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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

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Harvey is not the first lethal and damaging flood to hit Houston: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 killed 41 and caused $9 billion in damage, as well as flooding in 2016 that shut down the city for days. Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

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Walmart’s goods start their nine day journey through Mexico to Houston’s major intermodal transit hub at the Lorenzo Cardenas Port. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. West Coast ports and an increase in interest from companies like Walmart.

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Reefer Capacity Gets Tighter Ahead of Thanksgiving

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The biggest spike was the lane from Chicago to Kansas City , which surged 49¢ up to $3.10/mile. Demand is still extra-high out of potato-shipping regions ahead of Thanksgiving, but rates from Twin Falls, ID, to Phoenix dropped 27¢ to an average of $2.74/mile. Denver to Houston also took a 42¢ dive at $1.87/mile.

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Spot market demand heats up out West

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The West Coast is starting to see the freight that shipped from China after the Chinese New Year celebrations ended. port for those ships, and that freight was already being loaded onto trucks last week. Oil-related freight movements from Houston are definitely in a lull. Rising Rates. Seattle is the closest U.S.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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Houston to Oklahoma City cooled, falling 15¢ to $1.73/mile. Miami continued to ship lots of reefer roads, while Lakeland in the central part of the state joined the Florida parade. We expect load counts to pick up there and in the border market of McAllen, TX , with avocados shipping ahead of Cinco de Mayo.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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Houston to Oklahoma City cooled, falling 15¢ to $1.73/mile. Miami continued to ship lots of reefer roads, while Lakeland in the central part of the state joined the Florida parade. We expect load counts to pick up there and in the border market of McAllen, TX , with avocados shipping ahead of Cinco de Mayo.

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New FTL Rates – Instant, All-Inclusive, Online Now – Full Truckload and Very Competitive FTL by Rail – Examples Here

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So shipping in advance literally pays in many cases. Delivery: Houston, TX 77054. Houston, TX 77002. Houston, TX 77002. Please note: The average price of rail / intermodal freight is about 40% less than shipping by truck, but you need to plan more in advance. Delivery: Kansas City, MO. Delivery: St.