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Can’t find available warehouse space? Turn to a 3PL

Kanban Logistics

If you’re struggling to find available warehouse space for your products, you’re not alone. In this article, we’ll take a look at the current warehousing landscape and what you can do to secure storage for your products. Available warehouse space at a glance. Capacity is also tight in inland markets.

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California Freight Heats Up, Spurred By Hanjin Collapse

DAT Solutions

October is a critical month for retail freight in advance of the Christmas season, and retailers want to prevent stock-outs while they wait for Asian imports to clear through congested docks and warehouses on the West Coast. The load-to-truck ratio in Los Angeles lit up the entire state of California on the DAT Hot States map.

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Freight Rates Adjust to Post-Hurricane Irma Demand

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Transportation and logistics professionals are urged to contact the American Logistics Aid Network , if you can help provide trucks, trailers, or warehouse space. Van rates are also way up on key lanes like Columbus to Atlanta , as supply chains adjust to the demand for southbound freight.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. Brendan Murray.

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Retail Shipments Keep Truckload Capacity Tight

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The Memphis to Columbus lane paid 14¢ better at $2.19/mile, mile, with shippers adjusting warehouse inventories. Rates on lanes serving the Northeast rose, which is another sign of strong retail demand: Chicago to Buffalo gained 18¢ at $3.19/mile. FALLING LANES.

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Van rates rebound, thanks to retail

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But capacity has gotten tighter across the country, and on the top 100 van lanes, 63 had higher rates. Retail shipments pushed rates higher out of Columbus, and Seattle pricing improved, offsetting some of the falling rates in California. Columbus to Buffalo , up 31¢ to $3.99/mile. Rising lanes. That lane paid $2.85/mile

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

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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.