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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news. Amazon in the news: Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 6 more cities. Strong volume continues through Port of New York and New Jersey. And in the last piece of Amazon-related logistics news, the company’s drone delivery dream may be in jeopardy.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

On that date, he notes, “A crane lifted 58 aluminum truck bodies onto the deck of an aging tanker ship moored in Newark, New Jersey. Five days later, the Ideal-X sailed into Houston, Texas, where waiting trucks collected the containers for delivery to local factories and warehouses.

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Retail Imports Hit a Record High. Again

Material Handling & Logistics

“The volume of containers imported through August continues to grow and we expect this to continue through October before a slack period arrives as the holiday season inventory buildup comes to an end,” says Ben Hackett, founder of Hackett Associates. “We Global Port Tracker covers the U.S. Global Port Tracker covers the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Alphabet’s Wing develops new fleet of drones. FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe. percent year on year in June, driven by double-digit surges in New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Savannah, Georgia. We will have to wait and see.

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Want to Help With FEMA Loads? It's Complicated.

DAT Solutions

Trucks, warehouse space, and logistics services are needed in Florida, Georgia and even Texas, and they may be required soon in Massachusetts or New Jersey. After the storm has passed, there will be a lot of stores and warehouses that need re-stocking, because inventory was either sold out or ruined by the floods.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Note: Descartes and MercuryGate are Talking Logistics sponsors.