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Port of Oakland stays the course as PacRim export leader

Logistics Management

and China, the Port of Oakland’s unique position as the Pacific Rim’s major outbound cargo gateway remains secure, as evidenced by November’s container throughput numbers. Amid all the trade tension talk between the U.S.

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The four factors that impact freight trucking revenue and profitability

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, measuring revenue through the growing demands for both contract and spot freight transportation is never simple addition and subtraction. Leading metrics for tracking overall and market-specific activity include: Inbound and outbound load daily change rates, like the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) in FreightWaves SONAR.

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Manhattan Associates Momentum 2023 Conference

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, moving forward also sets the tone for discussions about how Manhattan Associates customers are moving their businesses forward and how Manhattan is moving forward with its product roadmap. Additionally, users can pull trailers from the yard just-in-time to utilize the trailer inventory for outbound shipments.

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The American trade imbalance and port congestion

Shipping and Freight Resource

However, port information from San Pedro Bay ports, which handles 40% of US trade, shows that this trend of empty container outbound movement has been going on for a few years and is not a new phenomenon. Source : project44.

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Supply Chain Intelligence: The Value of AI and Machine Learning to Predict Freight Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. Of course, even those capabilities hinge on AI to digest, interpret and act upon data. . Of course, brokers and carriers – whose businesses are wholly transportation – will still be involved. Learn about SONAR SCI.

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Freight Market Data To Assist in Negotiations With Carriers

FreightWaves SONAR

There is typically more demand for inbound truckloads into Detroit than outbound truckloads. Of course, the auto plant shutdowns last year didn’t last long and the region became a severe backhaul market by July and August as OEMs demanded large volumes of inbound components and production schedules attempted to make up for lost time.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Steve: Klaus, when we talked, you mentioned Autoliv was already doing digital supplier management, had digital sourcing solutions, and was looking at real-time transportation visibility solutions to provide better predicted times of arrival for inbound and outbound shipments.