CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

webinar of 2021, my colleagues and I provided analysis on today’s leading freight shipping topics, including the potential impact of the U.S. We answered questions live, but there were many great freight shipping questions submitted that we didn’t have time to address. (8:41). infrastructure bill, the status of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Officials in Long Beach, California, relaxed restrictions on storing shipping containers in a bid to ease a bottleneck that’s left nearly 80 vessels waiting offshore to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for ocean freight.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot about the logjams at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and how these have impacted our everyday lives — from holding Halloween decorations at sea and almost preventing last year’s holiday shopping season. Blue Yonder Live video: 1. West Coast Port Congestion Finally Clears Up.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

The ocean freight industry uses many acronyms to describe a shipment’s routing. Here are some of the most common ocean freight routing terms that are important to know. . For example, a freight shipment from Yantian to Chicago via Seattle would be unloaded on the West Coast and then shipped inland via truck or rail. .

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

gateway for trade with Asia reached the highest since the pandemic began, exacerbating delays for companies trying to replenish inventories during one of the busiest times of the year for seaborne freight. The number of ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. Other ports around the USA have also seen delays and disruptions.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While it remains to be seen whether the coming quarter will live up to expectations, there are multiple powerful predictors hinting that the freight market will not wane in intensity over the coming months. Typically, freight experiences a seasonal boom, starting with back-to-school shopping and concluding following year-end holidays.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. All of this will cause a tightening of space for ocean freight shipping. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

He is the founder and chairman of the annual JOC TPM conference in Long Beach, Calif., the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old. JOC products include PIERS, the world’s most comprehensive database of U.S. Learn More About The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain. Peter’s LinkedIn. S&P Global LinkedIn.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Since two of the re-scheduled ships docked in the twin seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach over the weekend of September 10-11, demand has surged for vans in the L.A. Those eastbound freight moves will become more urgent, and rates are likely to rise further, as Black Friday draws closer. area, especially on eastbound lanes.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Determine the optimal scenario that minimizes total production, freight, inventory costs and meets service requirements. Case in point: an industrial goods importer modeled the impact in time and cost of bypassing Long Beach during a slowdown by delivering to a Mexican port and directly railing containers to the central U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

How do I get shipment X out of Long Beach? But the fact of the matter is, industry leaders who want to avoid crashing their business on the shoals need to balance the daily hand-to-hand combat with some serious, long-term planning. 1 carrier stopping its dealings with even a portion of the world’s freight forwarders?

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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. Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. In my interviews, some say August.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Marine Exchange of Southern California has stated on its Twitter page @MXSOCAL ship report a number of records at the Port of LA/Long Beach. The Cass Freight Index for Expenditures showed 42 percent year-over-year growth in August (from a combination of rates and volumes).

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. Ocean freight is cheap. zschreiber.

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Stord

APRIL 28, 2019

Increased retail activity in the second quarter could signal more demand for domestic freight over the next few months. Additionally, inventory that was shipped late last year is now starting to leave warehouses, another factor that could raise freight demand in the second and third quarters. The growth rate for retail rose from 2.2%

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 8, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Some of the larger air terminals in the United States are seeing delays of up to 5-7 days to claim cargo, and ocean vessels continue to be delayed at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting on average 10-15 days to berth. One way is diversifying freight through different modes like LCL. Expedited LCL options.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. Import volume for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports reportedly declined 18 percent in September, the lowest level since September 2020.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

And, as ocean carriers introduce more blank sailings or skip ports to start improving the reliability percentage, that means the freight that was skipped is now added to the backlog of containers which will flow into the next vessel. Prepare to make tough decisions on what freight is most important to move.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to the Long Beach Post News , the Port of Long Beach implemented a 24/7 operations pilot program to go to 24/7 operations on September 21, 2021. The increased port activity movements will have one ultimate impact—more freight ready for OTR transport.

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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. The greatest opportunity for cost savings in the supply chain for most merchants is freight. Secondary Ports: The ports of LA and Long Beach are some of the busiest in the world.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Most importantly, the air freight index runs approximately one week behind, so the real impact of the Christmas Week Showdown—the immediate days leading up to the holiday, is still unavailable.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2015

Ports Of LA and Long Beach Fail To Continue Record Setting Growth. The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles continue to deal with the after-effects of February’s total port shutdowns, reporting mixed container volume growth for April. Long Beach managed to continuing an upwards trend, posting a modest 7.9%

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Stord

MARCH 24, 2019

Empty container returns are causing congestion at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex , despite lowered import volume and cancelled vessel sailings. Shippers face diverted routes, delays, and higher freight costs as a result. Freight volumes in the United States fell in February , and the exact cause is unclear.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 14, 2022

That said, we are watching oil prices, as freight operators can pass fuel surcharges along and there could be some freight expense pressure if the conflict continues and oil prices remain elevated,” Boyer said. So imagine the fuel surcharge impact on a shipper. So imagine the fuel surcharge impact on a shipper.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Air Freight.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. In California, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released a clean trucks assessment, the next step in their public plan to establish zero-emissions trucking at their facilities by 2035.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 14, 2022

Other drivers of shortages and price hikes that appear to be moderating include the cost of freight transportation. The queues of container ships anchored outside the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are dwindling, and this should reinforce the easing of product shortages as well as the downward trend in transportation prices.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. All of this will cause a tightening of space for ocean freight shipping. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

While trade is swinging back to the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, which is North America’s biggest box port, that port processed 13% fewer containers in 2023 than it did in 2022. Are you shipping from the most advantageous point of origin to your customer and minimizing freight spend?” Are you optimized?” Mr Latona asks.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 20, 2021

According to Paul Berger of The Wall Street Journal , “thirty-seven container ships were anchored off the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in recent days, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California, the highest number since February, when 40 ships waited there.”

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

This Freight Calculator Brought To You By Transparency. We’ve launched the world’s first door-to-door international freight estimator , powered by live global market rates. But when we eventually got a bill, it often didn’t match the price quote – freight forwarders do like to throw in an extra surcharge at the end.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

There is a shift underway right now in the refrigerated freight segment. More restaurant spending, more contract freight. The big food service outfits have private fleets, or they work with contract carriers, so the restaurant trend "eats away" at the refrigerated freight volume on the spot market. Two main factors are involved.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

-headquartered Marge Carson—with a 25-year history of manufacturing in Tijuana—announced last year that it would shift its entire business model, consolidate operations and exit all case goods manufacturing in Southeast Asia “in an effort to reduce supply chain and freight bottlenecks,” according to Furniture Today.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. Over 100 ships waited to unload containers in December at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. How is Inflation affecting freight rates? As the first anniversary of the pandemic approached, U.S.

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