Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

As I wrote about two weeks ago, Domino’s is now partnering with Nuro in Houston to make robocar deliveries. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), almost 75 percent of all freight is transported by truck.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. However, after a year and a half of increased consumer demand and manufacturing shutdowns that significantly stressed the supply chain, many merchants began planning early for the 2021 holiday season.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement. Houston, one of the top six freight transportation hubs in the US is still struggling to recover and this affects the distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables from the Rio Grande Valley.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

For centuries the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight. Did You Know That … It wasn’t just about freight. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. For centuries, the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Sudden growth in the stock market means increases in manufacturing and commerce across the country, and as a result, shippers will have more product to move. Increased Market Stamina Contributes to Capacity Crunch Factors. The stock market also plays a role in contributing to a capacity crunch.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. Strong Projections in Manufacturing Will Tighten Shipping Capacity Further. As the stock market continues to climb, the likelihood of increased manufacturing in the U.S.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. The move may be risky, but the mega retailer’s play may also be indicative of an emerging trend in North American maritime freight. freight imports anytime soon.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 28, 2018

It's common for shippers to hustle freight out the door before the quarter ends, and this is the deadline. Load-to-truck ratios were highest along the East Coast, and in much of the Sun Belt, as freight moves into position for “last mile” trips to the major population centers. Houston rates are close to $3.00/mile

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

That’s been offset by a slump in volumes out of Houston , though. Looking to move flatbed freight? DAT has the largest digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more loads posted daily than any other load board. John Deere, Olympic Steel, and other manufacturers have a strong footprint in that market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

The Danish manufacturer saw sales begin to surge as consumers gravitated towards their building sets, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, difficulties, and characters. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. Kroger plans another three Ocado e-commerce ‘spokes’.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Goal : Freightera was tasked to move 8 heavy, oversize refinery units from Houston, Texas to Toledo, Ohio, USA (over 1250 miles) and 10 flat-bed loads. Once 2 units were delivered, drivers would drive back to Houston and load the next 2 units and go back and forth. Customer : Leading US manufacturer of soft drinks.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2015

FREIGHT RATES. Along with our standalone freight rates tool DAT RateView, all DAT load board packages include broker spot market rates on the lanes you're searching. The economy seems relatively stable, even though some types of manufacturing are lagging now. Rates should turn around soon, if seasonal patterns repeat this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Amazon launched the system this week at one of its warehouses in Houston. The Biden administration is refining rules aimed at keeping advanced chips and manufacturing gear out of China, seeking to close loopholes that might help its geopolitical rival gain cutting-edge technologies. September imports, at 2.54 million TEU tally.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

“Tightening capacity requires a more ‘connected’ broker…” While freight growth is forecast to slow in 2019, truckload capacity will remain tight, largely driven by a tight labor market, new regulations and other factors. Hunter has worked at Loadsmart for one and a half years now as VP or Product Management. ScienceSoft.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

Con-way Manufacturing, SmartTruck Systems and Kevin Rutherford Unveil State-of-the-Art Trailer. Freight Shipments Fell 0.2% Its Control Tower solution for an equipment and supplies provider includes on-site staff in Houston, Oklahoma and Louisiana executing more than 75,000 truckloads per year.”. in June from May.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 30, 2017

Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast and Houston with driving rains that left many businesses struggling with flooding, with little advance warning. Houston is a center for plastic resin due to the string of refineries in Texas and Louisiana, and the kind of commodities that are impacted include all plastic parts manufactured in the US.

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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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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 3, 2018

Consider this: global sourcing, manufacturing, and sales are advancing rapidly, leaving technology providers in the tough position of playing catch up. Imagine you are at your desk in Houston and you need to determine whether a completed order left the warehouse in China. See current shipment status down to the item level.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 2, 2017

The map below shows where the largest parts of wind turbines are manufactured. As you can see, Texas is a hotbed of activity for wind energy manufacturing. It’s no surprise that Texas has the top three markets for spot market flatbed freight in the country: Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth. Construction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

Over the last few months, it has also bought merchandise on the spot market and flown in power tools, faucets, electrical components, fasteners and other smaller, higher value items by air freight. The pilot program has already started in Houston and will use Nuro’s bots to travel on streets delivering packages.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 11, 2018

The only reliable mechanism to create lots of jobs is large scale manufacturing, which is driven by exports. A TMS can also keep track of Indian regulations, which may change as markets grow, so that shippers can ensure their freight is compliant. In other words, India has a socio-economic imperative to grow international trade.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The only reliable mechanism to create lots of jobs is large scale manufacturing, which is driven by exports. India needs to create 1 million jobs every month to sustain the steady onslaught of people joining the workforce. In other words, India has a socio-economic imperative to grow international trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. Together [with IKEA] we can enhance safety, improve working conditions for drivers, and create a more sustainable freight transportation system.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. Maersk is experimenting with driverless trucks at its shipping yard in Carson, California, and has partnered with Kodiak Robotics Inc.

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