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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

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This puts a strain on the existing transportation resources, and if mother nature wipes out the infrastructure in coastal areas, such as Houston, the Port of Miami or even shipments between Puerto Rico and the mainland, capacity tightens faster than anyone expects. Amazon May Cause a Ripple-Effect in the Capacity Crunch Pond.

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The Current State of the Shipping Capacity Crunch

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The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. CEO, David S.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. Significance.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The program will be expanded to the recently launched 600-mile commercial lane between Fort Worth and El Paso in Texas to support customers of logistics business Uber Freight as it ships goods this holiday season, Aurora said on Friday.