Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2015

As I mentioned in last week’s Friday News Roundup, I spent some time in Atlanta attending the Home Delivery World, Click & Collect Show USA, and ETail Show USA joint conference. I had the pleasure of catching Tom Barone, VP of North America Operations at eBay Enterprise present on the changing nature of commerce.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As many as 30 container ships were waiting to be unloaded at the Port of Long Beach at one point. Currently, 70 ships are backlogged off Southern California ports , the area responsible for nearly half of all US imports , waiting to be unloaded. The situation, in 2020, was the worst in history. Reach Out to Talk to Zipline.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 11, 2016

due to the fallout from the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy. Rates and volumes held steady in Chicago and Atlanta , which were numbers 2 and 3 for load posts, but demand was way down in Texas. Lots of those loads were heading to Atlanta and Florida. Rates are still elevated on long-haul lanes heading east from L.A. ,

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. In North America, it delivered over half a million packages with EVs, although that number should grow as the company ramps up its use of Rivian EVs in the U.S. Overall revenue for the Atlanta-based delivery company rose 4.2% over the next seven years.

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera. China is moving very quickly now.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The Teamsters represent about 340,000 UPS employees, more than half of the company’s workforce in the largest private-sector contract in North America. The fulfillment space of these sites is designed to expand access to the retailer’s next- or two-day shipping. But a yes vote does not mean a strike is imminent.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

CX North America Adds Replay Technology to Its Freight Visibility Solutions. As reported by the Star Tribune : Target is extending its next-day delivery of household essentials to eight more major markets, including New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Freight startup Flexport soars from ‘unsexy’ to $800M valuation (TechCrunch).

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 3, 2018

Being the largest for-hire carrier company in North America, UPS is central to any steps the transportation and shipping industry may take in an effort to become more economical. The first routes will be through Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. UPS Electric Trucks. UPS says that these 50 trucks are just a first step.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Meanwhile, Cloud Logistics introduced its Same Day TMS program “designed to allow shippers to start shipping – and saving – the day they start the project.” You can work as much or as little as you want.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. Belk @belk With more than 300 department stores in 16 states throughout the Southern U.S.,

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2017

Granted, some big markets like Atlanta and Dallas remained quiet this December. Instead, rates and volumes shot up in places like Memphis and Columbus, both associated with e-commerce fulfillment, and even Denver and Seattle exhibited unusually robust rates and shipping patterns. per mile, as they were at the June peak of $1.98.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Revenue: $74.969 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $74.094 billion (2019) Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, USA CEO: Carol Tome 2. They have operations in North America and Europe.

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FLEXE

MAY 25, 2017

Retailers have started popping-up fulfillment centers across North America. Atlanta, Georgia. With inventory closer to customers, they can shorten delivery times and offer one- or same-day shipping on certain products to improve conversion rates and reduce shopping cart abandonment. Seattle, Washington. Denver, Colorado.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2016

</p> <blockquote><h3>Retailers have started popping-up fulfillment centers across North America. They could now offer things like one- or same-day delivery on certain product lines and improve sales conversion rates by offering free shipping.</p>

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