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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Atlanta, according to an article in Bloomberg.com that referenced anonymous sources. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., That’s all folks.

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Why Logistics Companies are Upgrading to Mobile Payments with Robin Gregg

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We are a payments company located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our goal is to make payments faster and simpler for the logistics industry. I grew up in West Virginia and went to Washington and Lee University. I had been advising a company in Atlanta that was focused on helping warehouses invoice and accept payments from truck drivers.

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Horseshoes and LTL with Scooter Sayers

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Scooter is the President at Sayers Logistics , a boutique LTL-based transportation consultancy that helps 3PLs, shippers, and technology providers to develop best practices, reduce costs, optimize solutions, seize opportunities, and penetrate new markets. He and his wife currently reside in the Atlanta metro area. Sayers Logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. Same-day delivery is not currently available in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and delivery of orders containing alcohol is currently limited to select stores in Illinois and Florida.

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The Southwest Airlines Debacle – What Really Happened

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A plane starting in Richmond Virginia might fly to Chicago, where most passengers get off. And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. Then the plane flies to San Diego.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

UPS Freight is based in Richmond, Virginia. In 1991, UPS moved it’s corporate headquarters from Greenwich, Connecticut to suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The post LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics. in sales (estimated 2012). UPS Freight has 6.9% had $54.1B in sales in 2012.

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Gas Trucks U-turn as Shortage Shifts From Texas to Florida

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Following Harvey’s strains on supply and the current panic buying, the outages at retail stations have stretched to Atlanta, according to Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com. “So 6 one of the Florida-bound tankers made a sharp turn to deliver into Virginia instead.

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