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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. mile-long span.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. The port serves as a hub for importing and exporting a variety of goods, such as consumer products, electronics, machinery, chemicals, and food.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. Is Your Transportation Business Ready to Put Rubber to the Road in 2023? Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean.

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Identity Theft, Trucking Style

Talking Logistics

One of the fastest growing forms of cargo theft is deceptive pick-ups (aka fictitious pick-ups). According to a September 2013 white paper published by CargoNet and the Cargo Security Alliance , 8 percent of cargo thefts in 2013 (as of August 31, 2013) were due to fictitious pick-ups, up from 5 percent in 2011.

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2022: A Look in the Rearview Mirror–Part I

American Global Logistics

Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. That exacerbated food shortages with Russia and Ukraine among the top five grain exporters. Inflation set in for fuel and transport costs, increasing logistics costs as a whole over last year. Cargo capacity exacerbated inventory shortages in the first half of 2023.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

Supply chain conferences are an excellent way to connect with industry professionals, learn about new technologies, and refine your operation through the experience of others. This has roots in both food and pharmaceutical safety, as well as supply chain efficiency.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

SMC³ Acquires Transportation Costing Group. August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). UPS Sets 2016 Rates.