Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Just imagine a train hauling anywhere from 100 to 250 containers or “piggy backs,” with each of those containers representing a different importer and broker. So, significant changes have occurred from a transit time perspective and in the levels of service and ramp options now available in Mexico.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 10, 2015

Last month, I had the pleasure of talking to a group of owner-operators and aspiring small fleet owners in Kansas City as part of CMC Live. Time and overhead costs are part of the equation, but if it doesn't penalize you by taking you too far out of route, a series a moves may be better than a simple out and back.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

But this time, things are different for a number of reasons. Instead, he will lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into battle against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 55 th modern Super Bowl. And third, for the first time in Super Bowl history, a team will be playing in its home stadium.

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