Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Even if they didn’t have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other DCs farther east. appears to be edging out Chicago for first place. area, especially on eastbound lanes. A Hanjin ship passing the Golden Gate Bridge - Photo by Basil D Soufi.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Those carriers are just no longer able to handle all of our capacity that we need at peak.”. Robinson announced that it opened “a new state of the art certified cargo screening facility (CCSF) in Carson, CA.” The new facility is the second for the company, which opened its first CCSF on April 18, 2012, in Chicago, IL.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

US Air Force wants a commercial Rocket Cargo Vanguard to fly stuff anywhere on Earth. Late last Friday, the US Air Force launched a new rocket cargo program with the Space Force to study the use of commercial spacecraft to ship supplies around the world, and they may look to NASA’s lunar lander program for ideas.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

What’s your primary carrier’s cargo acceptance rate? Consider, for example, a situation where carrier capacity is starting to tighten. You might conclude that three months down the road when spare capacity is probably going to be scarce, your current targets for carrier acceptance rates might be unrealistic and need to be adjusted.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. The larger ships will further test the capacity of ports and canals and the skill of their captains and crews. economy, is it time for President Obama to intervene ?

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Even from a great distance, three September storms had an impact on California cargo in mid-October. Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. loads per truck, with areas of tighter capacity along the West Coast. It wasn't just Chicago, either. Blame the weather.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This has alerted shipping lines and prompted some to entertain rerouting cargo to New Orleans and Alabama, and even as far away as the Bahamas and Mexico. Another option being explored is for carriers to unload cargo at other ports in order to take in lighter loads upon entering Houston. The mayor of Houston issued a 12 a.m.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. IATA data shows global demand for air cargo markets jumped 3.7%

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. The load-to-truck ratio is a sensitive, real-time indicator of the balance between demand and capacity. to Chicago , Dallas , Phoenix , and Denver. market by more than 10-to-1 on DAT Load Boards.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The Chanje all-electric large delivery style van is equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds and up to 580 cubic feet of cargo, all with zero vehicle exhaust emissions. markets, as well as in the Chicago and New York markets, with the latest technology in commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos. The flights were reportedly between Brussels and Chicago, and represent one leg of a chain, which will extend from Chicago to distribution hubs around the US. COVID in the news: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly being flown by United Airlines chartered flights.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

That doesn’t mean that everything is the same as before – some cargo is not moving at all, and other types of freight are moving in higher volume because of pent-up demand. In the meantime, truck capacity was already getting tight on the spot market last week, boosting national load-to-truck ratios for both vans and flatbeds.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The change is most evident for cross-border intermodal shipments between the United States and Mexico: In the past, an intermodal train originating in Chicago, for example, used to stop at the border [before crossing into Mexico]. First, you have to differentiate between general cargo and intermodal trains,” said Carlos.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A red hot freight market, spurned by high demand and low capacity, has trucking companies in a race to replace and update their fleets in order to handle demand. While added capacity could spell relief for shippers, the arrival of these trucks is still months away. Could this ultimately correct capacity and driver shortage issues?

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 14, 2016

per mile: Philadelphia to Chicago, at 48¢ for the line haul, plus a fuel surcharge of 52¢ Of course, truckers were spending more than $4.00 Remember that low-priced backhaul from Chicago to Philly? At the time, those cheap hauls were going away. In March 2012, there was only one major van lane paying $1.00 It pays $1.10

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. Chicago only. Improved cargo capacity by innovative 40 foot container design (fold).

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

Then temperatures suddenly plunged into the single digits and below in much of the Midwest, including sub-zero temps in Chicago and Minneapolis. Cargo can also be damaged by the cold. If there are delays, or the truck is stranded on the highway, the cargo could be ruined. Reefers protect freezable cargo.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Kuebix Announces New Service to Provide Shippers More Truckload Rates and Available Capacity. Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune). Any Parcel capacity providers not already on the network can be integrated in just two short weeks, free of charge.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

However, as Carere makes clear, this lag in volume gives FedEx the much-needed capacity to onboard new clients. Air Cargo Capabilities. As Denmark-based carrier Maersk looks to expand air cargo capabilities around the globe, North American airports see increased investment from the multimodal shipping giant.

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Freight Center

MAY 30, 2019

Hurricane Harvey by itself affected 10% of the nation’s trucking capacity after leaving Houston flooded. Air shipments were re-routed through surrounding hubs—Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Together, Florida and Texas represent nearly 15% of the U.S. This accounts for 7% of country’s trucking activity on a single day.

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ShipBob

MAY 11, 2021

Shipping carriers were stretched beyond capacity, which slowed down the last-mile delivery in many areas. The Suez Canal became blocked, which held up inventory from the cargo on board the ship, as well as other ships that couldn’t go their planned route. ShipBob having multiple locations was also huge for us.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 30, 2019

With container ships jumping from 5,000 TEU Panamax to 23,000 TEU Mega jumbos, carriers need huge amounts of cargo to fill these ships – and that’s only possible with cooperative vessel-sharing agreements. Nothing, actually, but it’s a decidedly different box ship business today than that of 20 years ago.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Content Summary: Total Quality Logistics, one of the country’s largest freight brokerage firms, connects customers needing to move truckload, less-than-truckload or intermodal freight shipments with carriers having the capacity to move them. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, TQL employs more than 4,200 people in 59 offices nationwide.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Take Chicago, for example. No surprise that outbound rates rose in Chicago, especially for reefers, which are needed to protect temperature-sensitive cargo from freezing. No surprise that outbound rates rose in Chicago, especially for reefers, which are needed to protect temperature-sensitive cargo from freezing.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Take Chicago, for example. No surprise that outbound rates rose in Chicago, especially for reefers, which are needed to protect temperature-sensitive cargo from freezing. No surprise that outbound rates rose in Chicago, especially for reefers, which are needed to protect temperature-sensitive cargo from freezing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2021

Carriers bet on Capacity-as-a-Service. Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken cargo ship. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. Trucking companies are now joining the fun, launching capacity-as-a-service (CaaS) businesses. GM restarting some plants hit by chips shortage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 24, 2022

FedEx and Chicago-based supply chain visibility provider FourKites have partnered to build a global supply chain intelligence platform, the companies announced Tuesday. it will carry less cargo and be able to drive a shorter distance. truck market: freight volumes, freight rates, fleet capacity, fuel price, and financing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery. Global trade declined by 1.3 That’s all for this week.

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