Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For those who keep a close eye on freight market trends and have lived through past capacity shortages, the signals arrived early this year that the freight market would quickly tighten, and that rates would soon spike. And, according to the latest data from the freight indexes, spot rates are as much as 100% more than this time a year ago.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

Of course, for a lot of trucking companies, the work week can easily last six or seven days, but either way, one thing that the activity on the DAT Load Board told us last week was that pretty much everyone was back to working full time. That extra capacity cut the national van load-to-truck ratio nearly in half.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Just like with dry van freight , reefer capacity tightened in the first week of November, meaning that shippers and brokers had a harder time finding trucks to move those reefer loads. Denver to Houston also took a 42¢ dive at $1.87/mile.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Not according to Brian Fielkow, CEO of Jetco Delivery, which is based in Houston. The obvious issues during these hurricanes are finding capacity and fuel, and the entire logistic system is off balance, so you need to let your customers know exactly what is going on.“. Logistic companies have to be transparent,” Fielkow says.

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Just as risks were being mitigated, geopolitical risks have increased to a level not seen perhaps since WWII. Prices would rise to unaffordable levels at a most inopportune time. A Perfect Storm is in the making. An impending energy crisis has both global and national dimensions. Supply chains now appear to be at risk once again.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 12, 2018

Last week was the annual inspection blitz, Roadcheck, which typically leads to tighter capacity and higher rates because a lot of truckers take that week off. And of the drivers who do work, a lot lose driving time due to the inspections. But tighter capacity has pushed rates skyward in the last three weeks. mile as well).

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Locus Robotics

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Instead, a new bottleneck was created by all of the products — this time in warehouses like yours if not your own. Houston, We Have a Storage Problem. The goods and products that were on those container ships are now off the ships and need to go somewhere, bringing them to the warehouses that ordered them based on needs at that time.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart’s goods start their nine day journey through Mexico to Houston’s major intermodal transit hub at the Lorenzo Cardenas Port. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. Despite these drawbacks, Walmart is continuing to bank on Mexico’s supply chain.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s hard to say exactly what caused capacity to tighten, but April 1 marked another ELD deadline. It’s hard to say exactly what caused capacity to tighten, but April 1 marked another ELD deadline. Capacity was otherwise tight across much of the country. Houston was up 1.8% mile, up 9¢ from March.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2018

For comparison, the national average was just $1.67 per mile around this time a year ago. Rising fuel costs have added to the pressure on prices, but the big story is still the tight capacity that resulted from the ELD mandate. Atlanta and Houston were the only two major van markets to buck the national trends last week.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Warehouse robots are just one form of warehouse automation , but they’re making a big impact. Nobody freaks out about a robot vacuum in the house; they don’t like doing the job anyway, and they’re happy to have time for something else. But what does that mean for industry employment? Management is the X factor.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Demand was soaring for retail freight, and the ELD mandate that had just taken effect led to a major capacity crunch. This time last year: $2.09/mile. Hot markets Houston volumes spiked two weeks ago, and pricing caught up last week. Denver to Los Angeles was down 16¢ to just $1.20/mile.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 8, 2019

Van volumes are actually up compared to where they were at this time last year, but that has been met with increased capacity. In the top 100 lanes last week, just 38 rose, while 58 fell, and 4 were neutral. Just a handful of lanes fell more than 10¢ cents per mile: Seattle to Eugene,OR, dropped 15¢ to $2.35/mi.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 13, 2018

The load-to-truck ratio describes the balance between freight availability and truckload capacity on the spot market, and it's updated constantly. So, even though the ratio is not perfect, it provides useful, timely information about the market for freight transportation. What is the load-to-truck ratio? How often does it change?

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2017

So even though we're now going through the typical seasonal slow-down for mid-January, rates are still higher than usual in some places for this time of year. That's means there are more trucks from big carriers available on the spot market, and the extra capacity pushed rates down on a lot of high-traffic lanes last week. HOT MARKETS.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

That's a new record high, breaking the one that was set just a week prior, and rates on a majority of the top 100 van lanes continued to climb last week. Capacity is also starting to loosen in California, Nevada, and Florida, and there were more lanes with significant declines than what we've been seeing in recent weeks. FALLING LANES.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 13, 2017

Brokers and shippers had a harder time finding trucks last week, so they paid a premium in most major markets and lanes. Even Denver to Stockton was up 12¢ -- it still averaged just $1.21/mile, Falling oil prices might have led to lower demand on the lane from Houston to New Orleans , where rates fell 29¢ to $2.33/mile.

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The catastrophic storms did more than just flood homes and knock down trees, they impacted logistics in a variety of ways. It will be a long time before anyone can measure the two storms’ impact on logistics and the economy. Some experts predict ELDs that make it impossible to falsify logbooks will reduce current capacity between 2.5

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView. The biggest influences were the Four Es: Economic growth. E-commerce. Electronic logging devices.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Spot market volumes hit an all-time high on the top 100 van lanes last week. But so far, truckload capacity hasn't shown many signs of loosening, so prices have stayed elevated even after the initial spikes in rates caused by the storms. In just one week: Buffalo to Chicago lane rates rose 35¢ to an average of $1.97/mile.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

That's a typical trend for this time of year, but volumes are starting to gather strength. But this year there's more capacity, both from additional trucks on the road and more efficient use of current equipment. Oil-related freight movements from Houston are definitely in a lull. – perhaps just winter lingering.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

But are the Jetsons just a few centuries before their time? And I’m not talking about the future of home delivery with drones or robots (more on that later). Today, July 22, 2022, is George Jetson’s birthday. As in the actual day he was born. Talk about flexibility. In the next 40 years, the answer is (most likely) a definitive no.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

For one, lackluster contract freight volumes has led to more contract carriers putting trucks on the spot market, and the extra capacity has kept rates from rising in many places. Still, even with the extra van capacity, rates rose on 46 of the top 100 van lanes, compared to the 41 that moved lower. The other 13 lanes were neutral.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Conditions may improve in just a few weeks, if that pattern holds up. Rates rose for high-volume lanes originating in Denver , Houston and Atlanta , but outbound rates declined in Chicago and Philadelphia. Your time is worth more than that, and you can get more with a TriHaul. Spring can't come too soon. mile for the roundtrip.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

We were long-hauling from Florida to Houston last week, and now we’re talking about going from Houston to Florida,” said Andy Milton, senior vice president of supply for Mansfield Oil in Gainesville, Georgia. “We That’s just the stupidity of the world we’re in right now.”.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 30, 2020

At the same time, there has been a decrease in the number of parking spaces for commercial trucks. There are times when drivers must work beyond their permitted hours in order to reach a safe, designated space. Off-duty time does not extend the 14-hour period.”. Large commercial trucks must be parked in designated locations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This is simply another example of how the combination of capacity, manufacturing, and port delays impacts every aspect of our lives. billion, compared to “just” $5 billion last year. The wine industry has been hit hard in the US over the last couple of years. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Supply chain funding in the news.

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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. Trackable weather events, like storms, give drivers and suppliers the time to prepare accordingly. Together, Florida and Texas represent nearly 15% of the U.S. Supply chain delays are inevitable when roads are impassable.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

By just about every measure, natural resources such as these are significantly more efficient than legacy sources like coal, natural gas and oil. Whether it’s eliminating single-use bottles or encouraging shoppers to bring their own bags, small efforts such as these serve as effective strategies that pay dividends. 73), and Japan (67).

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

AI in logistics customer support (through predictive transit times) will reach more consumers this year. Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The waterway’s increased capacity provides more routing options for shipments into the United States. The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. Triad of factors. Is your supply chain make-to-order, make-to-stock, or both?

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Kinaxis

JUNE 29, 2016

On my phone, I was able to open up the airline app to determine where all inbound airplanes were and whether they were on time. I was even able to view seat capacity to see if it was even feasible for me to get on those flights. Now, I had to figure out how to still make that possible. And so has the supply chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The ripple effect of these delays will be felt up and down the supply chain, from these port closures delaying shipments in and out of the country, floods leading to lost inventory and general destruction keeping companies closed for days or weeks at a time. But where to start? Assess Internal and External Damage. What can be salvaged?),

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. It couldn’t have come at a better time for the LNG market, just as Cheniere Energy Inc. But 17 months in, it’s not quite working out as planned.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. It couldn’t have come at a better time for the LNG market, just as Cheniere Energy Inc. But 17 months in, it’s not quite working out as planned.

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