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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

TMW Systems : in.sight User Conference + Expo 2019 , September 15-18, Houston, TX. Logistics Summit & Expo , March 13-14, Mexico City, Mexico. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 28 – May 1, Columbus, OH. 3Gtms : Innovate 2019 , TBA (2018: May 1-3, Dallas, TX).

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Supply Chain Impact of Hurricane Harvey Could Be Worse than Expected

Material Handling & Logistics

Resilinc has mapped almost 800 factories, warehouses, distribution centers etc. to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. Vakil cites several key points to make the case for why this would be a major supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

TMW Systems : in.sight User Conference + Expo 2018 , September 9-12, Houston, TX. Logistics Summit & Expo , March 21-22, Mexico City, Mexico. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , May 6-9, Charlotte, NC. Transplace : Shipper Symposium, May 8-10, Frisco, TX.

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Here's How Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Have Affected Van Freight

DAT Solutions

Last week, Houston's van freight volumes rebounded to 88% of pre-storm levels. Our hearts go out to all those whose lives have been turned upside down by these two mega-storms, the wildfires in the West, or the earthquake in Mexico. Dallas to Houston rates fell an average of 54¢ but were still high at $3.49

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Harvey and Irma’s Effect on the Logistics Industry

GTG Technology Group

Houston is a Major Transportation Hub. Harvey flooded Houston, turning the fourth largest city in the U.S. Here’s why Houston is so significant to transportation: Most goods transported from Mexico and South America go through Houston before being routed to their end destinations. into a lake.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 12-16, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management and SAP® Extended Warehouse Management Now Available. Transplace and Celtic Expand Intermodal Services in Mexico. UTi Worldwide Opens New Houston Facility to Serve Oil and Gas Industry. Mexico border remains in its infancy with market share in the low single digit rates.”.