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Looking for a Warehouse in North Carolina? Check out our pad

Kanban Logistics

The national vacancy rate for industrial real estate is a very low 4.7% The pandemic-related rise of eCommerce, combined with companies holding onto more inventory to guard against supply chain disruptions, has led to a tight real estate market where companies are battling for available space. and falling.

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX)

Freightos

In 1744 , the Virginia and Baltick [sic] coffee shop in London was the go-to place for traders to discuss maritime pricing. For example, the Mei Moses Art Indices is an index for fine art, Rapaport has offered a private diamond index since 1978 and the number of real estate indexes has taken off. The driver?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space. As of Sept.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Real Estate companies Compass and Redfin cut 10% and 8% of their workforces, respectively. Suppliers will continue to ship orders in an effort to get the inventory off their books. Corporate layoffs are starting to make headlines. Meta froze hiring. Peloton cut 3000 employees.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations. ’s East Coast.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations. ’s East Coast.

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Sustainable Frozen Ecommerce Fulfillment with Cathy Hayward-Hughes and Mike Bradburn

The Logistics of Logistics

Mike also worked on several of his own real estate projects including building an office and retail complex, 28 luxury condominiums, a mini-storage facility, and a few residential homes. Crystal Creek is a direct-to-consumer fulfillment business that provides shipping for ecommerce retailers across the U.S. and Canada.