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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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The Empty Container Marketplace with Sean Bardon

The Logistics of Logistics

After gaining vital international experience in manufacturing and transpacific shipping, he took on a variety of roles back in the U.S. About Qualle Since launching in May 2022, Qualle has quickly built up a substantial trucker base that spans from the LA and Long Beach ports to New York, New Jersey, Savannah, Houston, and Memphis ports.

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Editor’s Choice: Ocean Trends for 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

The import dwell times at the Port of Long Beach fluctuated throughout the first half of 2021, with a high of 9 days. Export dwell time in Asia, where many goods being transported to the US begin their journey, saw huge fluctuations in the first half of 2021. As a result, shipments were delayed across all sectors.

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The Importance of International Transportation Visibility in a Global Pandemic

3rdwave

Without inbound international transportation, product level visibility organizations are flying blind – or, they are at a minimum, severely visually impaired. The vast majority of these supply-side shipments come in through the port of Long Beach/LA. carriers ability to transport goods, .

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. This is not going to be pretty.

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2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch

Logistics Viewpoints

The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events. Hyped technologies are getting a lot of publicity but have little proven value.

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The Fog of War in Ukraine Darkens the Global Economic Outlook

MIT Supply Chain

have predicted owing to the accumulation of inventory in manufacturing. Other drivers of shortages and price hikes that appear to be moderating include the cost of freight transportation. After a period of further price increases due to the rising cost of oil, I expect transportation costs to trend downwards in the next few weeks.

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