DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

October is a critical month for retail freight in advance of the Christmas season, and retailers want to prevent stock-outs while they wait for Asian imports to clear through congested docks and warehouses on the West Coast. Van trends are more mixed in the Midwest, and rates are moving down in the East.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

Oakland port terminals plan PierPass-style program (JOC). Stay tuned for an article I wrote for CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly on this trend, which will be published in the coming days. New Target COO’s headache: Too few goods to keep shelves filled (Reuters). Google Express Plans to Shut Down Its Two Delivery Hubs (Re/Code).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 12, 2015

Case in point, the Wall Street Journal reports that these three giants (among others) have reshaped their logistics plans to avoid US West Coast-bound ocean routes (and the subsequent OTR and rail routes) due to recent labor-dispute-driven disruptions at ports in Long Beach and Oakland. Regardless, we do know these shifts happen.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago have already moved to raise their wages and there are proposals for minimum wage increases across the country including in New York City, Washington, D.C. Increasing minimum wages in Southern California and across the state are a reality and there’s clearly a national trend. Don’t Wait.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. Rates fell on the lanes from L.A.

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Port of Oakland, on the other hand, posted an increase of 8.7 percent in import volume, part of an upwards trend. To get back on track, the Port of Oakland announced that they are hiring 400 more workers to ensure the speed and efficiency to customers. Put the two together, though, and you’ve got a 5.4

Los Angeles 60

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. LA and Long Beach account for the majority of west coast port volumes, approximately 75 percent of the volume (LA, Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle-Tacoma) in September 2021 – the most recent month on record. Yup, LA and Long Beach are Critical.

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