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MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics with Chris Caplice

The Logistics of Logistics

Chris Caplice and Joe Lynch discuss MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a wide range of logistics and supply chain topics. He is also the founder of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. He received a Ph.D.

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Winter Weather Alert: First Nor’easter of 2021

GlobalTranz

FreightWaves anticipates the heavy snowfall and strong winds will delay freight flows in the northeast throughout the week, impacting key freight markets like Harrisburg, PA, Allentown, PA, and Elizabeth, NJ. Source: CNN. Carriers and shippers should prepare for potential road closures on significant interstates, including: I-95.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Building a Resilient Port Strategy with Brian Kempisty & Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Beagen has extensive experience in oceanborne commerce and maritime law, with specific emphasis on maritime transportation, Shipping Act issues, supply chain management, international antitrust law, and port and terminal operations. Port X Logistics provides drayage to and from all ports and ramps in the USA and Canada.

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Big Changes at the Port with Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Lauren is maritime industry expert & lawyer who specializes in translating FMC regulations and breaking down supply chain silos. Beagen and Joe Lynch discuss big changes at the port brought on by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022). About Lauren Beagen. About The Maritime Professor. About The Maritime Professor.

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Will America Go with the FLOW?

Enterra Insights

Last March, the Biden Administration announced “the launch of Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW), an information sharing initiative to pilot key freight information exchange between parts of the goods movement supply chain.”[1] Data-sharing and Supply Chain Operations. ”[2].

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. 9, according to Xeneta, a Norway-based transportation data firm, reflecting lower freight demand as retailers cut orders and consumer spending continues to decline.