Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. More than $728 million is on the way to communities around the nation to bolster intermodal freight infrastructure. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. Last month, the parties announced a tentative agreement on certain key issues. A string of states have already adopted California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule. Colorado also adopted the rule but will have a heavy duty truck provision begin in 2027.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. As freight rates continue to fall, shippers will likely continue to leverage blank sailings to balance operational costs against volatile fuel prices.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in 2000, Germany based Transporeon provides a digital freight platform the supports more than 1,200 shippers, 100 large retailers, and over 120,000 logistics services providers and carriers. The company manages operations from eight different global office locations and can converse business in twenty-five different languages.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

7) David Simchi-Levi , Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman at OPS Rules Management Consultants Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company''s entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Kansas’ produce season transportation spikes influence freight capacity and rates in early summer continuing through August. Massachusetts. Massachusetts grows the majority of the country’s domestic crop.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

CEVA Logistics provides both freight management and contract logistics services for a range of customers across all sectors. The company provides comprehensive freight forwarding services across all modes, domestic and international, including customs house brokerage and door-to-door ground services. DB Schenker (The Americas).

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