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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said. have seen volumes drop dramatically also because of the slow pace of contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. as its exclusive nationwide distribution and maintenance provider.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.

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Are High Freight Rates in December the New Normal?

DAT Solutions

Load availability soared in places like Denver and Memphis. Both those markets are distribution hubs for e-commerce, which has stretched the traditional holiday retail freight season well into December. Out West, the number of loads tripled on the lane from Denver to Los Angeles. Van loads heading from L.A.

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Asian imports turn up the heat for vans on the West Coast

DAT Solutions

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. Rates fell on the lanes from L.A.

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How Will ELDs and Christmas Affect Van Rates?

DAT Solutions

Late pushes to get freight in place before Christmas led to higher rates rose out of Buffalo and Allentown, PA. The distribution centers and warehouses in those markets serve the big population centers of the Northeast, so a lot of retail freight is being hauled to its final destination now. FALLING LANES. FALLING LANES.

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Van rates rebound, thanks to retail

DAT Solutions

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Stockton to Denver dropped 27¢ from its peak, down to $2.74.