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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

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In fact, I spent an extra year in college at the University of Pennsylvania just to get the exposure of real biotechnology research, after I wrapped up my Chemical Biomolecular Engineering degree with a minor in Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology, exactly for infections like the coronavirus.

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Low Reefer Demand Drags Down Van Rates

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Load counts were also up in Philadelphia , but there were still enough available trucks to keep Pennsylvania from turning dark in the Hot States Map above. Two weeks ago, Miami was the big story, but that surge in reefer loads down there has mostly run its course. Volumes surged in Allentown, PA.

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Freight Rates Were Mostly Neutral Ahead of Winter Storm

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That'll no doubt affect freight movements, with trucks banned from some highways in the Northeast while Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Virginia declare states of emergency. The biggest increase was Miami to Elizabeth , which jumped up â–²27¢ to $1.84/mile A blizzard has left much of the East Coast buried under snow.

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Warehouses are the next HOT investment triggered by the digital transformation of the supply chain

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The properties being acquired by BREP are in high-growth markets such as the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles areas, Seattle, Miami, New Jersey and Portland, Oregon, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.