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Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained

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This term covers all the ocean ports on the West, including Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Long Beach/Los Angeles and others. USEC is the United States East Coast and refers to all the ocean freight ports there, which include New York/New Jersey, Savannah, Virginia, and others.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

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Oakland’s container port lost 32 percent of imports year over year , and Seattle and Tacoma’s import volume also declined more than 10 percent last year. Conversely, the Port of Virginia recorded a more than 5 percent increase in container volume, the Journal of Commerce added separately.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

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Oakland’s container port lost 32 percent of imports year over year , and Seattle and Tacoma’s import volume also declined more than 10 percent last year. Conversely, the Port of Virginia recorded a more than 5 percent increase in container volume, the Journal of Commerce added separately.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

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Trucker protests shut down Port of Oakland terminals. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. US initiates trade fight with Mexico over energy policy. Alphabet Inc.’s

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The Southwest Airlines Debacle – What Really Happened

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A plane starting in Richmond Virginia might fly to Chicago, where most passengers get off. And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. This is inaccurate.

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Going Off the Beaten Path for North Carolina Warehousing Capacity

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Recent uncertainty with the West Coast port worker contract negotiations has also caused more companies to import into the East Coast instead of Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland. The region is also less than two hours from the major seaport at the Port of Virginia and close to the Port of Wilmington, NC.