delivered by a certain ocean carrier, the lead time is 24 days.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is a blog by one of our affiliate partners, Global Vision Group , a Federal Maritime Commission licensed Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF). Is Full container freight not moving? Try moving your most important freight LCL to the East Coast.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 8, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 16, 2022

Despite optimistic changes in air travel in 2022, air cargo availability remains slim amidst continued disruptions, revealing the need for continued surcharges and fees that complicate freight billing. However, UPS reported that, “Effective August 14, 2022, Asia to Canada WWE FREIGHT rates will decrease.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Exports of strawberries, immensely popular in Asia, also increased by 29.7 A good chunk of these is found in California, home to 41,300 private and public power outlets. Both marine products were supported by growing demand from Japanese restaurants in the United States. Japanese sake exports increased 33.7 percent to 23.4

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. No doubt this will complicate efforts to get products from Asia to U.S. Missed schedules could keep rates high well into November, when the holiday freight season would ordinarily start to wind down. filed for bankruptcy on August 31st.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. There were floods in Europe and China, Hurricane Ida on the Gulf Coast, and California wildfires that all played their part.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

Will drought persist in California, as La Niña shifts storm tracks northward? How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia? But specific regional impacts are harder to predict. Will the U.S. and China and the possibility of war between Russia and Ukraine, both leading wheat exporters.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). Guillaume Roels. million worldwide.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

According to Reuters : California farmers were especially hard hit by the port disruptions, with export losses estimated to be running at hundreds of millions of dollars a week. The California Citrus Mutual trade group said the slowdown had cut members’ exports by half this season compared to recent years. Productivity at U.S.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

But, for the next two years, companies are free to import solar panels from Southeast Asia without fear of tariffs. Our warehouse has rail siding to handle incoming or outgoing freight directly between the warehouse and rail cars. We also have a transload yard in which freight from center-beam cars can be unloaded or loaded.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

It will probably alleviate California’s drought. El Niño is set to bring copious amounts of precipitation to California and the Southern United States. will see a wet winter while California is preparing for storms that will bring floods and mudslides. Typhoons can disrupt air and ship travel in Southeast Asia.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 20, 2021

Additionally, if you have spent time in Southern California and you look at the port, there is nothing left in terms of the infrastructure and the available land. East Asia to West Coast Performance. Plan on significant increases in your Asia-US East Coast base port pricing. Where do you put these things?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This distinguished gentleman happened to have just retired as President of Global Freight Forwarding, and prior to that, as President of UPS Asia Pacific. In this case, the context was an annual bid and quote negotiation they had to do with electronic manufacturers who wanted to ship products from the factories in Asia to the US.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 11, 2012

Environment: – Implementing a first-of-its-kind heavy duty natural gas vehicle project for commercial rental and lease fleets in Southern California. – Completing certification as a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program for logistics operations in Asia.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2023

What a whirlwind the 2022 Freight Market was – we saw inflation, fuel prices, and freight rates hit record highs. Freight Market . California’s AB5 . AB5 has the potential to destabilize the trucking market in California, which can create a variety of issues for shippers moving freight in and out of the state.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Demand for vans continues to heat up on the West Coast, boosting load-to-truck ratios in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. The load-to-truck ratio held steady at 4.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Deaths in Hong Kong are at a record level as COVID outbreaks slow freight at Shenzhen and Qingdao ports in China. Rail freight through Russia increased 40% last year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe. Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. FedEx Express has announced the launch of a new route between Asia and Europe. We will have to wait and see. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Furthermore, DSV will now be truly global within contract logistics and expand into road freight activities outside Europe. The combined companies will have a more balanced geographical footprint with approximately 61% of revenue in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 17% in Americas, 16% in Asia (APAC) and 6% in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As you may already know, DAT collects data on truck freight transactions, as part of the company's role as the largest provider of load boards and truckload rate data. Macroeconomic trends have a direct effect on rail freight volume, specifically on traditional bulk cargo types such as metal and ores, petroleum products, and coal.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

state of California and has no land borders. Japan’s location makes it an ideal trading partner across most of Asia and even Europe and the U.S. Japan has more than 175 airports; 142 with paved runways and most of them capable of handling freight planes and jets. The country is slightly smaller than the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2012

I met with a local businessman, Marty who was importing goods from Asia. We wouldn’t be responsible for the sea freight or clearing customs, but we would pick up two pallets from a warehouse in California and deliver them to Chicago. Fortunately, we were able to get the freight claim filed and paid pretty quickly.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2015

Sanfield laments that, “In March, a lot of the ships unloaded here and went back to Asia and didn’t get back to their routine rotations.”. At the peak of congestion at the port, 31 container vessels sat anchored outside of the Southern California docks.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

Through 2020, even in the worst periods of the outbreak, when cargo volumes fell, the same was not true of freight rates due to more diligent operators who better handled their capabilities, slashing capacity on the basis of smooth sailings, minimizing cost, profit margins rather than market share, using lower prices of fuel.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As freight volumes continue to fall and demand softens, ocean carriers are working to increase blank sailings. Supply Chain Dive reports that Maersk has already reduced capacity by 15%, with other carriers preparing to follow suit for transpacific and Asia-Europe routes. . Ocean Carriers Increase Blank Sailing Amid Declining Demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

Ford expedites freight to alleviate supplier disruptions in China. However, speeding up shipments and other steps to secure supply have come at a cost, as Ford is spending a lot of money on premium freight and other things to work around COVID escalations in China. Amazon recruiting mom-and-pop shops for rural deliveries.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 6, 2020

One thing’s for sure, freight forwarding never has a dull moment. . With the growth of ecommerce and high-tech products flooding our markets, air freight is a go-to mode of transportation for many shippers—any time of year. Last July, we posted about ongoing uncertainty in the air freight market. Ecommerce expectations.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 20, 2020

California has over 40 million people on lockdown with New York following suit today. As of right now, top lines have been essentially wiped out for industries like air transportation, freight, gastronomy, tourism, travel, and many more. The deaths in Italy have surpassed those in China.

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Freightera

MAY 26, 2017

As many of you may be aware, freight shipping, international shipping and also aviation are not included in the COP21 agreement. As I mentioned before, freight transport is currently seven percent of freight emissions. It’s currently 19% of total CO2 emissions. This is data from the carbon footprint study from the OECD.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. Currently, a blended rate from major ports in Asia to the West Coast are around $3,400, which is an all-time high. Air freight in Q4 is going to remain extremely tight with elevated costs.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. Currently, a blended rate from major ports in Asia to the West Coast are around $3,400, which is an all-time high. Air freight in Q4 is going to remain extremely tight with elevated costs.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The speakers cover everything from air and ocean freight to trucking and warehousing. Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. Nerijus: Flexport is a technology-enabled freight forwarder. Flexport is a freight forwarder that allows clients to make better decisions.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And so we’re taking action to sort of avoid the tariffs by moving to southeast Asia and other low-cost countries that can meet our requirements.". And so we’re taking action to sort of avoid the tariffs by moving to southeast Asia and other low-cost countries that can meet our requirements.". and China is impacting their businesses.

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