CH Robinson Transportfolio
AUGUST 28, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is causing catastrophic flooding in Southeast Texas, leaving the Houston metro area in a severe crisis situation. Houston area schools as well as a significant number of businesses are closed for the week and many areas are only accessible by boat or helicopter. While our Houston offices remain closed, the C.H.
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 22, 2023
surveys both indicated that businesses are reluctant to place new orders amid higher material prices and continued economic uncertainty. Spot rates for the Shanghai to Los Angeles shipping lane segment reportedly averaged $1823. The firm’s Maersk Line container shipping business unit reported net profit of $2.3 remains unclear.
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Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Hurricane Harvey has struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world, as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coast area. Indeed, the results of our ISM Report On Business Survey indicate ongoing challenges for U.S.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 9, 2018
In fact, in November 2016, a survey of shippers published by the Journal of Commerce found that shippers didn’t “appear to believe capacity will tighten considerably in advance of a federal electronic logging mandate for all interstate truck drivers scheduled to take effect next December 1.”
Ware2Go
JANUARY 10, 2022
According to a 2021 survey, 43% of merchants ordered holiday inventory earlier than usual, and 44% ordered more than usual. Legacy retailers may seem to have the upper hand when it comes to negotiating freight rates or securing space on a truck or container ship at all.
Freight Center
JANUARY 30, 2020
Now, we’re counting down the remaining 3 important freight shipping issues you need to know as we move into the next decade. In recent years, the freight industry has seen an increase in shipping and the number of trucks on the road. The driver shortage was the top freight shipping industry concern for the third year in a row.
Elementum
MAY 13, 2015
Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. West Coast ports and an increase in interest from companies like Walmart.
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