Freight Center

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Winter freight shipping always tests the strength of the logistics industry and e-commerce. Below is a quick list of the top winter freight shipping tips to help guide you and keep your supply chain hot during the trickiest time for shipping. Unless you live in Florida, winter is synonymous with snowstorms. Warehousing.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Cities along the Gulf are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey and Irma from last year, and Michael’s recent swells and reign of terror brought the Florida panhandle to its knees. LTL Fuel Surcharges Will Continue to Climb Unlike full truckload, LTL carriers have dozens of stops in the course of shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Instead of shipping a new smartphone to someone’s house and having it left on the front steps, one of Enjoy’s delivery workers will personally deliver and set up the phone, and then sell additional services. FDA inks mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, Wisconsin. Lead times for chips have surged.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. As a result, the 2021 holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays. The cargo deliveries took place July 18 off the coast of Key West, Florida.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. She also oversaw the sponsorship revenue team as well as the conference teams for all U.S. Recently, Courtney worked for Clarion Events North America where she was Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer.

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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. Will military tensions between Russia and the Ukraine impact shipping in the Black Sea? The Florida Port Council is making a strong push for their Florida “Ports First” initiative.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 26, 2023

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. Bear Down utilize their company-owned assets for drayage and delivery services throughout the State of Florida.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. However, this model would aggregate the details of the ten thousand SKUs that are stocked and shipped.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

Increased shipping lead time: More than 6,000 miles of railroad runs through Russia and connects Eastern China with Western Europe. In a highly constrained world, those that are the fastest get the early lock on the available supply (whether it is materials or shipping capacity). He received his Ph.D.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. Some companies have taken extreme measures such as chartering private cargo ships to sail around port delays. The demand patterns significantly shifted in terms of the product and channel mix.

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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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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

surcharge on shipments to domestic packages shipped to remote ZIP codes. As airfreight demand falls, ocean shipping rates continue to plummet, leading many shippers to reevaluate their operations. Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean. 15 press release.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The rest of this article provides general information on shipping CBD products. California, Florida, and New York are leaders in the CBD market within the United States. However, in Florida, hemp-derived CBD products are legal while cannabis-derived CBD is only legal medicinally. Products contain <0.3% What is CBD?

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Current Storm Status: While Irma has weakened to a tropical storm , it’s still packing winds of up to 97 kph and now covers six states : Alabama, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. As of Monday, September 11, around 60% of Florida state has been affected by power outages.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Currently, Hurricane Irma is monitored north of Cuba, where mandatory evacuations were ordered, and is forecast to hit Florida. Fuel shortages were already reported in Florida and analysts estimate that the Irma’s cost could hit $125 billion should it make landfall in Miami. Several businesses in Florida, including banks , were closed.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 24, 2021

You can’t afford a decrease in efficiency and longer delivery times in a world of fast-paced shipping and high customer expectations. It might be convenient to ship everything directly from your business’s in-house location. Maybe you need a more organized warehouse layout, or your shipping process has become clunky.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 6, 2017

Markets that were previously hot, like Florida , are slowing down. Projections for Central California produce are still strong for June, so we’re keeping an eye on the Fresno market, but those shipping gaps meant that rates didn’t continue their upward trend on many of the top reefer lanes. That paid $2.19/mile

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Produce shipping is showing signs of strengthening and should begin building activity for the remainder of the month before leveling off in June. Covering loads has been easy in the Northeast, except outbound South Texas, Southern California, and Florida as capacity out of these regions is tighter with produce heating up. Status: Open.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

This has had special significance as overall online shopping volumes decline from prior pandemic driven volumes, and where the thresholds for the ability to sustain “ Free Shipping ” offerings are growing larger because of rising and unsustainable costs. The report indicates that the retailer’s 1.4

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Savi

AUGUST 30, 2019

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the ports of Florida and potentially others up the East Coast, knowing where your shipments are in relation to the storm is pretty important. Current forecasts have the storm making landfall along the east coast of Florida Monday morning, potentially as a Category 4 hurricane.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. Global air freight rises again in July: IATA (Reuters).

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2016

Logistics, the discipline that manages the shipping and distribution of goods to consumers, has made momentous strides in recent years with help from new technology. The studies of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have shaped the logistics industry into what it is today. is directly affecting their interest in STEM careers.

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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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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The image below is an aerial photo taken and released by the showing the damage Hurricane Irma wrought on a shipping yard in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. What’s the financial hit on using more expensive alternate materials, suppliers and shipping routes? You could think of all these questions as “after thoughts.”

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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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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle yesterday as a Category 4 storm and continues to move across Georgia and into the Carolina’s. 900,000 homes and businesses are experiencing power outages in Florida and Georgia. The storm has directly impacted Florida, Georgia and both North and South Carolina.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

Still easy to cover for all markets except outbound south Texas and Florida to the northeast as capacity out of these markets is harder to come by. . Shipping in or out of Alabama should be close to normal. . As the state reopens retail facilities on May 4, shipping in and out of Arizona should not be substantially impacted. .

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

No issues cover ing loads throughout the market, except for outbound freight from California, South Texas, Georgia, and Florida to the N ortheast as capacity is tighter. Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Florida ? .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

At the beginning of June 2022, a 40-foot ocean container cost about $10,000 to ship from southeast Asia to Northern Europe This is compared to about $1,500 for the same route about 2 years ago. Customer spending patterns are changing with hyperinflation. There is only so much retailers can do to absorb higher costs. He received his Ph.D.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

As shown in the map, the company has 4 distribution centers wherein each location is shipping to several places across the US (for the sake of simplicity we are not showing the manufacturing and sourcing locations here). He received his Ph.D. The post 5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Locus

JUNE 15, 2023

Locus attended the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium that took place in Orlando, Florida in May. Shippers must offer customers a range of shipping options, low shipping costs, easy returns and cancellations, straightforward tracking, and time-sensitive deliveries. Shippers must captivate their customers in various ways.

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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. California.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Truckers who hauled gasoline to Texas last week from Florida may run the same route in reverse next week as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Sunshine State. Truckers who hauled gasoline to Texas last week from Florida may run the same route in reverse next week as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Sunshine State.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the annual SCLA (Supply Chain Leaders in Action) meeting in Sanibel, Florida, Intelligent Audit CEO Hannah Testani sat down with Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor of logistics industry publication Supply Chain Brain to discuss the state of the supply chain, sustainability, and the future of supply chain innovations.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Robinson’s historical shipping trends show that this seasonal demand growth creates a “fall season,” similar to floral, produce, and grilling seasons. Temperature controlled shipping has four “seasons” based on demand. Typically, the broader shipping marketplace talks about seasonality in terms of produce season and non-produce season.

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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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