Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Even if they didn’t have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other DCs farther east. 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.

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FLEXE

MAY 20, 2016

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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FLEXE

MAY 12, 2016

It’s one of the nation’s top-ranked markets for transportation and distribution. </p> <p><strong>#5 Oakland, CA:</strong></p> <p>Oakland, CA has one of the busiest ports on the west coast and is situated at the intersection of several interstate highways.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

How Shanghai’s lockdown is dampening Port of Oakland volumes. Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. And now on this week’s logistics news. s CargoNet.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

While the rates would be about 4% cheaper to go this route rather than through Oakland, it would also take 11 days longer. If costs were all that mattered, these shippers would route their products through the expanded Panama Canal to reach Columbus via rail from the New York-New Jersey port.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. Hot Markets.

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