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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2017, Mark recognized a need for logistics service providers to have better access to cost effective All-Risk Shipper’s Interest Cargo Insurance with focus on Mexico. Finally, Reliance is a leader in specialty insurance products such as usage-based cargo insurance, shippers interest policies and Mexican cargo.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

Floor & Decor is opening a new transload distribution facility in Los Angeles to allow it to “maximize cargo weight which will lead to fewer containers and drive ocean freight drayage savings,” according to the retailer’s CFO, Trevor Lang. I’m also an analyst at the Journal of Commerce.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

We’re seeing the highest demand in these cities and metros: #1 Cleveland, OH: With its award-winning port, superior access to interstate highways and highly ranked distribution infrastructure, the Cleveland Ohio area apparently has a lot of appeal for companies requiring warehouse space in the upper mid-west.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

Demand for dynamic warehouse space is highest in Cleveland.</p> It’s one of the nation’s top-ranked markets for transportation and distribution. Pittsburgh has been hailed as a model 21st century city for its economy and support of jobs and business. .</p>

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Rates Rise Unexpectedly in Early August

DAT Solutions

Those lanes are associated with retail, and the cargo may include last-minute merchandise for the back-to-school season. HOT MARKETS – Three markets had rate increases last week for outbound vans, and all three are known for retail distribution centers. per mile now, due to a richer mix of load and lane choices.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Goods in a free zone can be assembled, broken up, distributed, manufactured, processed, stored, sold, sorted or repacked – and then sent to another free zone or exported. In these zones manufacturing and production accounts for 70% of free trade activity, while warehousing and distribution makes up the remaining 30%.