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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. hope to slash shipping costs and save millions of dollars when they sit down later this month to negotiate long-term contracts with ocean carriers following last year’s surge in rates. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Amazon Invests $4 Billion in Generative AI Online retail and Cloud services infrastructure platform provider Amazon has announced a $4 billion investment in Anthropic in a reported effort to become a major player in Generative AI. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies.

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Tale as Old as Time: Logistics Innovation Vs. Tried-and-True Strategy

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FreightWaves reports, “ The catalyst is Amazon Logistics, the company’s delivery arm, expanding its operations amid a slowdown in e-commerce volumes that has left it with excess capacity. Logistics Management reports, “L abor availability, going back to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic more than 2.5 Establishes New Frontier.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

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Drennan struggled to obtain a driver’s license from the Railroad Commission in charge of regulating motor-freight at the time, allegedly because of her hearing loss, though Drennan believed it to be related to her gender. Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Sun Belt States Are Hot for Vans and Reefers

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while central California is shipping cherries and seasonal vegetables, including asparagus. If you need to haul temperature-controlled freight out of the Southeast, you may be paying more for those trucks right now. Flatbed freight volume was disappointing last week, after a strong month of April.