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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. percent).

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Flatbed Demand Surges in Oregon and South Dakota

DAT Solutions

South Dakota has also been a hot state for flatbeds lately, with lots of loads originating in the Rapid City market. Demand has declined for flatbeds in the East and South Central regions , partly due to reductions in the steel and energy industries, respectively. As a national average, flatbed load availability rose 1.3%

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. I read an article earlier this week that broke it down pretty succinctly. The largest U.S.

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U.S. Political Discourse for Ocean Container Carrier Reform Meets Compromise

Supply Chain Matters

industry groups including the National Retail Federation (NRF). Senate, and we had speculated that it would likely face additional lobbying by various carrier and shipper industry stakeholder interests. businesses and industry supply chain teams to look to in the coming months without added regulatory and other legislation.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. Near Amarillo, TX, high winds tore across the highway at 80 miles per hour, toppling 40 tractor-trailers, according to news reports.

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COVID-19 Virus is expected to reduce meat selection and raise prices

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Industry leaders acknowledge that the U.S. The 15 largest pork-packing plants account for 60 percent of all pork processed, so when even one of those plants closes for days or weeks, the consequences ripple across the industry. And Smithfield Foods halted production at its plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Thanksgiving 2018

Enterra Insights

Other states with significant turkey production include Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Dakota, Utah, and California. ” Realistically, he concludes, “The idea of Thanksgiving today is not possible without the support and continued efforts of the logistics industry and its supply chain partners.

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