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Small businesses are bracing for a holiday season of shipping headaches, too. While large retailers have been responding strategically to get products to shoppers this holiday season, local crafters, makers and entrepreneurs have been thinking tactically for months about the same issues as their ...Read more »
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Peak season is slated to spark another hectic stretch for air carriers, with shippers looking to expedite freight over congested U.S. ports to meet holiday deadlines. But some retailers already made arrangements to ensure their goods arrive on time, be it by chartering ships or simply shipping in...Read more »
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Ontime logistics news of the lastest updated, Supply chain bottlenecks at U.S. ports, particularly in San Pedro Bay, have sparked attention from the White House and spurred initiatives from a host of stakeholders to accelerate cargo velocity as consumer demand remains high. Columbia’s in-tr...Read more »
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American Eagle’s acquisition of Quiet Logistics furthers the retailer’s control over its supply chain — a priority American Eagle executives have put forth to investors and analysts. “Supply chain transformation has been a huge focus for us,” Michael Rempell, chief operati...Read more »
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The Ontime logistics of the latest logistics news says, Chartering ships became trendy for retailers looking to mitigate at least some of the bottlenecks affecting supply chain stakeholders. With freight rates high, capacity limited and other delays looming, large shippers such as The Home Depot ...Read more »
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Trucking fleets continue to take sides with the big autonomous companies. In September, FedEx announced a partnership with Paccar and autonomy developer Aurora to test autonomous vehicles. Aurora’s technology will be installed in Paccar models, in trial runs for FedEx. TuSimple and its comp...Read more »
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NASHVILLE — The truck driver shortage is at its highest point since the American Trucking Associations began monitoring it in 2005. The current shortage stands at 80,000, up 31% from the ATA estimate of 61,000 in 2018, according to Bob Costello, ATA chief economist. Costello unveiled the new numb...Read more »
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n yet another deal to grow-via-acquisition, Maersk is looking to expand its air cargo fleet in 2022 so it can provide shippers with alternative transportation that avoids port and over-the-road capacity constraints. “Air freight is a crucial enabler of flexibility in our customers’ su...Read more »
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Southern California ports have become a critical bottleneck in the U.S. supply chain, as a flood of imports have been met with a lack of capacity and equipment. The public and private sectors are tackling the issue in myriad ways. The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are moving toward 2...Read more »
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The first news report of timing logistics company. If the task at hand is routine – and delivery timelines can be flexible – regular freight carriers are probably the right choice. However, in the case of high touch moves, careful coordination of resources, schedules, people and specialized knowl...Read more »
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Amazon and other warehouse employers are boosting wages, introducing sign-on bonuses and offering other incentives to draw in potential workers. But higher wages haven’t been a cure-all for many employers. FedEx also had to divert packages in its Ground network to get around its labor crunc...Read more »
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Union Pacific and other railroads say they’re equipped to handle record volumes arriving to the ports, but shippers and truckers aren’t removing and returning containers quickly enough. “We can take the volume, we can handle the volume efficiently,” said Eric Gehringer, ex...Read more »