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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. With the reduction in cargo coming out of Shanghai, some carriers aren’t able to fully load a vessel.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

parts per million, in comparison to the 1960 levels of 316.91 The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Wildfires have been an ongoing affair in British Columbia since June 2021, claiming acres of forest area and severing railroad and highway links to the largest port in Canada.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

TSA reviewing cargo screening, concerned about terror vulnerabilities (CNN). a world-class provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage and surface transportation in Canada.” Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Milgram employs approximately 330 employees and has six offices in Canada and one office in the United States.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

From investing in smart automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots to improve warehouse productivity to route and supplier optimization and outsourcing logistics to a 3PL , there are several strategies that can help companies reduce logistics costs. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart Canada brings AI to the shelves. After a successful pilot program at 70 stores, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with software company Focal Systems to bring a computer vision artificial intelligence solution to stores throughout the country. Let the holiday season begin.

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Billable Weight Explained: How to Reduce Future Shipping Costs

ShipBob

After realizing this cost model didn’t make sense for lightweight packages that took up cargo space and reduced each shipment’s capacity, they transitioned to billable weight for shipments 16oz or greater. We’ll use the DIM divisor of 139 in this example to offer a side-by-side comparison to our teddy bear example. .