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Van freight gears up for the holidays

DAT Solutions

Stockton volumes were also up sharply, but Seattle volumes rose most, 34%, and are expected to rise for the next several weeks as they work through the bottleneck of vessels in Puget Sound. Both the Seattle and Los Angeles markets saw some double digit rate increases: Seattle to Eugene, OR moved up 26¢ to $2.88/mile.

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The Tremor Across China’s Online Retail Landscape

Supply Chain Matters

Parallel Event This week , business broadcasting network CNBC’s popular Mad Money host Jim Cramer traveled to Seattle to conduct an on-air interview with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. He further joked that Temu is actually headquartered in Boston.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

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That led to an increase on the lane from Seattle to Salt Lake City , as an alternative to bringing in supplies from Denver. Seattle to Salt Lake City moved up to $1.90/mi. Declining lanes included: Elizabeth, NJ to Boston dropped 38¢ to $3.81/mi. Rising Rates. Denver to Albuquerque, NM increased to $2.07/mi. Falling Rates.

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Flexible Warehousing with Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to co-founding Flexe, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company. Previously, Karl was President of Atlas at aQuantive, before its $6B acquisition by Microsoft, and earlier in his career he was a Manager at Bain & Company in Boston and a Diving Officer in the U.S.

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Is The Creative Class Coming To A City Near You?

Supply Chain Insights

Aside from a short stint living in Europe, I’ve always lived in Boston, MA. As I got older, and progressed in my career, I stayed in Boston because of different reasons. I made a list and wrote Seattle, San Francisco, and Austin. There’s an old song lyric “ wherever I lay my hat that’s my home” (…attribution to Marvin Gaye).

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.11-3.15

Freight Plus

Lanes from Dallas to Los Angeles, Memphis to Atlanta, and Philly to Boston all gained ground. Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. Trucking rates stabilize after 8-week dive. The national van rate closed at $1.88/mile,