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How Important is 1% to Your Supply Chain?

BlueYonder

To give you a better idea of how a small error can have a huge impact, imagine a container ship navigating from China to Seattle with a compass that is off by 1 degree. At that setting, it would miss its intended port by over 100 miles – putting the container ship closer to Vancouver or Portland.

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Impact of Tariffs, Declining PMI on U.S. Imports and Exports

Supply Chain Matters

Further cited is a Bank of America estimate indicating that the number of inbound container ships from the Port of Los Angeles alone will see a sharp drop in May with escalating trade disruptions leading to a 15%-20% decrease in U.S. As shipping and logistics professionals are well aware, U.S. export shipments.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Commerce Department said on Monday it was imposing a three-year export ban on USGoBuy after the Portland-based company failed to improve its compliance with U.S. The container shipping industry continues to make strong progress in reducing the number of boxes lost overboard. considers threats to national security.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

transportation capacity, with Jason Seidl , Managing Director at Cowen and Company, leading the conversation. Free shipping? According to the press release, “LMS delivers freight management solutions and transportation savings to a diverse customer base that includes Monsanto and several other Fortune 500 companies.”

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Delivery eBike Debuts In Portland, Ore. The Colorado Transportation Department and infrastructure developer Aecom Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Meanwhile, Cloud Logistics introduced its Same Day TMS program “designed to allow shippers to start shipping – and saving – the day they start the project.” You can work as much or as little as you want.

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How the best shippers manage capacity challenges

DAT Solutions

Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. Especially with the ELD mandate, we need to inform our suppliers and distribution centers that their receiving hour window may no longer be conducive to transporting freight. Here's what they had to say.