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Last-Mile Success - Closer and Faster

Cathy Roberson

Innovel provided last-mile delivery, installation, and white-glove capabilities for 'big and bulky' products across the US and Puerto Rico. Innovel is now rebranded as Costco Logistics. For its fiscal third-quarter ending May 8, Costco Logistics average "more than" 58,000 stops a week. I wear a number of hats these days.

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The Cost of Disaster

Elementum

million residents in Puerto Rico for more than three months, cost $90 billion, while Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history, left 97 people dead and recorded losses of $50 billion. Rallying the Logistics Community. Hurricane Maria, which knocked out all power supply for 3.4

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. With eligibility requirements easing and vaccine supplies growing, Walmart is now administering vaccines in more than 3,800 stores and clubs across 48 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. Amazon is turning malls into distribution centers. That’s all for this week.

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

In a similar fashion, when Puerto Rico was struck by Hurricane Maria last year, the supply chain of two of the island’s most important industries—pharmaceuticals and medical devices—ground to a complete halt. How then can your business protect itself from the risks of such overwhelming supply chain disruptions?

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The Tesla Semi Truck Will Change Freight

Freightos

Diverting resources to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas. Love logistics technology? Which is why one of technology’s most respected minds is now fundamentally overhauling land freight (and he’s not just stopping at an electric truck).

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How to Figure Out Cost of Freight To …

Freight Center

We aren’t fortune tellers at FreightCenter, but we have been in the logistics business long enough to predict what you’re about to ask: H ow much is the cost of freight to (insert destination) ? Even the logistics industry can’t predict what it will be. Puerto Rico. Fortunately, we have the answers you seek! California.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. UPS Sets 2014 Rates.