Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company said it took a $157 million impairment charge for permanently deactivating the 757 cargo jets along with seven engines. By the end of September, FedEx will no longer be the primary air cargo provider for the U.S. Postal Service after UPS recently won the five-year contract.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. Where many companies have exercised cost cutting measures, Schenker has conversely stepped-up investments in our people. Singapore’s Status a Global Hub. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) For months, retailers have been stockpiling massive amounts of goods to meet surging consumer demand, and compensate for ongoing supply and logistics issues.

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BlueYonder

MAY 30, 2014

Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) were the center of the cargo transportation universe and the shippers were fully reliant on them for all their logistics needs. A true cargo pricing bazaar was the result. These conditions create a perfect storm for the carriers to break out of the cargo pricing bazaar. What do you think?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Logistics is largely a multi-party exercise. For example, a freight forwarder operates in the air cargo industry sub-community to move goods for their customers through various air carriers. Logistics is one of the most dynamic industries in the world, whether you are a service provider or someone who uses the services.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 22, 2019

5 Tips for Protecting Your Freight Against Cargo Thieves. Failure to exercise reasonable care in preventing accidents or incidents could result in you having to pay for the damages. In 2018, motor carriers reported almost 600 incidents of cargo theft nationwide. Thieves stealing cargo can cause disaster along the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. We’re supposed to get our first plowable snow of the season tomorrow, which means I need to head outside and rake and bag the remaining leaves on my lawn. Rake today, shovel tomorrow.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A shipper needs to supply this information to categorise the items to be sent out appropriately and to facilitate easy entry of cargo in the destination country. During or before the arrival of overseas cargo shipments, customs officers will have to fill in a bill of entry (BOE) as part of legal procedures.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 8, 2022

They're exercising control and making an operational decision throughout the Atlas network." Atlas also has maintained a strong relationship with DHL including joint ownership of Atlas’ subsidiary Polar Air Cargo in which DHL is a minority owner. UPS and FedEx are longtime customers, particularly during the peak holiday season.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

Nearly a week ago, a cargo ship — which if it stood on its end would be taller than either the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower — ran aground in the canal completely blocking the waterway. As most adults know, constipation involves the difficult passage of necessary items through the tail end of the body’s supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 23, 2023

… This may take the form of analytical products, briefings, or scenario exercises — anchored not on the ‘what’ but on the ‘so what’ and ‘now what’ ” The Enterra Global Insights and Decision Superiority System ( EGIDS ) can help organizations do just that by exploring multiple potential scenarios.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers continue to spend but not at the same rate as in 2021 and not on the items they couldn’t get enough of last year – furniture, appliances, exercise equipment, loungewear, etc. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In companies like 20Cube wherein it’s quite a complex supply chain (different cargo sourced across dissimilar suppliers and locations). This whole exercise will bolster the business as deliveries can be easily managed. Not only that, but it also helps in reducing cost and saving time. Enhanced collaboration. of jobs for each asset.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Catch my twice-a-week column on air cargo, freight forwarding, the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo Next. Most will do the bulk of their shopping in early November, while some will hold out for Black Friday sales. For daily thoughts and shares, be sure to follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 18, 2019

”[4] Because blockchain remains in its growing stage, supply chain professionals need to exercise a little imagination to see beyond the hype to real business benefits of the technology. 5] Randy Woods, “ 5 ways blockchain can be used to enhance the supply chain ,” Air Cargo World , 27 April 2017. [6]

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

By now many of you have heard about the “Ever Given”, which has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, and is blocking all container ships trying to get through with their cargo. That’s what its costing companies to have their cargo sit there. It may take weeks, by some estimates.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

This covers security policies, threat awareness, security training, exercises. Cargo diversion, hijacking and piracy are all concerns. Cargo theft is mostly done by hijacking the driver transporting the goods. For example, cargo thieves stop hijacking trucks. Security awareness. Supply chain partners. Transport networks.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Early this morning, more than 9,000 unionized workers were locked out by carriers Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) resulting in a halt to freight and bulk cargo transport operations. It is important to note that the current disruption involves coast-to-coast Canada movements.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2018

cargo ship Peak Pegasus made its way toward the port of Dalian with a load of soybeans. The Peak Pegasus and its $20 million cargo of soybeans continued to drift off the Chinese coast until mid-August , at a cost of about $12,500 each day it sat idle. Many watched as the U.S. But those costs eventually go up.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2020

Airlines are converting passenger planes to cargo planes. It is clear that companies are exercising this option aggressively. Manufacturers are making components of, if not whole, ventilators. Clothing manufacturers are making masks, gowns, visors and other medical personal protective equipment (PPE).

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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Aera Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2016

If the FDA “exercises its jurisdictional right to examine, inspect, sample, or review documentation related to an imported product,” it can result in “weeks or months” of shipment delays. .” manufacturing plants, delivery vessels, cargo holdings, inventories, retail distribution networks), things go well.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 16, 2018

They can easily scale up or down the number of planes needed for cargo. Although commercial 747s are being sold to cargo carriers in greater numbers, airlines can position their planes more accurately. There is only so much air cargo space available. Capacity is likely to become harder to find.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

With all movements of produce recorded immutably in a distributed ledger, tracing quality-compromised food or commodities back to the source can be achieved in hours, rather than the days, or even weeks, otherwise required for such an exercise. Shortened release times for cargo offloaded at Shanghai port.

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Ware2Go

MAY 17, 2022

eCommerce merchants shipping large products like exercise equipment and furniture have the unique challenge of finding a vendor that can make residential freight shipments. However, freight forwarders do actually take possession of the cargo to store, package, and consolidate it when necessary. What Is a Freight Forwarder?

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

” Are you exercising too much control over the load and the driver? GPS shipment trackers can track freight over the globe, helping to avoid cargo theft, understanding where it takes place and seeking advice of areas to avoid. Who am I sharing it with? If you have all this information – is it for the purpose of controlling?

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EMERGE App

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Businesses should not consider a cross-docking solution lightly as it will be a very expensive exercise if it fails. Only trucks with their container cargo can dock quickly into the purpose-built terminal. Cross-docking requires a sizeable chunk of attention from management to make it work. Large investment in IT.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While COVID did see some modal shifts of everything from wheat to Peloton exercise bikes, there are certainly products that are less likely candidates for shifts. In other words, ocean cargo costs would cost about $0.21/kilogram Of course, the economic viability of these types of shipments is limited to specific commodities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 28, 2020

Air cargo article and permission to publish here provided by Ed at eleven-tenths.com. International travel has been brought to a halt, which has dire implications for the air cargo industry. Passenger planes don’t just carry passengers – they also carry a small amount of cargo. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2023

”[4] They note, “Russia conducted naval exercises in the northwestern Black Sea — the part near the coastline Ukraine still holds — backing up the suggestion that it could seize or destroy cargo ships of noncombatant nations.” ” The attacks not only destroyed infrastructure but foodstuffs as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The ILA has indicated that during a work stoppage, dock workers will handle cargo related to U.S. Indications are that rather than attempting to offload cargo at alternative ports, container lines will instead, in the short-term, keep ships at anchor surrounding various ports. military or defense needs. East and Gulf Coast ports.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

According to today’s published report by business broadcast network CNBC , The Port of New York/New Jersey has been involved in discussions with ocean carriers and terminal operators about managing cargo leading up to an interruption, ensuring appropriate measures are in place to complete cargo movements off the terminals before any shutdown.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Exercise common sense and order a few pieces of each size, color or variant. Arrange Cargo Transport. Once it clears, you have a few hours to unload the cargo yourself. These samples could have been the best ones out of a large production run. The final goods may differ from what you have seen in person.

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