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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

9, according to Xeneta, a Norway-based transportation data firm, reflecting lower freight demand as retailers cut orders and consumer spending continues to decline. The Port of Long Beach blamed shifts in consumer demand and shipping patterns for the 28.4 network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Mandatory ROI on IT Investment. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Mandatory ROI on IT Investment. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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Understanding Your Role in Forced Labor Compliance

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the ports of LA and Long Beach has “well over 100 shipments on hold pending determination of admissibility“ due to suspicion of forced labor. Innovation and Competition Act (S. Additionally, a foreign manufacturer can have a Finding action issued against them. Understanding Findings.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. This will make the supplier sluggish to respond to changes and slow moving on innovation. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Did You Know That …. Significance.

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