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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Their presence is now most prominent in the mid-Atlantic region, but has been confirmed in 38 states. Well, the Environmental Protection Agency states that this species “ was introduced into the United States in the mid-1990s, possibly stowing away in a shipping container.” Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the world’s most successful drone delivery companies will be expanding to mainland Europe and the United States in 2023. JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets. Combined Los Angeles/Long Beach imports totaled 504,377 TEUs in February.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. The Port of Long Beach blamed shifts in consumer demand and shipping patterns for the 28.4 On February 4, the U.S.

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Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminal Congestions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

This is the primary mode of transportation inland throughout the United States and will continue to compete for capacity with the oil and gas industry and truck-intermodal conversion moves into the interior of the United States. The post Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminal Congestions appeared first on Transportfolio.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

To prevent shipping logjams that have recently stymied the country’s supply chain, the Biden administration and California officials said Thursday that billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements are being fast-tracked for the state’s largest ports.

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The West Coast Bottleneck with Brian Rice

The Logistics of Logistics

The growing congestion and the resulting demurrage at the ports was a call to arms for our team, so we meticulously built a bullet-proof network of carrier partners and transloading facilities at every port and rail in the United States, consisting of 5k partners in our network and growing.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

The United States’ and Europe’s production of global semiconductors decreased from approximately 80% in 1990 to 20% in 2020. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. ( of small businesses in the United States. United States Census Bureau). higher than 2020.