Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

How do I get shipment X out of Long Beach? But the fact of the matter is, industry leaders who want to avoid crashing their business on the shoals need to balance the daily hand-to-hand combat with some serious, long-term planning. 1 carrier stopping its dealings with even a portion of the world’s freight forwarders?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. On the one hand, we should celebrate the fact that the aggregate industry moved 38% more freight in 2021 when compared to 2019.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. On the one hand, we should celebrate the fact that the aggregate industry moved 38% more freight in 2021 when compared to 2019.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Image source: Financial Times.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

One of the players in this market, Resilinc, is monitoring 105 million data sources. 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. This data needs to be curated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

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. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers.

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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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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. Final thoughts.

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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. to 22.7%, breaking a four-month-long trend of steady decline (excluding holiday impact).”. Source FreightWaves’ Market Update.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Because import freight is sitting on docks longer and warehouses receiving containers are backlogged, we’re also seeing a shortage of containers and chassis to move containers. The Port of Los Angeles is joining the Port of Long Beach in doubling operational hours to 24/7. In October, the U.S. Production Execution.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Source: Amazon patent. For related commentary, see The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars in California (New York Times). This hydrogen-fueled 18-wheeler at L.A.,

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards – sources (Reuters). billion of freight under management.” Rand McNally Releases Game-Changing “TND™ Tablet” for Professional Drivers. Chainalytics Introduces FMIQ Monthly Benchmarking Index.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. In California, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released a clean trucks assessment, the next step in their public plan to establish zero-emissions trucking at their facilities by 2035.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 29, 2024

retailers have been pulling forward their 2024 holiday fulfillment inventory needs as a hedge toward deepening global supply chain disruptions, geopolitical developments and rising freight rates. Added Perspectives In June we published a Supply Chain Matters industry commentary titled What’s Up in Exploding Freight Rates.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 6, 2015

However, it is not easy to quickly transition from distribution strategies built around receiving at ports in Long Beach and New York. If it is cost effective to do so, and given the earlier ordering, shippers may consider changing the port(s) into which they ship ocean freight.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s. Source: project44 Monthly report. The Suez Canal, one of the most important waterways in the world, was accidentally blocked by MV Ever Given between March 23rd and 29th 2021. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. Import volume for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports reportedly declined 18 percent in September, the lowest level since September 2020.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Freight In The Year Of The Monkey. China’s role in world trade is so large that even small changes can have a broad impact on the international freight industry. On February 15th, 2016, the first freight train from China reached the capital of Iran, shaving 30 days off the standard port-to-port transport time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Major ports such as the ones in Los Angeles and Long Beach consistently saw massive congestion since they experienced staffing issues. What’s not to love about that?”

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

Report from TPM Long Beach. It’s the freshly appointed CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, speaking about the new opportunities that lie online during a session at Journal of Commerce’s TPM 2017 in Long Beach. Lessons from CMA CGM, Maersk and K+N on Transparency and Digitalization. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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3rdwave

MARCH 28, 2019

Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. Just about every major player in the industry, from Shippers to Freight Forwarders to Service Providers, is at this conference.

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3rdwave

MARCH 28, 2019

Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. Just about every major player in the industry, from Shippers to Freight Forwarders to Service Providers, is at this conference.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. from May’s 2.24

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Air Freight.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Long Beach hit a record 56 vessels anchored or drifting and awaiting a spot to berth. Meanwhile, ocean freight rates are hitting historic highs. Truck transportation continues to be challenged with driver shortages , tight capacity, and warehousing is likewise finding it difficult to source workers. That’s not all.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

Of course, those companies that have already taken a deep dive into supply chains risks such as sole-source dependencies will be in a better position to adapt. Next thing to watch,” writes Murray: “How air-freight rates fare when Europe’s temporary rules allowing goods to ride in vacant passenger cabins expire later this month.”.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

market and secure redundant sources of supply. As Resilinc blog readers know, the imperative to develop multiple supply sources arose from the unprecedented disruptions and delays of the last two and a half years. Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. Due to strong U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach throughout 2021. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Further, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2024

ports such as Seattle-Tacoma, Oakland, and Los Angeles-Long Beach will start to pick-up. Trans-loading activity indicates increased spot market demand, and we are just starting to see a correlated spike in spot rates. Should the rail lockout not be resolved quickly, many more container ships might be under review and diversions to U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Together [with IKEA] we can enhance safety, improve working conditions for drivers, and create a more sustainable freight transportation system.”. The queue fell through the spring as Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, improved their cargo flows. It has gradually declined since then.

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