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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.,

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Horseshoes and LTL with Scooter Sayers

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He and his wife currently reside in the Atlanta metro area. NMFTA) is a nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Scooter Sayers graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

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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. 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. All the big payments processing giants are in Atlanta.

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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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3 Cheers for the Spring Freight Season!

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Atlanta rates also slipped, although rates held up well in other regional hubs, including Memphis and Charlotte. TriHaul: Chicago - Atlanta - Decatur - Chicago. There’s plenty of freight from Chicago to Atlanta, but the rates aren’t great, and the return trip is worse. Decatur is a hot market for flatbeds, too.

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Prices fall as flooding halts freight

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But before the storm hit, there were big spikes in van rates heading into the Carolinas and Virginia: The average van rate on the lane from Allentown, PA, to Richmond, VA , jumped up 60¢ to $3.44/mile, Atlanta to Charlotte also jumped up 20¢ to $2.96/mile. mile, an extremely high rate coming out of the Northeast.

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Flatbed ratio reverses 10-week decline

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More loads are moving out of Cleveland and Houston, but the big surprise was a surge in volume and rates out of Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke to Atlanta rose 65¢ to $3.08/mile. Rates rose last week on half of the top flatbed lanes, while the other half went down, so we haven't hit bottom yet.