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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

Talking Logistics

In fact, in November 2016, a survey of shippers published by the Journal of Commerce found that shippers didn’t “appear to believe capacity will tighten considerably in advance of a federal electronic logging mandate for all interstate truck drivers scheduled to take effect next December 1.” That all changed with the summer of 2017.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Category Key. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Here’s how it happened. Malcom McLean. Infrastructure Development. Container Regulation. International Economy. Economic and Social Restructuring.

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Ocean Ports Lead the Way in Logistics Technology Advancements

Material Handling and Logistics

The Port of Virginia serves as a case study in how the nation’s ports are adapting to the needs of the new economy. million during the period 2002 through 2017. Estimates for annual port traffic growth for the foreseeable future are between 3-5%, including bulk and liquid categories. ports doubled from 17.9 million to 34.8

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Category Key. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Here’s how it happened. . Malcom McLean. Infrastructure Development. Container Regulation. International Economy. Economic and Social Restructuring. Significance.

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Top Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year. Read the full article here. .

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Modern Materials Handling’s Top 20 supply chain software suppliers in 2018

247 Customs Broker

The adoption of supply chain management (SCM) software grew significantly in 2017, according to research firm Gartner , and the growth is reflected in the performance of the Top 20 vendors in the space. 2017 Revenue. . . . 2017 Revenue. . . . 2017 Revenue. . . . 2017 Revenue. . . . billion last year.

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The Impact of Hurricanes on Transportation and How to Build a Storm Resilient Supply Chain

247 Customs Broker

2017 Tropical Storm Harvey. To better understand true cost and volume impacts, Zipline Logistics evaluated a sample of 33,000 shipments, comparing data prior to the 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey with data after the event. 915 fewer loads moved after the hurricane (date of 8/26/2017) when compared to previous four-month period.