The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2024

Mike discusses the complexities of refrigerated LTL shipping, his experiences growing up in the trucking industry, and the potential impact of new regulations on costs and efficiency. With over 30 years of experience under his belt, Mike’s expertise in climate-controlled and dry freight transportation is widely recognized.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 6, 2017

Together, the ratio and rates offer strong evidence yet that the freight recession is over. Reefer freight is in transition. Markets that were previously hot, like Florida , are slowing down. Meanwhile, the bulk of California freight has yet to hit the spot market. Rates could continue to rise. That paid $2.19/mile

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

Some of Schneider’s customers are expecting “a tsunami” of freight while others are calling for steady shipment flows. It pointed to meaningful inflections in data points (tender rejections and spot rates) during one-off events ( Roadcheck and the produce shipping season) as signs. And China is likely. Nick Hobbs, J.B.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

Then the con artists offer low bids to freight brokers who handle shipping for numerous companies. Significant fictitious pick-up activity has also been reported in Florida, Texas and New Jersey. That lets them pretend to be a long-established firm with a seemingly good safety record.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This 26th Annual ARC Industry Forum will be a hybrid event, in person in Orlando, Florida on February 14-17 and online March 7-10. Container shipping rates could raise import prices by 11%. Today is Happy Friday – because every Friday is a happy day. Did you know that ARC’s Digital Transformation Forum is less than 3 months away?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2021

Ryan was born and raised in Tampa Florida. Ryan earned a degree in History from the University of South Florida and then a Law degree from Michigan State University. Prior to joining CarrierDirect, Ryan worked at a variety of logistics companies and even started and exited a few tech-enabled freight brokerage start-ups.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. SupplyChainBrain Container Ship Explodes, Catches Fire Off Coast of India More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2018

Amazon shipped over 5 billion items with Prime in 2017 (TechCrunch). Peloton holds 1,000-mile platooning demo in Florida (CCJ). By the end of last week, just one truck was available for every 12 loads needing to be shipped, according to online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC,” reported the Wall Street Journal this week.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The retailer can sell via a plethora of websites – their own website, AliExpress or they can use a platform like the Freightos Marketplace to arrange shipping to the US online. All we know from their profile is that they have at least 11 transactions over the past year, and they sell light-up spinners in bulk for about $2/each.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. Last summer a hurricane was coming up through the Gulf and across the Panhandle of Florida.” Then the risk solution fills in the gaps.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Shipping Vendor ABOL Software to Help Retail Customers Drive International Sales. Con-way Announces Enhancements to Driver Pay Package at Con-way Freight. Shipping startup Shyp comes to New York and soon Miami (VentureBeat). UPS, FedEx Want Retailers to Get Real on Holiday Shipping (WSJ – sub.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Most of the major van markets actually had fewer outbound loads available, though, and most regular freight heading to Houston was canceled. Dallas rates also soared, as some freight was diverted to that busy freight hub. RISING LANES. Rates on lots of intrastate lanes out of Dallas spiked last week. per mile.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

Ocean Spray, CSX (the rail operator), and fruit shipping companies partnered in order to enable Ocean Spray to ship more products intermodally from its New Jersey distribution center to the company’s Florida facility. Prior to the collaboration, these boxcars were returning empty to the Florida region.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In addition, wages and benefits for truckers now exceed commutative fuel costs, making the driver shortage responsible for increasing freight shipping rates. Over the last four years, trucker wages and benefits have risen 7.6 percent on average annually, but driver wages rose the same 7.6

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped. Southern states, such as Georgia and Florida, will seek additional capacity to transport and distribute their perishable produce throughout the country during the annual produce season.

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Freight Center

MAY 30, 2019

Together, Florida and Texas represent nearly 15% of the U.S. It begs the question: what happens to your freight during a natural disaster? This could be from debris or flooding, especially since freight trucking is the most common mode of transport. This accounts for 7% of country’s trucking activity on a single day.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

Global shipping feels fallout from Maersk cyber attack (Reuters). FourKites Partners with HaulFox to Provide Freight Brokers with Next Generation Supply Chain Visibility. The cyber attack was among the biggest-ever disruptions to hit global shipping. Join the team and our quest to turn Type 1 into Type None!

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. . Logistics? ? .

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As many of you have experienced firsthand, there are several factors influencing shipping today—most are adding challenges to an already constrained market. When supply versus demand becomes more balanced in the truckload market, we could see the freight with greater density migrate into truckload markets if it is more cost effective.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Hurricane season is upon us, and the latest one, Hurricane Michael, has caused serious damage and disruption in the Florida Panhandle region and beyond.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 26, 2023

Desmond (Dez) Clark and Joe Lynch discuss winning at football and freight, which is exactly what Dez is up to. Dez is the President of Bear Down Logistics , an asset-based transportation company based in Orlando, Florida. He is the President of Bear Down Logistics, a transportation company based in Orlando, Florida.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. recently due to flooding in Louisiana and Texas, as well as a hurricane in the Florida panhandle.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx Corporation FedEx , previously known as Federal Express, is an American multinational freight company founded in 1971 as a system for urgent deliveries. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Hundreds of Cafe Bustelo cans washed ashore in Florida this week. Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… CMA CGM to acquire NOL, reinforcing its position in global shipping. China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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Freight Waves

JUNE 2, 2025

A South Florida trucking executive convicted in November on eight counts in a Ponzi scheme fraud totaling well over $100 million was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison. The victims were not random, the memo said, with “a large majority of them being working class Haitian south Florida residents.” While the U.S While the U.S

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Mexico shipping, which is particularly timely as more companies locate manufacturing and distribution operations in Mexico and the need for capacity and reliable cross-border shipping services accelerates. Mexico trade.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In North America we certainly hear a lot about Florida oranges and as such I myself have certainly assumed that Florida was the Orange capital of the world. 70% of production comes from Florida, followed by California. Most of this production is shipped in the form of Frozen Concentrated Orange juice (FCOJ).

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 4, 2017

A big increase in port volumes back in July led to more truckload demand last month, too, since much of that freight didn’t start moving on trucks until August and September. Columbus is a key distribution point for the Midwest and the Northeast, and it shipped more to the Southeast after the storms. RISING LANES. mile last week.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Click here to read the full story. Media Type.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Hurricane Irma, the most severe storm from the Atlantic, has already left extreme damage to the Caribbean islands, and is expected to make landfall in Florida this weekend. Prepare for emergency mode shifts such as sea freight to truck or to rail, to mitigate missed delivery dates.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Fulfillment by Amazon or Amazon FBA lets sellers in the Amazon marketplace take advantage of Amazon’s giant logistics operation to ship their orders. FBA items are eligible for Amazon Prime shipping and Amazon handles your angry customers (which Amazon considers its customers, not yours).

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Here are a few takeaways: Logistics and Supply Chains: The shipping and logistics industry, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf regions, will be disrupted due to port closures and delays in freight movements.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The enormous disruption to all manner of commodities production and deliveries has wide ranging ramifications for high volume-shipping industries across many verticals. All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity.

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CargoBarn

MAY 18, 2022

CargoBarn , a proven logistics innovator in freight brokerage, recently tripled its Atlanta footprint as the company sprints to 1,000 employees across multiple offices nationwide. Customers need worry-free freight solutions, especially right now,” said Cameron Baird, CargoBarn’s founder and chief executive officer. “We About CargoBarn.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 15, 2024

More Resources Home October 15, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe – N. America weekly increased 2% to $1.82/kg.

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