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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

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Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. two in the Greater Chicago area and one near Denver ?

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The Southwest Airlines Debacle – What Really Happened

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And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. Ground operations in Denver were hampered by an unusually high number of absences among ramp employees.

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Spring Came Early in These Freight Markets

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Out West, the lane from Stockton to Denver recovered 13¢ to pay $1.82/mile Atlanta to Nashville also climbed ▲35¢ to $2.58/mile. Philadelphia to Buffalo was up 18¢ to $2.13/mile. Columbus to Buffalo rose 17¢ to $2.57/mile. Chicago to Buffalo rates were up 15¢ to an average of $2.17/mile. mile on average.

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Sun Belt States are Hot for Seasonal Freight

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Outbound rates fell in key Northern markets, including Chicago , Denver , and Philadelphia. Atlanta , Memphis and Nashville were fairly quiet last week, and trends out of Roanoke were mixed. Flatbeds Rates Rise in the South. The national flatbed rate averaged $1.83 per mile last week, up 3¢ from the week before.

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Toyota Consolidating Operations in Texas

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Toyota narrowed its preferred locations to Denver, Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., outside Nashville. Toyota’s current sales and marketing unit headquarters in Torrance, Calif., was too far from the auto maker’s factories in Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi and Texas and from its engineering center in Ann Arbor, Mich.,

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