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No Congestion Issues at the Port of Virginia

Kanban Logistics

and Long Beach, are experiencing severe congestion due to record volumes as US businesses replenish inventories that were depleted after COVID-related manufacturing shutdowns. The Port of Virginia is a notable exception. What’s new at the Port of Virginia? the Port of Virginia is as efficient as it gets.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records. The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. In Long Beach, dockworkers and terminal operators moved 835,412 20-foot-equivalent units (surpassing June 2018 record). Food Inflation Jumps 10.4%

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Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained

Material Handling & Logistics

This term is used to describe an intermodal freight service that utilizes ocean and truck or rail to transport to another port location, for example, a shipment coming from Shanghai to New York via Long Beach. This term covers all the ocean ports on the West, including Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Long Beach/Los Angeles and others.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

Mayor of Long Beach, California Robert Garcia believes business should return to normal at all U.S. Long Beach and Los Angeles – approximately 24 miles apart – are the two largest container ports in the U.S. West Coast ports in about three months. READ MORE: Supply chain tips and trends ».

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

Mayor of Long Beach, California Robert Garcia believes business should return to normal at all U.S. Long Beach and Los Angeles – approximately 24 miles apart – are the two largest container ports in the U.S. West Coast ports in about three months. READ MORE: Supply chain tips and trends ».

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Going Off the Beaten Path for North Carolina Warehousing Capacity

Kanban Logistics

While this isn’t shocking in major hubs like Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey, it’s much less expected in states like North Carolina. Recent uncertainty with the West Coast port worker contract negotiations has also caused more companies to import into the East Coast instead of Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. 20 Years of Highway Data Shows Roads and Bridges Aren’t Crumbling ( Reason.org ). EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ).