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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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A TEU is one 20-foot-long cargo container or its equivalent. Cargo volume does not correlate directly with sales because only the number of containers is counted, not the value of the cargo inside, but nonetheless provides a barometer of retailers’ expectations. Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.76 That was a 2.3%

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

This acronym stands for All Water Service, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to ship your cargo, and also one of the most eco-friendly ; however, it’s also one of the slowest forms of freight transportation. With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Even if they didn’t have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other DCs farther east. Those two markets have benefited from harvests in August and September, but last week's volume may also include ocean freight from the ports of Tacoma and Oakland, respectively.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Some ORC activity happens before merchandise ever reaches stores, with 29% of retailers saying they had been the victim of cargo theft that occurred along their supply chains. The number was down from 40% last year and 44% the year before. The country’s largest cities are the most frequent targets of ORC.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A TEU is one 20-foot-long cargo container or its equivalent. Cargo volume does not correlate directly with sales because only the number of containers is counted, not the value of the cargo inside, but nonetheless provides a barometer of retailers’ expectations. million TEUs set just one month earlier in July. August was up 1.4%

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). This past Monday, “truck drivers from three companies at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach began a 36-hour strike…and Port of Oakland truckers have threatened to walk out next week,” according to an article in Cargo Business News.

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FLEXE

MAY 20, 2016

. #4 Dallas, TX: The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is high on our demand list partly because of its prime location for access to major interstate highways and its air cargo infrastructure. 5 Oakland, CA: Oakland, CA has one of the busiest ports on the west coast and is situated at the intersection of several interstate highways.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Roughly half of all U.S. East Coast Ports Growing.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Roughly half of all U.S. East Coast Ports Growing.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Measuring the Imbalances*. In the United States, the Pandemic has yet to Peak. Ocean Freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2021

Amazon spends $131 million for stake of cargo airline ATSG. The company has acquired a minority stake in a cargo airline that operates a portion of its fast-growing air-cargo division. million shares of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), the air cargo operator said in a securities filing on Monday. Albertsons Cos.’

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FLEXE

MAY 12, 2016

</p> <p><strong>#5 Oakland, CA:</strong></p> <p>Oakland, CA has one of the busiest ports on the west coast and is situated at the intersection of several interstate highways. Companies are actively seeking dynamic warehouse space in the Dallas area.</p>

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

While the rates would be about 4% cheaper to go this route rather than through Oakland, it would also take 11 days longer. If costs were all that mattered, these shippers would route their products through the expanded Panama Canal to reach Columbus via rail from the New York-New Jersey port.

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Port of Oakland, on the other hand, posted an increase of 8.7 To get back on track, the Port of Oakland announced that they are hiring 400 more workers to ensure the speed and efficiency to customers. Put the two together, though, and you’ve got a 5.4 percent in import volume, part of an upwards trend.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. to Stockton , possibly due to expanded capacity at the Ports of Stockton and Oakland. Some shippers preferred to deliver cargo there by sea, bypassing the Los Angeles-area ports altogether.

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Shipping disruptions from 2020 and beyond have made the cargo industry more convoluted than normal. The locations that make up the top five are New York, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and Savannah. Unless your sole job is to stay on top of industry changes, keeping track of everything could be enough to make your head spin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 21, 2021

Port of Oakland sets all-time cargo record. The Port of Oakland reached a milestone in April, setting an all-time record for cargo handling. It will be interesting to see if Amazon simplifies things a bit more in the near future. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 27, 2015

They serve regional markets and are unlikely to receive large volumes of cargo headed to the battleground region. Oakland and the Seattle-Tacoma ports on the West Coast. These ports will probably see similar traffic levels to those before canal expansion. Both of these clusters have strong local markets.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

They serve regional markets and are unlikely to receive large volumes of cargo headed to the battleground region. Oakland and the Seattle-Tacoma ports on the West Coast. These ports will probably see similar traffic levels to those before canal expansion. Both of these clusters have strong local markets.

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