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Logistics helps North Carolina Reach CNBC Best State Status Again

Kanban Logistics

That extends to logistics as NC has lower costs for industrial space, lower labor costs, and lower transportation costs (i.e., This year’s CNBC ranking looked at 10 categories that weighted differently for a grand total of 2,500 possible points. North Carolina’s total score – 1,628 (up from 1,580 in 2022) – was the highest in the nation.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Many industrialized countries invest heavily in identifying and developing new technologies, materials, and processes. They are strategically located close to the industries and academia that best serve the mission of each institute. design & manufacturing industrial base for full-scale application. Location: Raleigh, NC.

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Tompkins International and One Network Webcast: Explore Taking Supply Chain Visibility to New Heights

Tompkins Blog

Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, USA, Tompkins has offices throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. Enterprises from a variety of industries are connected to the Real Time Value Network™, including leading companies in high tech, retail, consumer products, the public sector, automotive, energy, and logistics.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

One visionary, Malcom McLean , features prominently in the industry’s development. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Once the concept was validated, the container shipping industry grew exponentially in the 70s and 80s. 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Magazine article) as a goliath looking to take on the entrenched "David" shipping industry. One visionary, Malcom McLean , is featured prominently in the industry’s development. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C.

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Flatbed rates move lower, but they're still pretty high

DAT Solutions

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million load and truck posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Last week the national load-to-truck ratio for flatbeds was 39:1.

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Current state of logistics in North Carolina: warehouse space and labor hard to find

Kanban Logistics

According to the commercial real estate firm, Colliers , the overall industrial vacancy rate in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill market, which includes eastern North Carolina, was 3.4% The survey also found that the warehouse and logistics industry is one of the hardest hit sectors. in the second quarter of 2023.