Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the nation’s busiest facility, saw a 25.8% Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 22, 2022

At the end of the year, the Californian ports of Los Angeles, witnessed average vessel wait times max to approximately 17 days. The shipping industry contributes to 25% of America’s total GDP with the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach being the busiest, handling more than 40% of all inbound cargo shipped to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. As a country, I think that we need to rethink supply chain flows for chassis, drayage and the unloading of larger ships. It takes 2 to 3 days to unload a ship. The ships are getting larger.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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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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Vanguard Software

JUNE 18, 2021

June 12, 2021 – Cargo ships stacked up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The New York Times – The pandemic boom in bicycles is a boon to Portugal’s manufacturers. Supply Chain Brain – Out-of-Control Shipping Costs Fire Up Prices From Coffee to Toys. The Latest Supply Chain News.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Shipping. The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. For the specific routing of Shanghai to Los Angeles , the index was reported as $9112 at the end of March, compared to $10,986 at the end of February.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said it could take up to eight weeks for the port to resume normal operations again, while other industry professionals believe it could take some ports up to six months , The Wall Street Journal reported. cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said it could take up to eight weeks for the port to resume normal operations again, while other industry professionals believe it could take some ports up to six months , The Wall Street Journal reported. cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently.

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Elementum

JULY 28, 2015

On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Strikes and Wage Hikes. In addition to the “Uber” model, autonomous trucks, also known as “driverless trucks”, may also help ease the shortage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. The speed of the box’s throughput enables orders to be packaged, labeled and ready to ship in 30 minutes.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

US Air Force wants a commercial Rocket Cargo Vanguard to fly stuff anywhere on Earth. MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. If the project, called Rocket Cargo, goes as planned, it would take advantage of this fast-growing market. MIT spin-off ISEE has identified the shipping yard as one of those areas.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

British Navy saves 27 aboard doomed cargo ship. The ship ultimately sank to a depth of 2,800 miles. Lanes from Dallas to Los Angeles, Memphis to Atlanta, and Philly to Boston all gained ground. Truck manufactures reap spoils of robust economy. The company has refocused its attention to buying back $2.5

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Locus

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With bottlenecks in manufacturing and rising labor shortages in transporting goods, businesses struggle to counter toy shortage. Many retailers are reserving trucking spaces or ships and doing their best to counter the toy shortage. Shipping delays. 6 Reasons holiday retailers are facing a toy shortage in the US.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian). annual rate in the third quarter, faster than earlier estimated, and the reports from shipping sites suggest the muscular economic growth is continuing in the fourth quarter. economic output grew at a 3.3%

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 23, 2018

West Coast van freight heated up last week, especially in the Los Angeles market. Even from a great distance, three September storms had an impact on California cargo in mid-October. Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. Blame the weather. lost traction.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Flexibility, in particular in manufacturing, is an important skill that when implemented well can produce long term efficiencies and robustness to the supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

China’s WeRide unveils electric, autonomous cargo van. As the rush to get packages shipped across the country continues, Amazon plans to open 100 more facilities across the country in September, adding to the 250 facilities it has already opened this year. Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide has unveiled its first cargo van.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

While your customers can track their parcels from their smartphones down to the block the delivery truck is on, the best you can hope for is a phone call when the ship leaves port and one when it arrives on the other side of the world. Our ability to ship, store, and trade goods remains fragmented — and key logistics data remains siloed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID. The issue here is that the new vaccines need an absurd amount of labor and materials to be manufactured, especially considering that a vaccine has never been made at this speed or scale before. A Canadian “buy-local” effort fights Amazon on its own turf.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Manufacturers know all the issues: U.S. A lack of railcars to move cargo from the ports is adding more delays. The Port of Los Angeles is joining the Port of Long Beach in doubling operational hours to 24/7. QAD CMO Carter Lloyds recently wrote about three major industry disruptors , starting with shipping.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. The Shipping Industry During Pandemic.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 9, 2021

When products are available, shipping has gotten choked up due to historically heightened demand , COVID-related port shutdowns and storm-created chaos. Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Port closures and shipping container shortages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

America’s imports are stuck on ships floating off LA. While the shipping bottleneck from the Ever Given should begin to dissipate, another bottleneck in the US looms: port congestion. And more ships keep arriving, making the congestion worse. Most people consider themselves lucky to witness the phenomena.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

West Coast dockworkers incurring job actions that are hindering container ship unloading among various port terminals. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Labor contract renewal negotiations among the labor unions representing U.S.

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ShipBob

MAY 11, 2021

One day, you get notified by your manufacturer that there will be a delay, and you have no idea when you’ll receive the next batch of sellable inventory to meet customer demand. . Shipping carriers were stretched beyond capacity, which slowed down the last-mile delivery in many areas. This happens more than you may think. .

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. Here are just a few pain points that are increasing transportation costs: Container shipping headaches. This leads to rate fluctuations.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

While the rest of the world adopts cloud technologies to help them break down silos and integrate communication, companies continue to use disparate applications and tools for managing orders, evaluating inventory, and shipping goods. Manufacturing and shipping–already handicapped by worker shortages–weren’t able to keep up with new demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID. The issue here is that the new vaccines need an absurd amount of labor and materials to be manufactured, especially considering that a vaccine has never been made at this speed or scale before. A Canadian “buy-local” effort fights Amazon on its own turf.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But even when the cargo arrives, ports on both coasts of the U.S. are filled to the brim with container ships, backed up like a logjam because there are no trucks available to transport those containers to where they need to go. Shipping containers pile up at the Port of Los Angeles. Rethink foreign supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A notable achievement at the port is the electrification of 89 out of 91 ship-to-shore and rail-mounted gantry cranes. The shifting numbers could be seen at the Port of Los Angeles, where cargo volume increased for the second consecutive month compared to 2022. There’s a mandate in place for full electrification by 2026.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Container-ship logjams off US ports finally easing as imports fall. Retailers help decarbonize ocean shipping. Warehouse rents near cargo airports skyrocket. Container ships are still waiting to get space at North American ports. Speaking of container ships, global brands pledge to eliminate maritime emissions by 2040.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 24, 2020

Volume at the Port of Los Angeles dropped significantly last year as the US-Chinese Trade War escalated throughout 2019. According to the Los Angeles Business Journal , traffic at the Port dropped by 17 percent in December when compared to 2018 figures. . According to an article?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

The company, which fully outsources parts production and machine assembly, is battling smartphone manufacturers and carmakers over the vital components. Delivery drivers will ride e-cargo bikes and walk to customers’ homes and offices in central London, replacing thousands of traditional van journeys in the city’s congested roads.

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