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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. I read an article earlier this week that broke it down pretty succinctly. The largest U.S.

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Is Mexico the World's Next Manufacturing Hub?

Elementum

s recovering economy and sync between industry verticals. Challenges or not, manufacturers of another key industry, plastics, are betting on Mexico. Fisher & Paykel’s expansion is perhaps a sign of yet another industry, medical devices, looking to flourish in the country. Branching Out.

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3 Important Freight Shipping Issues You Need to Know

Freight Center

The American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI) recently published its annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry for 2019. Now, we’re counting down the remaining 3 important freight shipping issues you need to know as we move into the next decade. Truck Parking. Large commercial trucks must be parked in designated locations.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

The United States - Mexico Cross border trucking and trade is a huge industry in which freight volumes are on the rise. . Many essential goods that used to be shipped down to Mexico are now staying in the U.S. DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

The United States - Mexico Cross border trucking and trade is a huge industry in which freight volumes are on the rise. . Many essential goods that used to be shipped down to Mexico are now staying in the U.S. DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade.

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Van Rates Sag, Flatbeds Add 2¢, Before Q1 Closes

DAT Solutions

DAT provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Flatbeds continue to rise steadily , as industrial freight is moving in.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

The program could roll out as early as next week, with pilot programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and El Paso, TX. And while February is historically the slowest month of the year, port congestion has ships still waiting to unload, which should drive those numbers up.