Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province. The sudden recovery in trade volume has seen virtually all of the major shipping lines needing to add significant container capacity to address the container shortage issue.”. Limited alternative.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

For now, we anticipate that constrained capacity will remain through Q3 and perhaps the remainder of the fiscal year. In short, we expect it to be difficult to source capacity in the coming months until contract rates edge toward spot rates and the market finds a new “normal.”

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The past year’s consumer spending continued to build on the momentum established during the first year of the pandemic. billion on Black Friday.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At the end of the chain, this can translate to a supply of goods to the customer 40% faster than your competitor, a 20% rise in sales capacity, and “out of stock” becoming a thing of the past. Shining a light in the world of visibility, asset management and inventory tracking, is that of radio frequency identification (RFID).

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

Capacity will likely remain tight for the start of the new year. Q1 is historically a slow trucking period, but that may not be the case this year as online ordering, and the shift into consumer goods has buoyed freight volume. According to research from Deloitte , “Real personal consumer expenditure (PCE) grew by 8.9%

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 18, 2022

With sustained US consumer goods demand in 2022, and no significant vessel capacity scheduled to enter Transpacific, supply/demand dynamics of 2021 are projected to continue well into the new year. About 20 vessels at anchor outside US East Coast ports were reported on the final working day of 2021.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. Rates fell on the lanes from L.A.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 21, 2017

There’s more cargo moving through the country right now, but pricing hasn’t moved up at the same pace. But spot rates for dry vans, the most common type of tractor-trailers used for consumer goods, were up only 7.2% I was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the market conditions for trucking in Q1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The BrightDrop Zevo 600 has a payload of up to an estimated 2,200 pounds and over 600 cubic feet of cargo area. Shippers’ outlook on rates, capacity and inventory levels are matching attitudes not seen since May and June 2020, when pandemic lockdowns sent freight volumes into a historic decline.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

In the coming year, over half of supply chain organizations plan to accelerate technology adoption (57 percent) as well as hire more drivers and increase delivery capacity (55 percent). The agreement paused dockworker job actions potentially through the end of this week.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

A growing global warehouse capacity crunch. However, the longer the conflict continues, the greater the likelihood of severe impacts for a broader range of manufacturing industries, potentially including automotive, consumer goods, healthcare , and other sectors. Warehouse Capacity Under Pressure.

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Freightera

JULY 7, 2022

Other examples include plastic bags labeled as recyclable, while they are in reality not either due to being a specific type of plastic that cannot be processed at nearby facilities (or at all, due to capacity issues) or due to simply being filled with trash like trash bags tend to be. .

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

MercuryGate Offers Easy, Efficient Access to Intermodal Capacity with ShipCSX Integration. The intelligent cargo space management system automatically transfers packages for manual delivery to the deliverer at the delivery destination by means of a package dispenser on board the vehicle. Oracle Buys LogFire.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 23, 2016

A Diverse Mix of Goods is Driving U.S. export commodity base is a diverse mix of goods and is well balanced across many commodity segments and cargo values. exports are diversified over the material goods segment. Consider this: The U.S. Aside from scrap and recycled products, the remaining two thirds of U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2023

China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of consumer goods. Disruptions across the Chinese manufacturing sector are likely to impact the global supply chain of goods and the world’s economy. . Capacity could suffer a blow if a significant number of truckers decide to leave California. Russian-Ukraine War .

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

One disruption—like a weather-related incident, a sudden shift in consumer demand or ocean capacity, or a business impact, like labor disputes or the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy—and the entire supply chain can come to a halt. Post 2: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft? And for many, that’s simply not an option.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Imports of cell phones and other consumer goods increased sharply. Weak economic growth in much of the world has curbed demand for many American-made goods, but U.S. Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. Imports rose 2.7 percent to $322.7 companies stocking up ahead of the holiday shopping season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Airline group says global cargo volume grew 6.9 Some of the fastest growth in robot orders is in the metals and food and consumer goods industries. Each function negates the need for time-consuming and manual processes, thereby reducing waste and inventory loss. Record robot orders in 2021. percent in 2021. percent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Transportation capacity declines accelerate in September. In late-August, Walmart launched a new business to connect local retailers with consumers. The ongoing difficulties that many companies are experiencing when trying to secure ocean cargo transportation has forced companies to rethink their strategies. percent to $73.3

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 24, 2020

Whether that reality lasts, hinges on the impact the virus will have on the domestic economy and American consumer. . If current trends are any indication, consumption patterns could substantially stretch capacity. And as they arrive in the US, the influx could further strain over-the-road capacity. on rates and capacity.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Mainly that it should repealed for good as it inhibits aid in the worst of times and increases the cost of consumer goods to some U.S. So, for example, a container ship sailing from Beijing couldn't arrive in New York, pick up cargo, and then transport it to Boston. islands in the worst of times.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Following the recent attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on cargo ships in the Bab al Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea, several major global shipping and oil companies – including Maersk and British Petroleum (BP) – have suspended shipments and halted operations in the area. Gas prices are on the rise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The two main planks of the GSA would seek to tackle non-market excess capacity and carbon emissions. Texas announced a renewed push for cargo-truck inspections last month as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” plan to deter illegal border crossings and drug smuggling amid what he says is a lack of enforcement by the federal government.

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