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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. In the first half of last year, the average Asia-West Coast long-term rate was around $3,000 per forty-foot equivalent unit. The ongoing freight backups at maritime ports is disrupting global supply chains.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Panelist Hannah Testani, Intelligent Audit CEO and freight-auditing technology expert, noted that COVID brought 2030 volumes to 2020. Food-industry mega-companies PepsiCo and Archer Daniels Midland recently announced a collaborative effort toward improving regenerative agriculture practices throughout the central United States.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. Content Summary: In addition to O'Hare having the most flights in the country, the state has 5 international airports and 7 other commercial airports. Media Type.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

it will carry less cargo and be able to drive a shorter distance. As the world embarks on an electric vehicle (EV) boom , a new report by the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) highlights a serious challenge facing the United States—an EV battery crisis. for April after sinking to -7.38