Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Prior to Flock, he played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics – a UPS Company, a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Soft demand in Europe and the US led to an overall decline of 7.5 Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. Multiple members of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) were the recipients of the funds. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. To support digital sales, distribution centers increasingly need to support pick-and-pack, rather than shipping pallets.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2020

Less than container load (LCL) shipping is rapidly becoming a go-to service option for businesses seeking help in a complex global logistics industry. As COVID-19 affected businesses around the world, the need for expedited LCL shipping grew significantly. The right level of LCL shipping expertise. Reduced costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Container shipping prices skyrocket. After being limited to only offering takeout and delivery for months under some of the strictest lockdown rules in North America, food product shortages are just the latest headache for small business owners to contend with. Porsche calls on its suppliers to use 100% renewable energy.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2018

(Eagan, MN) – North American third-party logistics (3PL) company, Cerasis, in partnership with Pierbridge , a leading transportation management software development company, announces the addition of multi-parcel carrier shipping management to the Cerasis Rater, a web-based transportation management system (TMS).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Data on ocean shipments, for example, is generally available across the globe, due primarily to greater standardization in ocean shipping. In North America, we’ve made huge progress tracking over-the-road shipments, in part due to driver mandates and the widespread deployment of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks.

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Exapro Hub

JUNE 28, 2022

The post WHY INTERNATIONAL AIR FREIGHT SHIPPING OF MACHINERY BETWEEN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE appeared first on Used machinery news Hub. Its design is specifically for transporting heavily large items and not passengers. As a result, air freight has distinguishing features […].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll Planners are far more efficient.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you’re Home Depot, you reserve an entire ship for your own exclusive use. Matt has led high-impact teams that implemented logistics strategies and systems at P&G, Nestle, Kraft, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Tyco, Argos and Nokia across North America, Western Europe and Latin America.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. Companies in Asia Pacific eager to innovate with Supply Chain Optimization: The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America.

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BlueYonder

MAY 14, 2021

Rising demand in North America and Europe led to increased freight moving on the Suez and Pacific routes, which meant more full containers inbound versus outbound, leading to global container shortages. The post ‘New Normal’ Consequences: Soaring Container Shipping Rates appeared first on Supply Chain Nation.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. Companies in Asia Pacific eager to innovate with Supply Chain Optimization: The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. Given that there has not been a massive shutdown in America factories the lack of supply cannot be attributed to temporary factory closures. Demand is generally neither seasonal nor sporadic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. Tougher in Europe. The average MAPE for North America was 36% while the European average MAPE was 45%. The average bias of European forecasts versus North America had 2% more bias. New product shipments increased 10% over the last three years.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Prime Membership: Amazon Prime – Subscription service offering benefits such as free two-day shipping, access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and exclusive deals. billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

” The Christmas tree was introduced in North America by Germans in the 17th and 18th centuries though adoption was not widespread until the 19th century. It was also popularized in England and the rest of Europe in the 19th century. In Europe the demand is for over 50 million real trees per year.

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

Machines can’t be built and shipped without having the right parts in inventory , but at the same time, keeping parts on the shelf consumes space and cash. Dealing with suppliers in Europe, Asia and North America from their Southern Hemisphere location, this was particularly appealing.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fresh Del Monte has been looking for additional ways to grow its distribution network and leverage underutilized assets, including shipping vessels, transportation vehicles, warehouses, and now its cold storage infrastructure. About Fresh Del Monte Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

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Stord

MAY 5, 2019

Increased demand in January-March, partially driven by trade between Europe and North America, came as a surprise to many carriers. and China has lowered grain shipping volumes in 2019. Nestlé announced that it has met 77% of its zero-deforestation goal in its agricultural commodities supply chain. As of late April, U.S.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

He explains, “As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day feasts, some may recall the story of the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ who founded one of the first English settlements in North America in 1620, at what is today the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. but is more likely a (re)import from Europe. 1] Farok J.

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This unusual extension halted production and shipping across the country for 15-30 days. Transportation issues: Transportation issues, whether it be container shipping or trucking/rail-related, further complicate matters because they are the lifeblood of moving goods around the world.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

At the beginning of this year, all expectations were for rates to remain flat, perhaps even making air freight a viable alternative to ocean shipping for companies that wouldn’t ordinarily consider the option. Capacity from Asia Pacific to Europe – down by 30%. Capacity from Asia Pacific to North America – down by 17%.

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AIMMS

JUNE 1, 2017

The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America. They have off-shore platforms and needed to determine an optimal schedule to deploy their ships for maintenance. Woodside E nergy in Australia is using AIMMS technology for marine scheduling.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. percent slump in exports from Europe. In Europe, Lockdowns Are Biting. Ocean Freight.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Shipping. The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. Shipping Transit Timeliness. The Flexport Ocean Timeliness Indicator tracks average ocean container shipping transit times.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. ” Consequences of Chinese Lockdowns. Close to 30% of that backlog alone is in China.”[3]

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And it brought in foreign investment from Asia (Korea, China, and Japan), Europe, and other parts of the world. But they still ship products into Mexico in full truckloads or full shipping containers. The financial adjusts are just part of how we do business together in North America.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

Unlike the Suez Canal incident or other recent port issues, which have impacted a more limited number of regions and trade lanes, the Port of Yantian is a major export hub for multiple large markets like Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

Each year around 700 million TEUs are shipped across the world keeping global trade and businesses running and more than eighty percent of global goods trade volumes are carried by sea, with about a sixth of that volume in shipping containers. in March, while the average delay for late vessel arrivals decreased once again to 7.26

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

and globally, staying close to our contract carriers and discussing continuity plans in the event shipping trajectories need to be adjusted due to disruptions or closures at any ports. and Europe. Robinson continues to monitor the situation in the U.S. specifically China. Assessment of inventory levels.

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