3PL Insights

APRIL 7, 2025

April 7, 2024 — Evans Distribution Systems , a full-service third-party logistics (3PL) provider of warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added, and staffing solutions, has activated 378,000-square-feet of additional warehouse space in Allen Park and Detroit, as a General Purpose Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) No. MELVINDALE, Mich.,

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AUGUST 16, 2024

He earned an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a BA in Economics and Management from Albion College, in Albion, MI. His consulting clients include large publicly traded corporations and family businesses in industries from logistics to aerospace. Steve, his wife Kris, and their two children live in Farmington Hill, MI.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2019

Changing Regulations Will Make Drivers’ Jobs Easier According to John Paul Hampstead of Freight Waves , a new regulation reached by the Federal motor carrier safety administration will allow drivers to use cameras as a substitute for two rear-view mirrors. The Move to LTL Digital Shipping.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It operates three networks—the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. A double-stacked train can move more freight than hundreds of trucks. . About Conrail .

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2015

Sources: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO); LIFT, Detroit, MI; DMDII, Chicago, IL; PowerAmerica, Raleigh, NC; Department of Energy; America Makes, Youngstown, OH. Minimize that gap with technology and tear down your biggest barrier to future success. This infographic, from Polycom , shows how Innovation Hubs work.

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QAD

MARCH 29, 2022

Guest hosted and produced by Gravitas Detroit Founder and President, Jan Griffiths, a former key supply chain executive in the industry, the podcast is available on the Auto Supply Chain Prophets website or any major podcast platform.

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dawn’s career began in the international transportation business working for Maersk and UPS Freight Solutions. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. Most recently, Dawn was the Director of Operations at Art Van and Loves Furniture.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. Achieving lower freight costs by switching to another coast might not be viable if the new transit time is too long. Vessel size is a further consideration.

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3PL Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

9 years ago, Stanislaus began its search for supply chain partner in the Detroit area to provide flexible warehousing and distribution services. Regular damage to freight during rail transit was occurring, and they needed a solution.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2017

Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally. Speaking in Detroit in June 2017, Jack Ma encouraged US sellers to increase their sales abroad.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Flexport Focus Turns to Profitability and Cost Reduction In our supply chain technology breaking news update on September 7 th , we highlighted the sudden resignation of Dave Clark from the CEO role of freight technology start-up Flexport. Thomas, Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

These enterprises are no longer reliant on the Suez Canal route for shipping freight on Post-Panamax container vessels to the United States. The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. West Coast ports. Wider lessons.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The North American Trucking Industry: Facts and Figures on Freight Movement is an infographic developed by TruckFreighter.com. For example, the top 5 border crossings are Laredo, Detroit, Buffalo, Port Huron, and Otay Mesa. Learn what and how freight is moving on the third largest continent in the world!

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. Sensing and predicting disruptions as early as possible will allow organizations to develop proactive risk mitigation strategies and lower premium freight. I am feeling energized by what I learned and the people I spoke to while there.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

LTL Freight Rates: From Major Cities in USA & Canada to Detroit, MI. Shipping LTL freight from/to Detroit, MI? All the rates are for 1 pallet, 48” by 48” by 48”, 500 lbs, class 100 : From Poughkeepsie, NY to Detroit, MI. From Detroit, MI to Toronto, ON. From Bayonne, NJ to Detroit, MI.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Freight rates have been in decline since the calendar flipped to 2019. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

FreightWaves is the leading Freight Intel provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. [03:50] I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. People call it the Bloomberg of freight.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Once upon a time, Black Friday marked the end of the retail freight season. E-commerce has disrupted that traditional freight schedule. The activity on the DAT Load Board shows how the new freight trends play out, and we should see rates rising in December, though probably not as high as they were in June. Those days are gone.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

Craig Fuller is CEO and Founder of FreightWaves, the only freight-focused organization that delivers a complete and comprehensive view of the freight and logistics market. FreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Freight rates have been in decline since the calendar flipped to 2019. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Evans team understood the issue and were able to reroute the containers directly to the Detroit ramp, all under FTZ status.”. The Evans transportation team went into high gear to redirect the containers to Detroit all while keeping the proper documentation to maintain FTZ status. “We needed to intercept their entry into U.S.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 13, 2021

LTL Freight Rates: from Major Cities in the USA to Atlanta, Georgia. Get free freight quotes in seconds, and book & track your shipments online on Freightera.com. See examples of our freight quotes for a sample shipment of 1 pallet, 48” by 48” by 48”, 500 lbs, class 100 : From Miami FL to Atlanta GA: $151.75

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 7, 2016

Chicago to Detroit rose 18¢ to $2.47/mile Atlanta is the top market for load posts on DAT Load Boards , and tighter capacity has led to higher rates there. Retail shipments also kept pace after Memorial Day and boosted prices on these lanes: Columbus to Buffalo paid 24¢ better at $2.62/mile. mile on average.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2018

Chicago to Detroit was down 39¢ at $3.86/mile. mile – rates in the opposite direction also fell 29¢ The Super Bowl has led to higher demand for freight heading into Minneapolis , so outbound prices are down. Chicago to Buffalo came back down 29¢ to $3.55/mile The lane to Chicago fell 21¢ to $2.67/mile.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The West Coast continues to be a hotbed for van freight. Chicago to Detroit was up 27¢ to $3.69/mile. As a result, a whopping 73 of the top 100 van lanes had higher rates last week, and many of those increases were pretty substantial. Prices on a number of lanes out of Seattle and Stockton, CA , spiked again last week.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

Truckload capacity on the spot market was already tight before Christmas, but the load-to-truck ratio for dry van freight went through the roof to close the year. Winter weather likely affected these lanes: The average van rate on the lane from Chicago to Detroit rose 42¢ to $3.97/mile. The national average for the week was 12.3

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

Cleveland is a major producer of steel and auto parts, and two lanes out of Cleveland show up in our top flatbed lanes: #9 Cleveland market to Detroit market. #16 Source: Macrotrends. 16 Cleveland market to Chicago market. ELDs and drivers.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 27, 2021

Here are answers to the questions you might have about the impact of the Canada ELD mandate, how to prepare, and the benefits of capturing more electronic data about your freight. Since 9/11, when border crossings became more regulated, the amount of freight coming across the U.S.-Canada What is the Canada ELD mandate? Most of C.H.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67 He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that works on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. In fact, the logistics market is expected to reach US$6.9 trillions of ton-miles by 2045 (Statista). JLEIndustries.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 27, 2018

Prior to the invention of trucks, freight was hauled by horse drawn carriages and trains. In the 2020’s we’re likely to see wide spread use of new technologies like platooning, autonomous trucks, and digital freight matching services as cargo gets uberized. A Detroit Diesel DD15 14.8-liter The maximum weight for a U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The railroads had lost most passenger business, and freight business was regulated and operating at a loss. There is increasing pricing power, and on average a 2-4% increase in freight demand – which is outpacing the supply of truck capacity due to limited drivers. By 1970s the railroads were on the brink of ruin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Company executives say they plan to use the planes to supplement their core ocean freight business, while also looking to expand beyond their boats into end-to-end logistics providers. The company expects more “challenges with freight costs and input costs for the better part of this year.”

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Tailwind

JUNE 20, 2016

I think about them today as I am busy working at our trucking software and freight brokerage software company. His self-effacing ways were such that he didn’t negotiate hard on his own compensation, to his detriment, and to the eternal shame of the skin-flint owner of the Detroit Red Wings, Jack Adams.

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Tailwind

JUNE 20, 2016

I think about them today as I am busy working at our trucking software and freight brokerage software company. His self-effacing ways were such that he didn’t negotiate hard on his own compensation, to his detriment, and to the eternal shame of the skin-flint owner of the Detroit Red Wings, Jack Adams. Gordie was a quiet superstar.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 5, 2025

Detroit, in particular, stands out as the robot capital of America, with more than three times the number of industrial robots compared to other metropolitan areas. By 2015, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area had 15,115 industrial robots in place, or 8.5 per 1,000 workers, a significant increase from 5,753 robots in 2010.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. It has been an anemic peak season for ocean freight haulers as container shipping rates have plunged from pandemic highs and Americans and Europeans continue to pull back on purchases of consumer goods. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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