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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

bound shipments post first annual gain in 14 months in September Teamsters at DHL rally for fair contract The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low Amazon is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. National Average Freight Rates. The van load-to-truck ratio declined last week to 1.6 loads per truck. mile, down 2¢ Reefer: $2.19/mile,

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Amid Peak Season Surprises, Worries Persist

Intelligent Audit

After a freight rail union backed out of the President Biden-backed agreement between unions and freight rail companies, shippers are calling on the president’s administration to broker a second agreement. Record Low Water Levels Cause Shipping Woes Along Mississippi. Integrated freight auditing processes.

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Shipping Industry Lows Foil High Expectations

Intelligent Audit

As a potential recession looms and shipping volumes continue to fall, shippers can expect carriers to accept the vast majority of freight. . Logistics Experts Warn that Drought-Plagued Mississippi Could Threaten American Exports. Gig-Transportation Businesses on Edge Over Contractor Regulations.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport. a digital freight forwarder. Businessweek. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. . Logistics? ? .

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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. The reasons behind this were well chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article.