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Hurricane Ian supply chain impact will last for months

Resilinc

According to Resilinc data, more than 4,500 sites responsible for making, packaging, or handling about 74,000 parts across these industries were in the path of the storm. While ports re-opening is good news for supply chains, not all shippers will share the shipping capacity equally.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shipt debuts Costco delivery in Tampa (Tampa Bay Business Journal). There was a lot of shipping-related news this week. At launch, eBay will guarantee delivery in 3 days or less on 20 million eligible items – millions of which will offer free shipping. eBay to Roll Out Guaranteed Delivery for 20 Million Items.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

Isabella Adams, a fashion accessories and home decor business based in Tampa, Florida, made a smart move to partner with third party logistics provider Transplace to keep up with its larger competitors. This can help prevent cases of wrong orders, lost packages, and late shipments with everything being tracked online.

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Does Your TMS Support Rail’s Unique Requirements?

Talking Logistics

Most tier 1 transportation management systems (TMS) are built around providing visibility to and optimization for full truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) modes, primarily into and out of a Retail or Consumer Packaged Goods DC network.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

Isabella Adams, a fashion accessories and home decor business based in Tampa, Florida, made a smart move to partner with third party logistics provider Transplace to keep up with its larger competitors. Automation also prevents cases of wrong orders, lost packages, and late shipments with everything being tracked online.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

China-US container shipping rates sail past $20,000 to record. With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. DoorDash delivery can now include products from multiple stores.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

China port congestion worsens as ships divert away from Ningbo. As ships divert away from Ningbo amid uncertainty over how long virus control measures in the city will last, other ports are facing more pressure. per-package surcharge on shipments requiring “special handling.” And now on to this week’s logistics news.