The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightTech investment environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. Coal industry: The Port of Baltimore is the largest coal port in the country, handling about 20 million tons of coal per year.

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TransAudit

JUNE 17, 2024

The Port of Baltimore, a crucial node in the U.S. Container lines, which previously operated six weekly services to Baltimore, faced abrupt adjustments, signaling a temporary but significant logistical challenge. Maersk, for instance, resumed its TP20 service from Asia, reaffirming Baltimore’s status as a pivotal U.S.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 17, 2024

The recent accident at the Port of Baltimore is causing disruptions to imports on the East Coast, including at the Port of Norfolk and the Port of Wilmington, NC. Mid-Atlantic 3PL providers like Kanban Logistics can support your supply chain by handling drayage and container stripping services at both of these Ports.

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BlueYonder

MAY 23, 2024

For several years, Blue Yonder and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) have supported a digital transformation of global logistics operations at Bayer Crop Science. How can the average logistics team capitalize on digitalization and automation to achieve these kinds of results? Chhaochharia, of EY US, agrees.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Salvage crews have already started working to clear the wreckage from last week’s bridge collapse in Baltimore. Baltimore is the largest US port for vehicle imports and exports.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 29, 2024

When one link is effected, it impacts the whole supply chain as we have seen with the constant disruptions that have taken place in recent times including the recent Baltimore bridge collapse and raw materials shortages.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

The Port of Baltimore handles more roll-on/roll-off volumes than any other US port, including a large share of farm equipment exports – and is likely to have an impact on vehicle transport – but is less critical in terms of container traffic. According to Vespucci Maritime, the port handled 1.1

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Freightos

APRIL 9, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Recovery efforts in Baltimore continued to make progress this week. New rail services are already moving containers between the ports of Baltimore and NY/NJ to assist shippers disrupted by the closure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 2, 2023

And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. The post The Southwest Airlines Debacle – What Really Happened appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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American Global Logistics

APRIL 8, 2024

According to Maryland Port Administration data, the Port of Baltimore is the busiest U.S. At this time, the projected date for the Port of Baltimore's reopening is unknown. The bridge closure has doubled travel time from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. port for handling imports and exports. Delays and increased transit times.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 11, 2024

Multi-industry global supply chain teams are increasingly aware of maritime supply chain risk consequences after a large container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. The collision caused this massive bridge spanning 1.6

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The possibility of disruptions at major ports like New York/New Jersey, Savannah, and Baltimore has businesses facing the real danger of shipment delays, inventory shortages, and cost increases. Collaboration with 3PLs : Third-party logistics (3PL) providers have become invaluable in helping shippers quickly shift gears.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2024

With as much as 90 percent of international trade being transported across ocean waterways, there are important findings for multi-industry supply chain and logistics management teams included in this report. The good news from the report is that annual global shipping losses have declined to upwards of 70 percent over the past decade.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read. Empire State Buildings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Dali , the container ship that left the Port of Baltimore in the early hours of March 26, before crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, toppling a portion of it, set sail despite its “unseaworthy” conditions, according to a Monday court filing from the city of Baltimore.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Several years ago, I interviewed CIOs and IT executives from leading third party logistics (3PL) companies, and one of the most interesting findings was that their teams spent a majority of their time fixing and cleansing data. Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. What are the odds I’ll use them again?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

And now on this week’s logistics news. 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. And in the last piece of Amazon-related logistics news, the company’s drone delivery dream may be in jeopardy.

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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 The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge). Cloud Logistics Announces Industry’s First Same Day TMS.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2015

As the senseless violence in Charleston reminded us, as did similar episodes in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Newtown, we are far from living up to our nation’s ideal of “One nation, under God.” The question is whether we will once again wring our hands, say our homilies, and perhaps remove a flag, and then go back […].

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 29, 2024

In the recently published CSCMP Annual State of Logistics Report authored by Kearney , the authors attribute the current period of spot rate surge to carrier’s use of bank sailings (cancelled routing) to help control overcapacity and maintain profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon in the news: Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of U.S. Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. And what a glorious season it is.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2019

Please be advised that “ongoing labor job actions” by truck drivers at Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore appear to be heightening with a planned refusal by drivers to enter the Port tomorrow, Wednesday, January 30. The post Driver Work Stoppage in Baltimore appeared first on AGL.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 19, 2024

Today’s blog is written by a guest writer, Graham Perry, a writer at Business Tech Innovations specializing in logistics supply chain optimization. With expertise in fleet management and transportation technology, his articles empower businesses to navigate the dynamic world of logistics with peace of mind. and General Motors.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2024

America’s East Coast, alternative ports continue to handle the rerouting away from the Port of Baltimore without reports of significant congestion or with increases in freight rates. These disruptions would also impact container hubs in India some of which are part of services that connect S. Asia and the Middle East.

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Freightos

MAY 1, 2024

Recovery efforts continued at the Port of Baltimore this week, where temporary channels let some trapped vessels exit the port , and accommodated the first container ship arrivals since the collapse. Europe, prices remain well above normal and are likely to increase relative to this new floor as demand increases during peak season.

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% in March – up 2.5% from February. 5 tactics for fattening your profit margins Increase average order value (AOV) with enticing offers.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

It has been just over two weeks since a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 2, 2019

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Instead of having conversations about what the detention rates are going to be, I’d rather focus on not having detention at all,” Rob Roberson, director of logistics at steelmaker Nucor, said at the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. Amazon’s safety record scrutinized after Baltimore warehouse tragedy. Consulting Logistics welcomes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. ” —Translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein. From The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation , by Ludwig Edelstein. Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. The network design technologies have changed a lot in the last decade. (I

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PLS Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

The service is in extremely high demand in large port cities, like Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Baltimore, Seattle, and more. Drayage transportation is handled by trucks and is usually part of intermodal transport.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The top locations are 1) New York City; 2) Los Angeles; 3) Miami; 4) Chicago and Houston, tied; 5) San Francisco/Oakland; 6) Atlanta; 7) Baltimore; 8) Orlando; 9) northern New Jersey, Washington, D.C., The country’s largest cities are the most frequent targets of ORC. Return Fraud Continues to Post a Threat to Retailers.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The expansion of Panama has shifted shipments from West Coast to East Coast, but only Norfolk and Baltimore can handle these larger ships – and this will result in longer berths where will the funding be coming from for these port expansions – and it is something that is happening, but we aren’t sure how to handle it.

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TMC

JULY 7, 2016

Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, on how the IoT impacts supply chains, logistics, and the movement of goods. I recently had the privilege to provide a testimony before the U.S. For example, in the U.S.,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency holds up a shipment at the port of Baltimore because they are understaffed, it impacts supply chains across the nation. When the Automated Commercial Environment system goes down in San Diego for two hours during produce season, or when the U.S.

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