The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key ports like Rotterdam, Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong and Los Angeles will be the key ports to be ready for fueling the first truly green lanes. The EU has started to work on charting out a plan for that transition, but other large markets like North America and China will likely not follow them in 2024.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 3, 2014

Los Angeles Business Journal. Ed Leamer is traveling to Mexico City with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti this week on the first international trade mission of his administration. Mexico is the Los Angeles area’s second-largest export market and one of Los Angeles County’s largest sources of foreign direct investment.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

CX North America Expands Driver Mobile App with Digital Proof of Delivery Update. Amazon expects to roll out the new delivery service in Los Angeles in coming weeks with third-party merchants that sell goods via its website, according to the people. Kuebix Tops 5000 Companies Using its Transportation Management System.

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Stord

MARCH 17, 2019

Supply chain problems have hurt Adidas’ sales growth in the first half of 2019, especially in North America. The German retailer has doubled its business over the last three years in the North American market, successfully expanding from high-end products into mid-priced clothing options. Shipping volume fell by 2.7%

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Here’s an example: Every year, a huge volume of finished goods are shipped from Asia to North America. Ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as in Europe and other global locations. And, in many cases, how fragile. Knock down one domino, and others fall. Ships are stacked up at major U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background Perspectives In a prior Supply Chain Matters transportation and logistics industry perspectives, we have updated readers on changing developments concerning global and North America transportation and logistics industries. Rates for Shanghai – Los Angeles routing expanded by 11 percent to $2,322 per 40 foot container.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Other ports that bear foreign fruit include East Coast docks at Philadelphia/Wilmington, and NY/Newark, as well as Los Angeles/Long Beach, the largest port complex in North America. So have Miami and Savannah, but an ever-larger portion of the reefer freight in those markets originated in Chile and neighboring countries.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Meanwhile, 75% of furniture retailer, Ethan Allen’s products are made in North America. Much of the shift is to the US, which, according to the CEO lowers its merchandising lead times. However, it has been impacted by raw material shortages and as a result, backlogs are high.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Spot rates for the Shanghai to Los Angeles shipping lane segment reportedly averaged $1823. According to data from Bloomberg Intelligence , container trade for the Asia to North America segment fell 26 percent during Q1 of this year. Drewry’s composite World Container Index reportedly decreased by 1 percent to $1,719.95

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

For the specific routing of Shanghai to Los Angeles , the index was reported as $9112 at the end of March, compared to $10,986 at the end of February. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. Take my 5-second QuickPoll and see what others are saying. Finally, labor tensions continue to simmer at the West Coast ports.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s. He works as a Consultant and Business Development partner helping technology Startups in the field of Supply Chain and Logistics introduce their SaaS solutions in Latin America and Iberia.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). Ryder has a network of over 800 service locations in North America today. Truckers applaud move to revert to pre-2013 Hours of Service regulations (Logistics Management). Retailer Wal-Mart de Mexico to invest $1.3

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The upswing was largely driven by trade between Asia and North America, where the volume of containers jumped 33% from the average level for the five years preceding the pandemic. imports from Asia are still overwhelming some of the nation’s biggest ports, especially in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

This decline follows a bleak performance in February, when container volumes into the Californian ports of Los Angeles, Oakland, and Long Beach from were down 35.2 Substantial capacity constraints are being experienced in both directions between Europe and North America, Latin America, China, and the Middle East.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

These topics are highly relevant to a wide range of shippers across North America and may help you make smarter, more informed supply chain decisions. The Port of Los Angeles has been a pain point for some time. Your market insights questions answered. From our experience, the congestion and backlog at various U.S.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

(NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Competition for container traffic is increasingly giving way to coordination between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Shipping between Europe, S.E. Most international ocean cargo is now containerized.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

For the specific routing of Shanghai to Los Angeles , the index was reported as $10,986, representing a 158 percent year-over year increase. Data published at the end of February indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 106 days, upwards of 15.1

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

Volumes were also up from other markets with seaports, including Stockton and Los Angeles – which is home to the two biggest ports in North America. Specific lanes that are tied to the seaport activity: The lane from Seattle to Los Angeles increased 14¢ to $1.35/mi. Falling Rates.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico. Carey School of Business As the holiday season approaches, manufacturers, carriers, and retailers have a joint responsibility to make sure consumers have what they want, no matter where in the world it is made.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Those previously unplanned shipments have brought about a surge in demand for trucks in Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Rates are based on DAT RateView , with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America. Chicago, 2. Elizabeth, 3. Grand Rapids, 5.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Competition for container traffic is increasingly giving way to coordination between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Shipping between Europe, S.E. Most international ocean cargo is now containerized. .

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Three major van markets had outbound rates rise least 2% for the month of October: Los Angeles, Dallas, and Denver. Rates are based on DAT RateView , with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America. led to tight capacity and high rates. Atlanta, and Chicago.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 15, 2016

The focus is starting to shift to the north, but there are still plenty of loads available in the Southeast. Outbound van rates started to decline in Los Angeles, Houston and Memphis , however. Rates are based on DAT RateView, with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Volumes were up 10% last week in Stockton , CA, while Los Angeles and Ontario , CA continue to be the top two markets to find a van load on DAT load boards. Rates are based on DAT RateView , with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

mile, which is just 2¢ shy of the average reefer rate out of Los Angeles. Rates are based on DAT RateView , with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America. Out West, the outbound average in Sacramento surged to $2.39/mile,

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DAT Solutions

JULY 7, 2016

On the West Coast, there were lots of loads available in Los Angeles , and rates rose 11% outbound from Stockton. Rates are based on DAT RateView, with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America. The number-four and -five spots were taken by Houston and Dallas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The spot rate of booking a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Los Angeles hit $10,229 the first week of August, up 238 percent from the same time a year prior. IKEA’s stores in North America are the hardest hit by product shortages, followed by Europe. But just how scarce are they?

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Out West, the number of loads tripled on the lane from Denver to Los Angeles. Rates are based on DAT RateView , with $28 billion in lane rates, updated daily, for 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America. Van rates on the lane from Columbus to Allentown have averaged $2.96 Van loads heading from L.A.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Here are a few notable trends from the past week: Outbound rates trended up in Los Angeles , but declined in Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta. Rates are derived from DAT RateView and are based on actual rate agreements between freight brokers and carriers, on 65,000 point-to-point lanes across North America.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the movie, super-storms ravage the world: Tokyo is struck by giant hailstorms, Los Angeles faces massive tornados, and temperatures drop to -150 Fahrenheit. Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

West Coast ports, and data related to increased adoption of robotics for North America production needs. TEU volumes at the Port of Los Angeles reportedly fell 7 percent in 2022 from the prior year, the largest drop since the Great Recession. Container movements to the U.S. East and Gulf Ports.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

CX North America Adds Replay Technology to Its Freight Visibility Solutions. As reported by the Star Tribune : Target is extending its next-day delivery of household essentials to eight more major markets, including New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Descartes Certified for Single Window Initiative by CBSA.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Through their logistics division, they offer warehousing services including the stocking of buffer inventory and JIT delivery to anywhere in North America.</p> With this secure, flexible storage capacity reserved, Global Point was then able to completely reengineer their distribution services for their client.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 3, 2018

Being the largest for-hire carrier company in North America, UPS is central to any steps the transportation and shipping industry may take in an effort to become more economical. The first routes will be through Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. UPS Electric Trucks. UPS says that these 50 trucks are just a first step.

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