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This Week in Logistics News (February 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

We have all seen the math, and even with her concert in Tokyo on February 10, she still has time to get to Las Vegas for kickoff thanks to the magic of the international date line. In a strange twist, all the parking spaces for private planes in Las Vegas are currently booked, according to the Associated Press.

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UPS fights for volumes

Cathy Roberson

Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Heading to Las Vegas next week? I wear a number of hats these days. Catch me at the Reverse Logistics Association’s conference and the week after that at the Aircargo Conference.

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

As such, the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) will shine the light on six of these firms in RLA’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Feb 7-9 , in its inaugural Reverse Logistics Startup Pitch Contest. Join us in Vegas There’s still time to join us in Las Vegas for RLA’s annual conference.

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Calling Reverse Logistics Startups – RLA to host Startup Competition

Cathy Roberson

The most significant percentage was on-demand last-mile delivery platforms, followed by road freight marketplaces and new last-mile parcel networks. · Increased costs “driven by cost of freight.” In total, McKinsey estimates that $80 billion in funding was made in logistics startups in 2021.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 9-13, 2016)

Talking Logistics

March 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). On Wednesday Hyperloop One (one of several companies, including Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , focused on bringing this idea to life) conducted a test of its propulsion system in North Las Vegas. California Shippers Face Trucking Surcharge (WSJ – sub.

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Rebuilding Efforts Fuel Flatbed Demand

DAT Solutions

The immediate impacts from Harvey and Irma first showed up in van freight, then reefers. Load counts are up on DAT load boards , with more flatbed freight shipping to support the rebuilding and recovery efforts in areas affected by the storms. Now it's looking like flatbed’s turn. mile, but volumes are trending back down now.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Open to shipping and freight operators, its members could validate the transaction of goods as recorded on a transparent digital ledger. The idea was to save its member-shipping companies money by connecting their world.