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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch. In fact, several companies are working on new virtual-taste technologies for therapeutics, gastronomy, and virtual dining in the metaverse. And now on to this week’s logistics news. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. VAN TRENDS. REEFER TRENDS. Like van, reefer trends have not turned upward yet. loads per truck. National Average Freight Rates.

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Flatbed Demand Surges in Oregon and South Dakota

DAT Solutions

South Dakota has also been a hot state for flatbeds lately, with lots of loads originating in the Rapid City market. The Pacific Northwest continues to offer high load-to-truck ratios for flatbeds, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of September 20-26. As a national average, flatbed load availability rose 1.3%

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U.S. Political Discourse for Ocean Container Carrier Reform Meets Compromise

Supply Chain Matters

Senator John Thune of South Dakota , the Senate passed its own version of similar legislation that would limit the ability of carriers to levy arbitrary special fees. Senate, and we had speculated that it would likely face additional lobbying by various carrier and shipper industry stakeholder interests.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

It’s one of our top six trends we’re following in 2019, and we have decades of experience in this area. North Dakota. South Carolina. South Dakota. “What are your customer, partner, regulatory, and vendor expectations?”. Are you meeting those expectations? New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina.

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An Entrepreneurial Spirit

BlueYonder

I am from a small town in South Dakota and my roots are a big part of who I am. What I love about this company is that we have always looked at best practices and industry trends to evolve the customer’s experience. Can you give us a 30 second overview of who you are? I am the oldest of three and have three kids of my own.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Each group oversees freight that enters their region and plans for specific market trends in their respective states. Covering loads has been easy in the Northeast, except outbound South Texas, Southern California, and Florida as capacity out of these regions is tighter with produce heating up. South Dakota. Status: Open.