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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

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The Best States to Buy a Car In!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Functional transportation is incredibly important for anyone, but it is also a very expensive risk. In addition, Alaska, Montana, Delaware, Oregon, and New Hampshire have no statewide sales tax. At the same time, you can find some of the lowest car dealer fees in Oregon, New York, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. What is produce season?

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3 Reasons Why You Need End-to-End Traceability for Vertically Integrated Manufacturers in the Supply Chain

RFgen

The company first collects initial transactions at their remote Alaskan plants, where fish is prepared for transport on ships. Then, it sends the seafood through value-add plants in Washington, Oregon and Minnesota, where the fish is processed and turned into finished goods. Finally, it ships these products around the world.

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3 Reasons Why You Need End-to-End Traceability for Vertically Integrated Manufacturers in the Supply Chain

RFgen

The company first collects initial transactions at their remote Alaskan plants, where fish is prepared for transport on ships. Then, it sends the seafood through value-add plants in Washington, Oregon and Minnesota, where the fish is processed and turned into finished goods. Finally, it ships these products around the world.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 25-29, 2017)

Talking Logistics

CX North America Adds Replay Technology to Its Freight Visibility Solutions. In a first step called “pairing”, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) tests its platooning technology in two connected Freightliner New Cascadia truck trailer combinations. Descartes Certified for Single Window Initiative by CBSA.

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How Did Truckers Find Loads 40 Years Ago?

DAT Solutions

He liquidated the business in 1991, and in 1997 he and two other partners started another trucking company, Hiawatha Transport, which they later sold. Rather than retire, in 2010 Schultz accepted a job in the transportation division of Ashley Furniture, the world's largest furniture maker, based in Arcadia, Minnesota.