The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Clarendon remains 100% focused on the transportation & logistics industry, broadly defined. Larkin is an Advisor to Bakken Energy and Hoptek and is a member of Aurora’s Industry Advisory Council. He resides, with his wife of 38 years, Nancy, in Dallas, TX, Baltimore, MD, and Saranac Lake, NY, and on Water Island, USVI.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 15, 2016

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. Dan discussed the major transformation going on at IBM, that is focused on three big changes: Data is becoming the world’s new natural resource, transforming industries and professions. 50 billion in spend managed. 740,000 purchase orders.

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. Seaweed is an emerging industry in New Zealand, so finding local seaweeds at food grade quality is an ongoing challenge.” US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3%

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

It has been just over two weeks since a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.

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crisp

JUNE 2, 2022

Role: SVP of Partnerships Lives in: Suburbs of Baltimore, MD Favorite grocery store product: Anything dark chocolate (he also has a special hiding place in the kitchen for Oreos). Len works his magic from his family’s home in Maryland, which he loves: he’s conveniently near Baltimore and Washington D.C., Life at the home base.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2022

I hopped on the plane in Baltimore on my way to Atlanta last week. ” He was using the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a handbook, but did not realize that this framework is devoid of information on fit of the models by industry sector, or size of company. For this let’s have a collective industry SIGH! Have a great week!

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2019

Please be advised that “ongoing labor job actions” by truck drivers at Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore appear to be heightening with a planned refusal by drivers to enter the Port tomorrow, Wednesday, January 30. The post Driver Work Stoppage in Baltimore appeared first on AGL.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George ( Link ). From an inefficient game of Tetris to global industries that move $19 trillion dollars of goods annually, Malcom McLean changed shipping. Got some suggestions?

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The retail industry is fighting this battle by upgrading technology, improving relationships with local law enforcement and taking steps such as tightening return policies, but it is a never-ending battle.”. Return fraud continues to pose a serious threat to the retail industry. Return Fraud Continues to Post a Threat to Retailers.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 2, 2019

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 5, 2022

How is Diversification within the Industry Affecting Parcel Volumes ? For example, AxleHire recently announced it had expanded into Washington DC and Baltimore, giving it a presence in three of the five most populous East Coast cities. In addition, many are expanding service areas. What about Amazon?

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 17, 2012

They deliver pantry supplies to our small office in Baltimore <without charging us shipping> a couple of times a week. It is my goal, just as Amazon is leading the mission to redefine the retail industry, to redefine the Industry Analyst model and shift power to the enterprise buyer. We love Amazon. I always will be.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Dan is the founder and CEO of TruckLabs , a trucking technology company with a mission to transform the industry through a series of smart hardware and software product offerings. Daniel was born in Baltimore, Maryland and received a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Physics from Imperial College in London.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2019

Robinson’s President of Managed Services, Jordan Kass, spoke before Congress to detail industry concerns over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency holds up a shipment at the port of Baltimore because they are understaffed, it impacts supply chains across the nation. Nearly three years ago, C.H. government’s role in supply chains.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Trucking capacity in 2019 is about speed not rates according to industry analysts. Amazon’s safety record scrutinized after Baltimore warehouse tragedy. ELDs have changed the way that carriers score their partners and shippers with long detention times are losing capacity in the form of time, rejected loads, and partnerships.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. There are no well-defined industry platforms. As a result, articles are written proclaiming demand-driven results and then the reader is given a solution that is anything but demand driven. Experiment with Best-of-breed Technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

The channels are primarily open to vessels that are helping with the cleanup effort, along with some barges and tugs that have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore. retail industry would reach $247 billion worth of merchandise in 2023, or 17.6 And now on to this week’s logistics news. percent of total online sales.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Right now, retail and e-commerce are driving trends in the transportation industry, which has lifted van rates, but prices fell on a lot of the major reefer lanes. Twin Falls, ID, to Baltimore gained 24¢ at $3.26. Fresno to Baltimore fell 29¢ at $2.41/mile. McAllen, TX, to Atlanta rose 25¢ to $2.36. Falling Lanes.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 6, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Lakeland, FL to Baltimore surged 85¢ to $2.86/mi. Rising rates.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). based Armstrong World Industries, which makes floor and ceiling tiles… said fully loaded truck trailers traveling to or from its Marietta, Pa., Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ).

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DAT Solutions

JULY 31, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million load and truck posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Baltimore to Springfield, MA was down 61¢ to a still-high $4.57/mile.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. There is good news and bad news for the trucking industry. The good news is that there is more interest from people in joining the industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. In these markets, shoppers will be able to place orders online throughout the day, then have items on their doorstep in as fast as five hours.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 22, 2018

DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Miami to Baltimore dove 59¢ to $2.91/mile. loads per truck.

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APICS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In the United States, as in other areas of the industrialized world, factories have changed. Many have moved to lower-wage countries, leaving industrial wastelands in their place. Earlier this week, in “Small Factories Emerge as a Weapon in the Fight Against Poverty,” The New York Times focused on one such area in Baltimore.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

DAT provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Volumes were up big in four very scattered markets.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 2, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Baltimore to Springfield, MA slid 21¢ to $4.04/mi.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 3, 2019

The oil and gas industry contributes to flatbed demand in a big way, so the slump there was keeping flatbed rates in check. FALLING Seasonally, we expect cold weather to lead to lower flatbed rates and volumes, and that was true for Baltimore last week. Meantime, it also looks like slowness in the oil fields may have bottomed out.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. DAT Hot Market Map showed an outbound load-to-truck ratio of 6.5

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DAT Solutions

MAY 8, 2018

DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Lakeland to Baltimore shot up 54¢ to $3.09/mile.

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Veridian Solutions

JULY 12, 2023

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

Reefer capacity is still tight, as the industry continues to adjust to the ELD mandate. Miami to Baltimore dropped 99¢ to $2.39/mile. The combination of the new regulation, bad weather, high demand, and truckers taking time off around the New Year's holiday pushed the national load-to-truck ratio to 25.2

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 13, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Miami to Baltimore rates tumbled 62¢ to $2.37/mile.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

DAT has the largest digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more loads posted daily than any other load board. Roanoke, VA , saw the biggest increases, but prices also rose out of Dallas, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Birmingham. Several major flatbed markets posted big gains last week.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 1, 2018

DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Roanoke to Baltimore soared to $3.58/mile.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 26, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Lakeland to Baltimore was down 20¢ to $1.68/mi.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

A lot of us in the trucking industry had to do something last week that we haven't had to do in a while — work a full, five-day week. Miami to Baltimore fell another 50¢ to $1.62/mile. As stated above, the story last week was mostly that of falling prices. Atlanta to Philadelphia slid 53¢ to $2.65/mile.

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