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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article outlining how cargo theft is on the rise. In the United States alone, cargo theft is a $15 to $35 billion industry. While cargo theft as a whole has increased 57 percent year-over-year, strategic theft has increased 600 percent from November to March.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6 – 12)

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While many projects funded by the bill could take years to be completed, senior administration officials said they are working to accelerate that process, including a change in how grant money is allocated that will allow the Port of Savannah in Georgia, which has been snarled by congestion, to move cargo quicker.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

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The two designs, one that looks more like a small plane used by hobbyists and another with a big belly used for additional cargo space, were recently unveiled in a company blog post. percent year on year in June, driven by double-digit surges in New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Savannah, Georgia. Alphabet Inc.’s

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Doing Business in Italy

QAD

At 301,340 sq km, it is about twice the size of the US state of Georgia. Italy has more than 129 airports, the bulk of which can handle cargo. It has 20 regions and five autonomous regions. Border countries include Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland. Manufacturing in Italy.

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Top Stories of the Year – A Look Back at The Volatile, Crazy Shipping Year of 2021

Intelligent Audit

Following immense backlash and public criticism, the Biden administration began to meet with port authorities to resolve this crisis. In other words, it again came up to individual terminal operators and beneficial cargo owners to figure out a way to get their freight out of port faster.

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Top Stories of the Year – A Look Back at The Volatile, Crazy Shipping Year of 2022

Intelligent Audit

Following immense backlash and public criticism, the Biden administration began to meet with port authorities to resolve this crisis. In other words, it again came up to individual terminal operators and beneficial cargo owners to figure out a way to get their freight out of port faster.

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The supply chain crisis and US ports: ‘Disruption on top of disruption’

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It needs to be more of a 24-hour, seven-day process if we’re going to meet the challenges of the 21st century.”. To get cargo off ships even when trucks and trains were not available, for example, Long Beach initially designated a 17-acre plot as a staging area for containers. Exorbitant, extortionary rates’.