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Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
August is usually a quiet month for supply chain and logistics news, but not this year, especially the past couple of weeks. Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations Friday (WSJ – sub. UK government announces funding for truck platooning trials (Automotive Logistics). Descartes Acquires MacroPoint.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. In total, about US$14 trillion of the world’s goods spend some time inside a big metal box.”[3]. A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S.
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GlobalTranz
APRIL 26, 2016
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers. Readers' choice!
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
After months of record-setting volume as retailers stocked up for a busy holiday season, imports at the nation’s major container ports will be essentially flat this month compared with the same time last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and consulting firm Hackett Associates.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This is my favorite time of year. The mornings are cool and crisp, and the afternoons warm up, which makes spending time out side that much more enjoyable. Last night, Ravens outside linebacker Justin Houston sacked Brady on back-to-back plays in the second quarter to make Brady the most-sacked quarterback in NFL history.
Material Handling & Logistics
OCTOBER 10, 2017
million TEUs set just one month earlier in July. A TEU is one 20-foot-long cargo container or its equivalent. While not a record, the October number would be one of only six times in the report’s history that the monthly total has hit 1.7 For the second month in a row, retail imports into the U.S. million TEUs in March 2015.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 9, 2022
This means relief for buyers that have dealt with a period of long lead times and inflated pricing. And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The chip shortage has been one of the hottest topics in 2022. I read an article earlier this week that broke it down pretty succinctly.
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