Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2022

unloading in Los Angeles. due to a lack of visibility, they are having a hard time effectively managing processes, and unloading imports, resulting in slow delivery times and shipping delays rippling across the entire supply chain. slowdowns in China, and?unloading

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 31, 2023

Originally from Los Angeles, Luke is a graduate of Indiana University and currently resides in Cincinnati, OH. About FRAYT FRAYT is a last-mile on-demand delivery and logistics technology company that offers businesses professional, reliable on-demand shipping through an intuitive web platform, API, and mobile app.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Container shipping rates could raise import prices by 11%. The Port of Los Angeles processed 902,644 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in October. There has also been a 31% reduction in the number of import containers on Port of Los Angeles marine terminals. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Santa Ana winds, combined with dry conditions, triggered widespread fires in Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and Ventura County. Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm Client Alert Supply Chain Risk Alert Severe wildfires and windstorms have impacted Southern California since January 7, 2025.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 12, 2022

GoBolt provide a technology-driven, customer-centric and sustainable approach to fulfillment, including reliable warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, and last-mile delivery. GoBolt currently has locations in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver, New York, Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. mile-long span. An estimated 11.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Global shipping prices are continuing to rise as Houthi rebels keep up attacks on cargo vessels in and around the Red Sea. The disruptions are at a key point for ships passing through the Suez Canal and are creating ripples across supply chains in Europe and the U.S., And now on to this week’s logistics news. East Coast. 18 to $3,860.

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E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, today released the Q4 2022 edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly report that offers data-driven insights to better manage the movement of goods around the globe and on key lanes between Asia, North America, and Europe.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2023

Jarrett has multiple locations, including its corporate headquarters in Orrville, Ohio, as well as facilities in Los Angeles, California, Hickory, North Carolina, Leola, Pennsylvania, Kent, Ohio, and Seville, Ohio. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 4, 2021

To win accounts with ecommerce companies that require one or two day shipping to the entire country, 3rd party fulfillment companies may partner with fulfillment companies in other regions. For instance, a fulfillment company in Los Angeles may partner with fulfillment companies in Texas and Illinois in order to win a national account.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Cargo ships lost 661 containers at sea in 2022, down from the 15-year average of 1,566 lost per year, according to the latest figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC). Some major ocean carriers have also announced new fees for goods shipped on the route as of June 1 in response to the canal restrictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Egypt’s Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship. Port congestion has caused a lot of shipping delays over the course of the last year. This week, a giant container ship the length of four football fields has become wedged across the canal, blocking traffic in both directions. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Costco is renting 3 container ships and ‘several thousand containers’ Amazon ends free Prime delivery for Whole Foods deliveries. Even with a labor shortage, large retailers are gearing up for the holiday season by bringing in hundreds of thousands of employees ahead of the shopping and shipping surge.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gridlock of container ships outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may have been the cause of a major oil spill off the coast of California, according to authorities.

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West Coast and California Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2021

For ocean shipping and import operations, this impact continues to be severe, with ramifications expected to be felt well into 2021. The impact of COVID-19 has been felt all along the supply chain.

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CHAINalytics

JUNE 7, 2022

Current ocean container shipping costs have turned some traditional packaging engineering considerations on their heads. Standard shipper sizes don’t allow for optimum container density, and shipping pallets may no longer make sense. As you no doubt have noticed, ocean container pricing has gone through the roof.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers. The California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are extending the hours during which trucks can pick up and return containers as they try to improve freight movement and delays through ports. billion in 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots. There has been a lot written about the need for shipping containers. At some point, it seems we all have the need for speed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobe’s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. Late last Friday, the US Air Force launched a new rocket cargo program with the Space Force to study the use of commercial spacecraft to ship supplies around the world, and they may look to NASA’s lunar lander program for ideas. US trade deficit dips to $68.9

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Rodriguez ( @OlgaRRod ) reported, “A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. Looting trains, especially in the Los Angeles area, has also become an area of concern.

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Logility

JULY 27, 2022

And that is answer (d) — put the warehouse at Customer A’s location and then ship 300 miles to customer B. This answer minimizes the net unit miles shipped. Some markets such as Los Angeles are net exporters — more trucks go out than in. Shipments into Los Angeles can be very low cost.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why Tech Giants Are Focusing on Trucks and Ships. to ship a 5 lb package the full distance from Shenzhen to Los Angeles. Basically, the 7,236 miles from China to the US may have the same shipping costs as the last mile. Amazon hasn’t shied away from expensive shipping; it spent a full $3.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Walmart shipped one quarter of its U.S. They are encouraging cities along I-40 to build new warehouses and fueling infrastructure to make the trade route out of Los Angeles more efficient. imports from India between January and August this year, according to bill of lading figures shared by data firm Import Yeti.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[2].

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2018

This chart , taken from the free Freightos Rate Insight tool, represents a snapshot, taken this week, of the price ranges across different carriers for a 40’ container that will be shipped along the same route – from Shanghai to Los Angeles.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. Photo Credit: Changi Airport Group. Most notable, we joined the United Airlines Eco-Skies Alliance early this year.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The business was a small operation in the beginning with my father and three other employees helping pack and ship zippers to customers in Los Angeles. As his customer base grew, my father was able to expand operations here in Los Angeles with local manufacturing. There are so many great things about Los Angeles.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Emma is a Senior Reporter on the transportation desk at Business Insider , a global news and lifestyle publication with hundreds of journalists in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore and beyond. About Emma Cosgrove. Emma Cosgrove is a Senior Reporter on Business Insider ‘s transportation team.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

Los Angeles is the largest port in the United States and, together with Long Beach a bit further south, account for around 30 percent of trade entering and exiting the United States. In late May 2021, the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles stated, “We are in the seventh month of an unparalleled import surge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As the rush to get packages shipped across the country continues, Amazon plans to open 100 more facilities across the country in September, adding to the 250 facilities it has already opened this year. In the last bit of holiday season news, port delays continue to lengthen as the holiday season approaches.

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Logility

JUNE 23, 2023

Suppose you have one distribution center in Los Angeles. Your customer service and operational costs will always be impacted by your need to ship orders across the country.” Identifying where you can improve that reality requires a clear-eyed evaluation of the network design and how it needs to perform across many horizons.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days. The port of Los Angeles shows a slowdown. And, yes, lead time increases are a factor and increase safety stock, but the greater issue is variability. Are the port issues over?

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Stord

JANUARY 7, 2025

Now, through this Stord accelerator program, brands gain rapid, seamless integration to marketplaces like Shopify, discounted parcel and packaging rates through Stord Parcel , same-day shipping on orders, helpful consumer experience tools like Shipment Protection , and the ability to be live and shipping products to end consumers rapidly.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. The Shipping Industry During Pandemic.

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