Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. It takes 2 to 3 days to unload a ship.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic. Malcom McLean and the History of Shipping Containers.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Malcom McLean.

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Freightos

JANUARY 17, 2017

Where Freight is Going in 2017. For decades, international freight’s mantra was a simple bigger is better. Sluggish global trade, reduced import volumes and record overcapacity showed that the global freight industry is in dire need of change. “the global freight industry is in dire need of change.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Hazardous freight is the most likely to get “rolled” at the dock.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Afterall, today’s supply chains are complex and multi-national (think shipping distance), requiring inputs from numerous organizations across geographies, glued together by a complex network of logistics service providers. For example, on September 24, there was a new record of 157 total ships in port.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

We’re currently seeing a major paradigm shift away from mass manufacturing with long lead times being replaced by onshore and nearshore supply chains that are capable of manufacturing, distributing and fulfilling orders on-demand without the friction of ocean freight, labor shortages, and other bottlenecks.” – Alex Phelan, CEO, Merchadise.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

webinar of 2021, my colleagues and I provided analysis on today’s leading freight shipping topics, including the potential impact of the U.S. We answered questions live, but there were many great freight shipping questions submitted that we didn’t have time to address. infrastructure bill, the status of the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Beagen has extensive experience in oceanborne commerce and maritime law, with specific emphasis on maritime transportation, Shipping Act issues, supply chain management, international antitrust law, and port and terminal operations. The number of ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. Learn More About Solving The Port Problem.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. Ocean freight is cheap. zschreiber.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. Freight Rates 2019-2021. So, I write this blog with this bias.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Accenture ).

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot about the logjams at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and how these have impacted our everyday lives — from holding Halloween decorations at sea and almost preventing last year’s holiday shopping season. Now There Are Too Many Shipping Containers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. The Shipping Industry During Pandemic.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

The ocean freight industry uses many acronyms to describe a shipment’s routing. Here are some of the most common ocean freight routing terms that are important to know. . With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes. This acronym stands for Mini Land Bridge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Hazardous freight is the most likely to get “rolled” at the dock.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Hazardous freight is the most likely to get “rolled” at the dock.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Hanjin Shipping recently filed for bankruptcy , and a number of its ships pulled into port last week, after a lot of delays and uncertainty. Hanjin is the world’s seventh-largest commercial shipping company, and it’s struggling to find the money to unload its ships. area, especially on eastbound lanes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers. The California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are extending the hours during which trucks can pick up and return containers as they try to improve freight movement and delays through ports.

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West Coast and California Logistics

MAY 31, 2023

There was an armada of ships waiting to enter the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach; there was no warehouse space to be had; and trucking capacity was scarce. Because of these and other factors, logisticians began to look seriously at non-West Coast options for their freight and distribution.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is a blog by one of our affiliate partners, Global Vision Group , a Federal Maritime Commission licensed Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF). Is Full container freight not moving? Try moving your most important freight LCL to the East Coast.

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Freightos

MARCH 29, 2017

At JOC ’s TPM in Long Beach last month, no less than fifteen sessions featured technology, digitalization, and freight future-proofing. The venture capital industry is a key player in driving freight digitalization. 2: (Freight) Data Is The New Oil. 3: Feeling The Pain.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

Volvo Trucks demonstrates truck-platooning technology (Long Beach Post Telegram). CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Coca-Cola Targets Small Retailers With Coke on Demand App (WSJ – sub.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Less-than-container load (LCL) shipping has become part of the solution design to many supply chain challenges. LCL shipping provides shippers with cost and time savings as they face longer wait times at ports along with more last-minute-change needs, based on disruption and delays. Combating today’s tight air and ocean market.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 29, 2024

Current published reports and available industry data reinforce indications that the peak both in volume and in ocean container shipping rates may have been reached. Once more, current longer term industry trends imply a period of excess global container vessel ship capacity by 2026. Observed was that the ratio of U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

Those components get trucked by the Vietnamese Railways, loaded, and then transported to the Haiphong port, where a freight forwarder ensures the container is loaded on an Ocean carrier. The goods are then shipped to the Port of Long Beach, unloaded, and then trucked to a factory in Fresno.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Understanding the state of holiday shipping and learnings for the next peak season means realizing that rates are always going to jump-start near Halloween. Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Ocean Freight Shortages Abound.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 20, 2021

And now, additional port shutdowns in China are undermining the overall flow of goods just as the back-to-school rush winds down and as shippers begin to enter the peak holiday shipping season. Additionally, shipping rates are already above their 2020 peak season levels. Why Port Shutdowns Are Continuing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

And, as ocean carriers introduce more blank sailings or skip ports to start improving the reliability percentage, that means the freight that was skipped is now added to the backlog of containers which will flow into the next vessel. Prepare to make tough decisions on what freight is most important to move.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. Kinsey added that human error is a factor in most shipping accidents.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While it remains to be seen whether the coming quarter will live up to expectations, there are multiple powerful predictors hinting that the freight market will not wane in intensity over the coming months. Typically, freight experiences a seasonal boom, starting with back-to-school shopping and concluding following year-end holidays.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian). annual rate in the third quarter, faster than earlier estimated, and the reports from shipping sites suggest the muscular economic growth is continuing in the fourth quarter. economic output grew at a 3.3%

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