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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

Significant flooding and damage can force logistics companies to find new and longer routes. #3 The Port of South Louisiana, known for petroleum refining, grain, and petrochemicals, was severely damaged. Flooded or closed roadways, bridges, and overpasses can delay freight, rail, and even air cargo. Gulf Coast in August 2005.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Currently, we are seeing little fluctuation in the domestic logistics market when compared to the past few weeks. . But the Logistics Manager’s Index skyrocketed from the end of Feb ruary through April. Zipline Regional Logistics Market Updates . Northeast Logistics . Midwest Logistics . 01 per mile.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

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 will take a very long time for freight transportation and logistics to return to normal, after two such monstrous storms in the same month.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. We expect cross-industry reopening, combined with produce season, to marginally tighten capacity on a regional level in pockets around the country in the coming weeks. Midwest Logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Weller says that “until the Industrial Revolution, 150 years ago, we have lived our entire evolutionary history outdoors all day, every day. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon launched the system this week at one of its warehouses in Houston. So maybe this functionality will help to get people outside more.

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Logistics of Hurricane Harvey's Humanitarian Aid

Elementum

It made its second landfall on Wednesday morning, August 30th, inundating another Texas city, Port Arthur, and hit the coastal areas of Louisiana. The logistics industry is one of the greatly effected. tons of relief supplies , flew to Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

cross-industry?reopening, Logistics? ? . Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Midwest Logistics ? . Logistics? ? . Logistics ? . not expect much logistics disruption in Kansas.?? .

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