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The Empty Container Marketplace with Sean Bardon

The Logistics of Logistics

After gaining vital international experience in manufacturing and transpacific shipping, he took on a variety of roles back in the U.S. About Qualle Since launching in May 2022, Qualle has quickly built up a substantial trucker base that spans from the LA and Long Beach ports to New York, New Jersey, Savannah, Houston, and Memphis ports.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Those materials come into their distribution center in Memphis where they inflate the balls, use a die cut machine to create the packaging, and then kit the ball and pump into the custom-made box. The finished products are then ready to be shipped to big box retailers like Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart. Jordan explained.

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Prices Set To Ramp Up For Chinese New Year: Freight Rate Update W2

Freightos

That said, ocean prices for shipping out of China are still well down on this time last year. There was one significant exception, at Fedex’s Memphis hub, where bad weather affected express parcels due for delivery on 12 January. There are currently no air freight capacity issues on any routes. Ocean Freight Pricing. TRADE LANE.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The big question, he says, is what happens when passenger travel returns to normal, allowing international air cargo to use commercial capacity again through traditional channels such as coastal air hubs plus the bellies of passenger jets. Share of Global Shipping Vessels Arriving on Time. million units of 20-foot containers, up 6.6%

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

And this week ShippingEasy announced its integration “with Amazon Alexa to ship with your voice!” The addition of Yusen Logistics’ intermodal operations will allow our customers to better take advantage of this highly effective and efficient mode of transportation in a time of high transportation rates and capacity constraints.”.

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Amazon Gives Break to SFP Merchants

Multichannel Merchant

Amazon is giving merchants using its Seller Fulfilled Prime a break in terms of service level commitments, removing a plan to have them meet one- and two-day shipping requirements, in light of ongoing challenges on speedy delivery from carriers, CNBC reported.

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Summer freight: Calm before the storm?

DAT Solutions

That extra capacity has taken some of the pressure off of pricing. Prices are still well above last year’s pace, though, and that still suggests that the fall shipping season will be a busy one. There isn’t much urgency for long-haul freight at this time of year, so a lot of shipping has moved over to rail.