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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

To combat areas shippers can’t control like capacity, rate hikes, and driver shortages, they’re turning to. Two cargo bikes can replace one motorized vehicle, Peters Mendes pointed out. The state has agreed to update to. enterprise solutions. which will provide savings ranging from 5% to 20%. TMS technology. to save via cost avoidance.

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Asian imports turn up the heat for vans on the West Coast

DAT Solutions

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 Stockton , possibly due to expanded capacity at the Ports of Stockton and Oakland.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

However, some categories are capacity constrained. Even if AAP or other auto part companies wanted to move production, there is no manufacturing capacity in the US or anywhere else, so creating redundancy in this case is very difficult. Usually there is a reason why there is open capacity in a country. Andrew P.

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

But as reported by the Journal of Commerce on May 19, employers say automation “is needed to increase capacity and keep the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles competitive” and reduce operating costs. Marine terminal automation is “the most contentious issue facing longshore unions on the West and East coasts of North America,” wrote JOC.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

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.