Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

House of Representatives vote to pass an act that would increase transparency in ocean shipping capacity and prices, sending the legislation to the U.S. The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. Senate for further consideration.

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Logility

JUNE 23, 2023

Suppose you have one distribution center in Los Angeles. With an S&OP solution, you can easily create scenarios that flexibly reflect various real-world factors that affect the supply chain, such as shifts in demand, raw material availability, internal and external production capacities, costs, and pricing strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I am unsure about the short-term impacts of the agreement, as foundries take large amounts of capital investment and substantial lead times to expand capacity. The Port of Los Angeles processed 902,644 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in October. But it is a positive sign for the more distant future.

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Stord

DECEMBER 1, 2022

7, 2017 -- STORD is excited to announce that we are expanding our network adding key distribution hubs in Los Angeles , Pennsylvania , Dallas , and Chicago. For that reason, these new distribution hubs are strategically positioned to serve our customers near the Ports of Los Angeles, New Jersey/Pennsylvania, and Chicago.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 11, 2021

Produce season is a yearly occurrence and, for its duration, it can widely affect capacity and freight rates. During this time, capacity is strained as refrigerated carriers devote much of their space to hauling produce. The severity of produce-driven capacity disruption is dependent on the year.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 18, 2019

In March so far, volumes are no better than February, and since capacity has been abundant, rates continue slipped. An abundance of capacity has caused van rates to move lower, even though freight volumes in 2019 are actually above previous years' levels. Chicago to Los Angeles dropped to $1.51/mi. Falling Rates.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Load-to-truck ratios in Los Angeles hit 12.2 Los Angeles outbound rates rose last week, which is in contrast to declining rates in most of the remainder of the country. The load-to-truck ratio is a sensitive, real-time indicator of the balance between demand and capacity. loads per truck. Pressure is Building.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target is increasing its use of larger delivery vehicles in markets served by its sortation centers, improving capacity and creating more efficient routes, executive vice president and COO John Mulligan said on an earnings call last week. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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Stord

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In 2023, KAI Media opened its first physical Fan Space – a flagship location in Los Angeles that features fan events, artist meet-ups, and other fun experiences, along with exclusive physical merchandise and album sales – and started to bring unique pop-up spaces to various locations around the world.

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E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

Key findings from the latest e2open Ocean Shipping Index include: The top ports contributing to Export Time Performance improvement when considering all global ports are Tuticorin, India; Valparaiso, Chile; Los Angeles, U.S., Vancouver, Canada, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Look out over the waters surrounding the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which combined for a throughput of more than 17.3 million TEUs in 2020, and the cargo capacity problem is obvious. Read more Where Has All the Ocean Capacity Gone and How Will We Get It Back?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Since the Suez Canal disruption earlier this year, container and port capacity constraints have caused tremendous impacts to many supply chains around the world. At the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach alone, this impacts approximately 60,000 containers with cargo worth more than USD 2.6 While some critical U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. They have a fleet of over 250 container ships and a transport capacity of 1.8 China accounts for about 12% of global trade. million TEUs.

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Logility

JULY 29, 2022

Applying freight rates that reflect the market and actual driving distances Market FTL costs are highly directional and vary with distance — outbound from ports like Los Angeles are more expensive than inbound, and long hauls are cheaper per mile than short hauls.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers. The port of Los Angeles shows a slowdown.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As reported by CNN on October 19, 2021, there are over 200,000 shipping containers waiting off the coast of Los Angeles, representing a backlog of over 2 weeks worth of work. That is notwithstanding the trail of additional ships and containers that are still on their way to Los Angeles.

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QAD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A man exited a plane and stood at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger pickup for 15 minutes, patiently. Soon 30 minutes, in anticipation (it was Los Angeles, after all) turned into 90 minutes. Cutting out the buffers will provide natural capacity increases, without spending a dollar on a new production line.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Prince Rupert, for instance, is the closest North American port to Asia due to the curvature of the Earth, and is more than 68 hours closer to Shanghai by boat than Los Angeles, according to its port authority [emphasis mine]. It also boasts one of the world’s deepest natural ice-free harbors. . billion Canadian dollars (US$1.22

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Stord

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, CA, October 11, 2022 -- TruConnect , the U.S.’s TruConnect implements Stord’s fulfillment services and its Stord One Commerce software to deliver an exceptional customer experience at scale. with a new investment led by Franklin Templeton.

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2019

Space is even more difficult to find near major population centers like Los Angeles, lengthening delivery times and raising transportation costs in markets with the most customers. These sudden imports caused a logistical bottleneck at the Port of Los Angeles and overwhelmed the local warehouse market.

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Stord

MARCH 2, 2023

Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, GA, March 2, 2023 – Alex and Ani , a leading American jewelry retailer and producer, announced its partnership with Stord , the Cloud Supply Chain leader, in a major step to fuel accelerated e-commerce, retail, and B2B growth, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

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Stord

MARCH 24, 2019

Inbound volume at the Port of Los Angeles, for example, was down 18.2% Empty container returns are causing congestion at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex , despite lowered import volume and cancelled vessel sailings. from January to February.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2022

While this isn’t shocking in major hubs like Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey, it’s much less expected in states like North Carolina. In this article, we’ll take a look at North Carolina warehousing capacity and tell you why a more rural location may be right for your business.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 3, 2024

About Daniel Sokolovsky Daniel Sokolovsky is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and Co-founder and CEO of WARP, a tech-powered freight network specializing in middle-mile solutions.

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Adexa

JULY 27, 2020

Los Angeles, California – July, 2020 – Adexa, Inc., Dalsa has been using Adexa planning applications for many years to overcome their business challenges such as on-hand inventory reduction, meeting customer requested date and capacity allocation for the demand load and engineering forecasts.

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Stord

JANUARY 30, 2019

3PLs will benefit from this environment, since they often offer greater storage capacity than industrial availability alone indicates. International trade tensions strained the Los Angeles warehouse market What happened: Over the summer, trade tensions and looming tariffs threatened retailers preparing for the holiday season.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. Import volume for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports reportedly declined 18 percent in September, the lowest level since September 2020.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Since two of the re-scheduled ships docked in the twin seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach over the weekend of September 10-11, demand has surged for vans in the L.A. The load-to-truck ratio in Los Angeles lit up the entire state of California on the DAT Hot States map. area, especially on eastbound lanes.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Prices could still go up if there's a capacity crunch around the holidays or if winter weather disrupts supply chains. Los Angeles finished up early this year, perhaps due to gains made by intermodal in recent weeks which took freight away from the truckload markets. That hasn't happened so far in 2018.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 22, 2022

Existing vessels are now being utilized to their fullest capacity and deployed on newer optimized routes. In 2021, with 10% of container capacity grounded, waiting times for vessels skyrocketed. At the end of the year, the Californian ports of Los Angeles, witnessed average vessel wait times max to approximately 17 days.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have both been in the news on a nearly daily basis concerning the backlog of containers. Parcel Capacity Is Tight With Nationwide Difficulties. UPS to Houston has experienced the most delays—8.9%, followed closely by New York and Los Angeles. Ocean Freight Shortages Abound.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 20, 2021

As peak season approaches, carriers such as FedEx and UPS are rapidly implementing new peak season surcharges to maintain profit margins as capacity demand continues to outpace supply. However, the added pressure is only going to make things more challenging in both finding capacity and getting it to the US on time.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That index now stands at $1898 as of this week, with the Drewy WCI Shanghai to Los Angeles sub-index reported at $1959. The advisory reportedly noted that the industry would not be able to weather reduced shipping demand levels by existing capacity constraint methods.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

Each of these on its own could cause capacity constraints. But since all of them have worked in tandem on the market, capacity is strained beyond previously seen levels. Current conditions continue to be defined by widespread demand imbalances as there is more need for trucking services than available capacity.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. Ocean freight solutions Ocean rates and capacity have been a big concern for all shippers for quite some time.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

If prior history is a measure, container shipping lines will undertake capacity management measures to shore-up rates in the coming year. Rates for Shanghai – Los Angeles routing expanded by 11 percent to $2,322 per 40 foot container. per 40 foot container.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A truck navigates container stacks at the Port of Los Angeles last Friday. Passenger-plane belly capacity has been displaced and airfreight rates are rising on high demand as companies try to fly over severe backups at seaports. Trouble viewing this email? View in web browser ›. By Paul Page. Photo: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES.

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