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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. North Carolina.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .

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Booming Oil Industry Boosts Flatbed Demand

DAT Solutions

Farther north, outbound flatbed rates in Dallas are up 5% for the month. Florida has a balance problem, where the demand for inbound freight is much higher than the demand for outbound trucks. North Carolina and Virginia were especially affected by the winter weather this month, and prices fell out of Roanoke.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. The deliveries will take place in Texas, with Waymo’s Class 8 autonomous truck hauling goods along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston and Dallas, which was the route used by Waymo and JB Hunt during the original pilot last year. a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion

The Logistics of Logistics

Old Dominion is based in Thomasville, North Carolina. Old Dominion also provide ocean freight service including full container load (FCL) and less-than-container load (LCL) service offerings. After Earl Congdon died, Lillian Congdon assumed the presidency and was joined by sons Earl Jr. The company went public in 1991.