NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. The delayed impacts of the petrochemical industry was urgent after the freeze.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

cross-industry?reopening, Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Shipping to or from Colorado should not be restricted.?? . If shipping to or from DC, ensure your supply chain partners can handle freight.?? .

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Harvey downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday night, August 29 but heavy rains and life-threatening flash floods are expected to continue in and around Houston, Beaumont/Port Arthur, eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week. According to reports, there is no vessel movement and there are no ships in the channel.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

s industrial heartland is dotted with examples of how some links in the supply chain have been adapted to keep the wheels of commerce turning while others seized up. The shipping industry, which accounts for 80% of world merchandise trade, had a record year in 2021 , with volume totaling 179.1 a digital freight forwarder.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

Shipping in or out of Alabama should be close to normal. . As the state reopens retail facilities on May 4, shipping in and out of Arizona should not be substantially impacted. . When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. . Status: Partially Open . Arkansas .

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. recently due to flooding in Louisiana and Texas, as well as a hurricane in the Florida panhandle.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity. California.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 15, 2021

The global shortage of semiconductor chips that is disrupting supply chains in the automotive and consumer electronics industries is forcing chipmakers to decide which customers’ orders to fulfill when product is in short supply. Companies need to think about how they are going to address this challenge. limit two cartons of eggs”).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 14, 2015

There are some retailers – whose industry is characterized by high volume imports from China and elsewhere – who can vouch for the verity of this statement. Benjamin Disraeli said, “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2017

While the storm is directly impacting south Texas and Louisiana, this supply chain disruption will be felt across North America. A large portion of industry resides on the east and southeast sides of Houston, the hardest hit areas of the metropolitan area. Global Forwarding – Ocean and Air Shipping.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

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Elementum

AUGUST 30, 2017

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. Houston shipping channels and ports at Corpus Christi and Galveston have been shut down.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Katrina also disrupted the shipping industry by causing damage to the Port of New Orleans. The insurance industry felt significant impacts, considering over 1.7 Flood insurance coverage spiked after what happened in Louisiana after Katrina. million claims were filed in the effected states with a total of US $41.1B

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 23, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. The flatbed load-to-truck ratio was 18.3 the same as March's average.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Weller says that “until the Industrial Revolution, 150 years ago, we have lived our entire evolutionary history outdoors all day, every day. The navigational system, which allows large ships to bypass rapids below Lake Superior, was originally opened in the 1850s to handle a boom in copper mining.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. It is the world's first purely industrial airport. More than 175 million pounds of cargo are shipped through ths state's airports annually. State Received an A.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. What’s happening at the Panama Canal is far from an isolated event.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 9, 2021

When products are available, shipping has gotten choked up due to historically heightened demand , COVID-related port shutdowns and storm-created chaos. Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Port closures and shipping container shortages.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2017

Even if you’re not planning to go anywhere near Texas or Louisiana, you might be affected by Hurricane Harvey. Outside of the storm-affected areas, rates were trending up out of Buffalo and Chicago , while prices continued to rise steadily in the Midwest and Northeast.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

When the Ever Given became stranded in the Suez Canal, it drew international attention as engineers attempted to free the ship and re-establish global commerce routes. Strong gusts at nearly 50 mph caused a “loss of capacity to direct the ship,” forcing the hull to deviate. Global chip shortages. of year-to-date trade.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

We all know by now how the semiconductor shortage occurred when the automotive industry failed to order enough chips, which led the semiconductor industry to reduce their capacity. COVID has also hit a number of key ports, like the port of Yantian , which is a major outbound port for shipping products to the US.

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ShipBob

APRIL 17, 2020

Some have described the COVID-19 pandemic as “the great equalizer” for ecommerce brands across every industry. COVID-19 ecommerce shipping and fulfillment FAQs. At the bare minimum, this includes acknowledging COVID-19 and your shipping status. What does your COVID-19 ecommerce shipping process look like?

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Today’s blog is contributed by Ankita Pundir and Mayur Patil, two Industrial Engineering students who worked on creating these insights as part of the SCRC’s COVID-19 research team. As reported by the director of Maine CDC , 4000 doses of Moderna vaccine were wasted as the boxes became too warm during shipping.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The natural-gas industry blames the Panama Canal Authority for holdups, and the canal authority blames the industry for being lackadaisical about transit timetables. LNG tankers, he said, “are a maybe.”.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2014

FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). According to the press release: The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. The natural-gas industry blames the Panama Canal Authority for holdups, and the canal authority blames the industry for being lackadaisical about transit timetables. LNG tankers, he said, “are a maybe.”.

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QAD

MARCH 21, 2019

is known as a world leader in many industries. Industrial production grew at about 2.3 Industrial production grew at about 2.3 Other Important Industries. As a leader in the telecommunications industry, you would rightly expect strong communications infrastructure in the U.S. Manufacturing in the U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

The Port of South Louisiana is a trade juggernaut, handling the most tonnage of any U.S. Follow the mud-brown river past Louisiana’s chemical plants, oil refineries, granaries, ports, and the rail networks and highways that spring from its fingers. “All A 30-minute drive from Baton Rouge is Pipe & Steel Industrial Fabricators Inc.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

“Ethylene really is the major petrochemical that impacts the entire industry,” said Chirag Kothari, an analyst at consultant Nexant. consumer and industrial goods, feeding into car parts used by Detroit and diapers sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Port Arthur by the Louisiana border. But it also lies at the heart of the $3.5

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In addition to the damage to the energy, chemicals, shipping and rail industries, there are about 100,000 flooded homes, damage to tens of thousands of businesses and municipal and cultural buildings, along with the remains of lost or demolished vehicles, electronics, white goods and furniture.

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