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Imported Produce Volume Outpaces Home-Grown

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still grows plenty of apples, onions, and potatoes, in Washington, Colorado and Idaho, respectively. So have Miami and Savannah, but an ever-larger portion of the reefer freight in those markets originated in Chile and neighboring countries. Potatoes make up 15% of vegetables consumed in the U.S. and Mexico.

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Storms put damper on spot rates

DAT Solutions

Weather was a factor, with snowstorms affecting a large swath of the country's mid-section last week, from Colorado to the Upper Midwest and beyond. The load-to-truck ratio in the Miami market grew steadily last week, and hit 26.7 Miami to Baltimore jumped 29¢ to $2.00/mi. Miami to Elizabeth, NJ rose 15¢ to $1.82/mi.

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

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Penelope makes vegan soaps in Colorado that are friendly to the Earth and animals. Jake runs a used-car business in Miami. Let’s illustrate the different effect of these three methods with a completely fictitious example. Example: Penelope’s Poppin’ Vegan Soaps Inc. She produces soap in small batches at her factory.

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Freight Brokerage 'Booking Structures': Opportunities to Streamline Your Operations

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If we use California to illustrate this— a broker would focus on any load being picked up in California and leaving California for another state such as Nevada or Colorado. Is it Colorado? Freight brokerages using this model will focus on booking any loads picked up in a specific region or state, leaving for another region or state.

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Freight Brokerage 'Booking Structures': Opportunities to Streamline Your Operations

Parade

If we use California to illustrate this— a broker would focus on any load being picked up in California and leaving California for another state such as Nevada or Colorado. Is it Colorado? Freight brokerages using this model will focus on booking any loads picked up in a specific region or state, leaving for another region or state.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

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Even without a shortage of gas in the US, because companies can’t find enough drivers in places like Colorado, Iowa, and the Pacific Northwest, a scattering of gas stations have briefly run dry. Delivering fuel to gas stations requires a specific license, and those drivers are hard to come by right now.