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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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JAXPORT Deepening Means Boost for CargoBarn

CargoBarn

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., 25, 2022 – The Jacksonville office of CargoBarn , a technology-driven freight brokerage, is expecting more business thanks to the Jacksonville Port Authority’s recently completed harbor deepening. JAXPORT announced this summer it had completed dredging to 47 feet, allowing post-Panamax ships to call.

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

Supply Chain Matters

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). And this week ShippingEasy announced its integration “with Amazon Alexa to ship with your voice!” Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group.

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My Summer at BR Williams

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

In the fall of 2021, I took the chance to attend a networking/Q&A event hosted by my school, Jacksonville State University, and meet new peers in the business program and local business leaders. As it would happen, one of those business leaders was BR’s own, Kenton Sprayberry , Director of Operations and Carrier Sales.

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Customer Advisory – Hurricane Michael

CH Robinson Transportfolio

CSX advised that intermodal freight traveling between the Florida and Midwest will experience delays of 24 to 36 hours as the storm moves through the area and track obstructions are cleared. Global Forwarding – Ocean and Air Shipping. Jacksonville. Norfolk Southern has not provided an update.

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

Intelligent Audit

Despite this damage, logistics providers are beginning to resume normal operations, with the Port of Jacksonville resuming normal operations on Saturday and parcel carriers–including UPS , FedEx, and USPS gradually resuming service in the region, Supply Chain Dive reported. . First Drone Service In Western U.S.