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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina. 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. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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South Carolina prohibits importation of some birds due to avian flu. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. What is produce season?

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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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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

The company noted, “Most people understand that it takes transportation and logistics to get the stuff we all want and rely upon to our homes and offices, but it could be argued that what our industry does is often taken for granted.” But that was not the only support. But that was not the only support. ”[6].

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain. will reportedly be one of the largest fully interoperable chassis pools in the U.S.,

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

Long Beach is the highest-ranked port in the United States (20th in the world) with a berth productivity of 88, compared to 130 for Tianjin (China), 104 for Shanghai, 86 for Rotterdam (Netherlands), 78 for New York-New Jersey, and 71 for Charleston (South Carolina). The bottom line for all U.S. The post Ready For the Next Port Crisis?