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Hurricane Florence path includes 4 port cities

DAT Solutions

Although the coastal towns in the path of Hurricane Florence are generally at the receiving end of the distribution chain, there are 4 port cities in the hurricane's path that will certainly affect freight movements — and likely result in rate increases in those markets. Want to help? Savannah is the second-busiest U.S.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A truck navigates container stacks at the Port of Los Angeles last Friday. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Airfreight operations aren’t providing shippers much relief from global supply-chain hardships.

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

If we stopped bringing in cargo right now, we’d have a month’s worth of work ahead of us,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka told Transport Topics. An overwhelmingly significant portion of the variability in supply chains comes from the transportation process.

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