Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long Walmart first announced its next-gen fulfillment center model in 2022. mile-long span. Amazon estimates it spent about $1.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. With the reduction in cargo coming out of Shanghai, some carriers aren’t able to fully load a vessel. s CargoNet.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

I was there for the Transporeon Summit to give a keynote presentation (I’ll share my takeaways from the event in a future post). Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (September 23, 2022).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

Slated to compete in four events in Paris, Ledecky has a chance to surpass Jenny Thompson, Natalie Coughlin and Dara Torres (all with 12 medals) as the most decorated female American Olympian in history — and could potentially pass Thompson (eight) to take over the record for the most gold medals by a woman in the sport.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. The air cargo industry has seen softer market rates due to increased capacity and shippers flocking back to ocean freight services. FedEx Express moves an average of 6.3

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

More than 10 billion tons of cargo are carried over the waves every year. Geopolitical events are also a factor.”[8] ”[8] Boger goes to explain, “Because of these factors, the scheduling of routes and decisions on which cargo will go onto which ship is a herculean task. ” SupplyChainBrain, 12 April 2022.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Labor shortages , impeding the ability to get cargo unloaded, loaded, or moved. Global events like those experiences in 2021 can shake the foundations of a decades-old industry, but it can also show just how fragile it is. . Container availability , leaving importers scrambling to find space. So what can we learn?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Wildfires, mudslides, and flooding delayed lumber shipments, leading to a shortage that saw the cash market price for lumber reach $1,111 per thousand board feet in 2022 – almost triple its bottom price in August. Supply Chain Dive).

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Logistics Middle East

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The leaders in Logistics 2022 summit will take place on 8 December at the Grosvenor House hotel in Dubai.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year’s increased COVID-19 instances, extreme weather events, and Suez Canal closure increased the difficulties. Furthermore, port restrictions and the Ever Given being stranded in the Suez Canal for nearly a week slowed cargo movements and worsened congestion. percentage points. Global chip shortages.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

came from trucks carrying cargo. The goal of this collaborative innovation is to move containers at the speed of air cargo through a vacuum tube, an enclosed highly reliable system, connecting ports with their hinterland in a new way, reducing time and carbon emissions. A Synopsis of the ITAP-LogiSYM event. Most of this, 45.1

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

The top five disruptions for 2024 included: Factory Fires (for the sixth consecutive year) Labor Disruptions Business Sale Leadership Transition Mergers & Acquisitions Some good news shared was that factory fires are reportedly down 20 percent from the previous year and have declined 36 percent from the record high that occurred in 2022.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Market volatility from the ongoing labor shortage on top of increasing consumer demand, rising fuel prices, and port and terminal congestion will continue to challenge supply chains through 2022 and beyond. Given these disruptions, supply chain resiliency will be a critical factor in ensuring the success of your network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

Cargo ships avoiding Houthi attacks in the Red Sea face a different kind of delay-causing threat as they go around the southern tip of Africa: storms and 30-foot swells. In it, Lidl outlined such efforts as reducing scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse-gas emissions by 63% by the end of 2022 as it works toward a 70% reduction by 2030.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. In addition, as part of its mandate to improve safety, GroundCloud’s platform also incorporates video telematics for driving event detection and verification, enabling companies to leverage the insights it generates to inform reactive training programs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

On Monday, Roku announced its 2022 fall product lineup: a revamped version of its entry-level streaming adapter, selling for just $30, and a new, smaller subwoofer priced $50 below its existing model. And it looks like consumers could benefit from inflationary devices this holiday season.

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Logistics Middle East

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Leaders in Logistics 2022 summit will take place on 8 December at the Grosvenor House hotel in Dubai.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Background The wildfire event is driven by strong Santa Ana winds, which began on January 7, 2025, and are expected to persist through January 15. Federal Aviation Administration records from 2022 indicate that LAX is the 4 th largest airport in the US by weight of cargo landed.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

event of 2022, my colleagues, Christina Carroll, vice president of LTL, Alan Rowlett, director of global operations and strategy, and I set out to offer exactly that. Q1 2022 Supply Chain Trends and Hot Topics. There were several popular questions that we didn’t have time to address during the live event.

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Resilinc

APRIL 30, 2024

As air and ocean surface temperatures rise, the likelihood of extreme weather events increases. From 2022 to 2023, extreme weather events grew 4.5%—a a sharp decline in growth compared to 36% from 2021 to 2022. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of La Niña events in the coming decades.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sustainable transport was one of the topics discussed during the event’s “Solution Day” on 17 November 2022. In July 2022, a global roadmap for Reaching 100% ZERO-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles by 2040 was established to prepare an action plan to achieve MOU goals.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Vásquez told the Associated Press, “In the first quarter of the fiscal year, the passageway saw 20% less cargo and 791 fewer ships than the same period the year before.” Drought is causing no end of human suffering; Just in the Horn of Africa, 23 million people were severely food-insecure at the end of 2022 because of drought.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Supply chains are still plagued by external events over which they have little control. The new model being developed in 2022 is customer-centric and strategic in outlook and planning. We’ll look back to events in 2022 that show this transition and transformation in the making. To adapt, the U.S.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 28, 2022

Keep a lookout for the first reveal (set for early Feb 2022)! As platinum partners of the first-ever TPMTech event, we can’t wait to meet our network (new faces and familiar ones alike) to dive deeper into learning more about key tech trends affecting shippers and logistics services providers. The post Starting 2022 Right!

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Data from these machines can be used to predict events, such as when equipment breaks down. … The need for real-time visibility has become more important than ever before to successfully navigate through supply chain disruptions as cargo is in transit. ” TechRepublic, 10 November 2022. [5]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 31, 2022

But if there was some delay in the sorting and packing of the cargo, their trucks would spend additional waiting and idle time at the warehouse. Warehouse management can give the logistics chain a forecast of the cargo and packages which are going to be shipped out of the warehouse. They go to the warehouse at the appointed time.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Drought in China Impact on Supply Chain The Yangtze River Basin, home to Asia’s longest river, boasts a staggering annual cargo volume of over 3 billion tonnes. In August 2022, these water levels fell to 60% below average , marketing the lowest levels seen since 1865.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Included in this June 14, 2022 edition are updates featuring the following providers: ToolsGroup and Onera. In a press event held last week, Oracle Co-Founder and CTO Larry Ellison outlined a series of joint healthcare records objectives leveraging technology from both providers. GreyOrange. Freightos Limited. Oracle and Cerner.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. The average LMI index over the first quarter of 2022 was reported as 74.5, and Warehousing Prices (90.5)

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. The February 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported a value of 58.6, for February, up from 55.5 reported for January.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

It’s worth remembering that despite tragic events we’re seeing in the headlines, overall these were the most peaceful 75 years in history. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Freightos and Gesher.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

Furthermore, automation systems not only help identify issues, but also prevent such unfortunate events from occurring. They should also offer additional services, like cargo tracking and delivery confirmations. The company should also be insured to ensure the safety of your cargo.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. A series of unfortunate events. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. The post Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022 appeared first on Locus Blog. A slow-moving crisis.

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Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2023

Resilinc’s 24/7 risk monitoring platform EventWatch AI reported 3,821 total disruptions and alerts across all industries and risk events monitored by Resilinc: up 8% QoQ. Resilinc data shows a 55% jump in alerts about bankruptcies from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023 and a 90% increase in corporate restructuring alerts.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 20, 2023

However, many of these retailers had to resort to mark-downs, at the expense of revenue, to move out most, if not all, inventories that filled up warehouses and arrived at inopportune times due to transportation delays throughout 2022. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Fictitious Pick Up Thefts Soared Last Year

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