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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

It is sunny today in Tampa and Atlanta, with a light breeze. And the Midwestern warehouses were also called on to supply Colorado, which is often served by Houston. Van and reefer freight moves in first, and flatbed demand follows when it's time to bring in construction equipment and materials for cleanup and rebuilding.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

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.