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Beyond The Rails and Roads: The State of Intermodal with Anne Reinke

The Logistics of Logistics

Anne is the President & CEO at the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), North America’s leading industry trade association representing the combined interests of the intermodal freight industry.

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How to Be a Preferred Shipping Customer: Strategies for the Coming Capacity Shortage

Talking Logistics

Freight companies are eventually going to face severe challenges finding drivers to get your shipments where you want them when you want them there. Understand the full range of shipping alternatives your carriers can offer. Since the most recent BLS statistics show more than 790,000 “heavy and tractor-trailer” drivers in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (May 4 – May 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supporters of Minnesota’s new law say the state joins Maryland as among the few states to pass protections for ticket buyers into law. Global shipping lines have become increasingly strained as the Houthi militia in Yemen broadens its attacks on cargo vessels, one of the largest companies in the industry warned on Monday.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. mile-long span. An estimated 11.5

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, for one man in Maryland, none of that matters. The 65-year-old Accekeek, Maryland man bought 15 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing. The Port of Kahului is fully operational, and interisland freight and transport company Young Brothers noted in an Aug. 11 release. 11 release. without any extra packaging.

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

Once assembled, we then ship the units to the specific military customer, who then inspects the kits to confirm everything is in good order. Around the world, airlines were cutting passenger flights which also meant less air freight capacity. We tried to ramp up shipping some key parts, only to get blocked by our carriers.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx Corporation FedEx , previously known as Federal Express, is an American multinational freight company founded in 1971 as a system for urgent deliveries. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.