Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
For routes previously served by sedans, SUVs and minivans can deliver more than double the number of packages while the company’s “high-capacity vans” are able to service nearly five times as many packages, Mulligan said. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.
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Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Amazon and Big Apartment Landlords Strike Deals on Package Delivery (WSJ – sub. Expanded Panama Canal sets record cargo tonnage in FY17 (Seatrade Marine News). Convoy Scores A Win In The Trucking Startup Race With Anheuser-Busch Alliance (Forbes). UPS And The International Brotherhood Of Teamsters Begin Contract Negotiations.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 19, 2015
East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. to drop off packages en route to other destinations, according to people familiar with the matter. Download the report — Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Is Redrawing the Logistics Map — for all the details.
GlobalTranz
JUNE 13, 2016
Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight. Part of the discussion on the current state of the capacity crunch must include a discussion on the Panama Canal. As a result, most carriers, including local and 3PL carriers, are also increasing the size of their fleets.
Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Supply Chain Matters further highlighted an announcement by electric automaker Tesla’s management in Germany who unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in that country. The global automaker who operates non-unionized facilities across the U.S.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 18, 2023
The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring. without any extra packaging. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
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