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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

The top locations are 1) New York City; 2) Los Angeles; 3) Miami; 4) Chicago and Houston, tied; 5) San Francisco/Oakland; 6) Atlanta; 7) Baltimore; 8) Orlando; 9) northern New Jersey, Washington, D.C., The country’s largest cities are the most frequent targets of ORC. Return Fraud Continues to Post a Threat to Retailers.

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Spot Market Volumes Are Strong, but Rates Still Lag

DAT Solutions

The Salinas / Watsonville area in the San Francisco market is also getting underway, with everyone trying to get those berries to store shelves ahead of Easter. Did you know that California ships 87% of the strawberries in the U.S.? Cross-border volumes surged in Nogales, AZ. The lane from Dallas to Columbus jumped up 33¢ to $2.02/mile.

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