Fri.Jun 15, 2018

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Changes in parcel landscape loom large as UPS, Teamsters knock heads again

DC Velocity

UPS says it needs flexibility to compete with parcel newbies. Will the union play ball?

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Full automation: What it means for the American trucker

Fleet Owner

SAFE projects autonomous vehicles will add between $3 trillion to $6 trillion in benefits to the U.S.

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U.S. Xpress goes public at $16 per share, below initial projected range

DC Velocity

Shares trade unchanged on first day as public company.

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Spot rates soar as load volume increases

Fleet Owner

Spot truckload rates jumped sharply during the week ending June 9 as the number of loads on DAT load boards increased 27% while truck posts fell 0.4%.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Port of Oakland signs nine-year extension with its largest terminal operator

DC Velocity

SSA Terminals, port agree to options that could further extend relationship to 2042.

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Students predict future of transportation industry

DC Velocity

MercuryGate names winners of essay contest.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 9 ? 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last weekend, at the Belmont Stakes, Justify made history. The American thoroughbred racehorse became just the thirteenth American Triple Crown winner. For those of you unfamiliar with the Triple Crown, it means winning the three biggest races in the US – the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. While the last Triple Crown occurred in 2015 with American Pharoah, it is certainly a rarity in the sport.

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Packaging takes center stage

DC Velocity

Photo contest puts spotlight on protective shipping cases.

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Daseke finalizes Aveda acquisition

Fleet Owner

Daseke, a North American flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics solutions company, has officially finished its purchase of Aveda Transportation and Energy Services. Per the agreement, Daseke paid roughly $42.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Tariffs present different global supply chain situations for shippers

Logistics Management

For more than a while now, there has been a general consensus of “we will see what happens” among global supply chain, logistics and freight transportation stakeholders, when it comes to what actually happens, or what the eventual fall out will or would be as a result of the tariffs the United States planned to place on Chinese imports to the United States.

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Big new job for small van

Fleet Owner

Ford has unveiled a new Taxi variant of its soon-to-arrive 2019 Transit Connect.

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Effective Warehouse Management in an Omnichannel World

GlobalTranz

An effective warehouse management strategy is key to staying competitive and meeting consumers’ expectations in the omnichannel world. Knowing the available inventory and assets only in distribution centers is inefficient and lacks value, but when applied across an entire supply chain network, inventory visibility propagates effective warehouse management.

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SSA extends its marine terminal lease at The Port of Oakland, voicing confidence in gateway?s vision

Logistics Management

In a move signaling the long-term confidence of the Port of Oakland’s strategic plan, SSA Terminals has signed an agreement to maintain its operaions there well past the current lease expiring in 2027.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Same Day Deliveries from Retail and E-commerce? ?Tech is the way?, says Top Delivery Service Operations Director

Loginext

Today we speak to an industry veteran with close to two decades of raw delivery management experience. Liam O’Sullivan has earned matchless following and adulation in his career. He is the Director of Operations at International Post Corporation (IPC), Brussels, Belgium.

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Geotab Marketplace updated with new partners

Fleet Owner

Geotab recently released three partner solutions to its Marketplace platform.

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U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are up for week ending June 9, reports AAR

Logistics Management

Carloads were up 2.8% to 271,641, which topped the week ending June 2 at 252,162 and trailed the week ending May 26 at 273,226.

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Six strategic challenges for Defence logistics

Logistics in War

By Hayden Marshall. In 2017, Logistics In War was privileged to have been given permission by the author to publish this essay. It is especially relevant to participants of the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference and others elsewhere. Air Commodore Hayden Marshall was, at the time of writing this article, the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Director-General Strategic Logistics at Joint Logistics Command.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Kalmar and Navis to Create Intermodal Automation Solution for Qube Logistics Park

Logistics Manager

Cargotec subsidiary Kalmar working in conjunction with Navis another business division of Cargotec have been awarded a EUR 50 million contract to provide a state-of-the-art, fully automated intermodal terminal solution for the Qube operated Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in Sydney, Australia. Qube is a leading provider of integrated import and export logistics solutions, with a focus on freight transportation to and from ports.

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Addressing Crypto-Currency’s Energy Problem

Mazars Ledger

The value of Bitcoin as a worldwide payment system and ongoing investment in the currency, has been a rollercoaster ride… The post Addressing Crypto-Currency’s Energy Problem appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Port of Rotterdam Authority Launches Low-Threshold Monitoring System

Logistics Manager

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has recently announced a new investment for a low-threshold monitoring system for container transportation. A test program will soon begin with Barge Terminal Tilburg and Certus Port Automation, who manufacture monitoring and container identification systems. Over the next three months, all trucks that arrive at, or depart from the inland container terminal will pass through a state-of-the-art scanning portal that will scan registration numbers of trucks and conta

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Reasons for Growing Recognition for Warehousing Services in India

AAJ Enterprises

Few years back, warehousing companies in India were synonymous to storehouses and not considered more than godowns. But, the scenario is changing now. Several factors are responsible for this rapid growth of Warehousing Services in India. We can count some reasons say rapid industrialization and commercialization; increasing export and import, increasing per capita consumptions and demand.

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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How A.I. Will Transform Shipping and Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

A.I. is seeping into virtually every industry, and logistics isn’t immune. Imagine systems that can sift through huge volumes of information to formulate “smart” recommendations as to routes, scheduling and pricing. Their capabilities would far exceed those of the human brain. But will carriers be able to take advantage of the output? Are containership schedules, for example, flexible enough to be tweaked every time an A.I. machine suggests it?

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Emirates SkyCargo and Cainiao Network sign MoU

Airfreight Logistics

The Air Freight division of Emirates Airline, Emirates SkyCargo recently announced the signing of a new MoU with Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd. Cainiao is the logistics division of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, and with this new MoU aim to jointly facilitate the delivery of cross-border parcels to expand their global logistics infrastructure with Dubai as a regional hub.

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Addressing Crypto-Currency?s Energy Problem

Mazars Ledger

The value of Bitcoin as a worldwide payment system and ongoing investment in the currency, has been a rollercoaster ride […].

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SSA extends its marine terminal lease at The Port of Oakland, voicing confidence in gateway?s vision

247 Customs Broker

In a move signaling the long-term confidence of the Port of Oakland’s strategic plan, SSA Terminals has signed an agreement to maintain its operaions there well past the current lease expiring in 2027. Indeed, according to the port, the deal includes options which could keep the global terminal operator there until 2042. “SSA is an influential player on the waterfront worldwide, and a significant presence in Oakland,” said Port Maritime Director John Driscoll. .

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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New Release for Fortna Warehouse Execution Software Platform

Logistics Business Magazine

Distribution specialist Fortna has launched a new release of its warehouse execution software platform, FortnaWES. Fortna has provided intelligent warehouse control capabilities for over 20 years through its FortnaWCS product. Like its predecessor, this new release remains MHS and WMS agnostic and further optimizes workflow, labour and equipment across a wide variety of legacy systems and automated solutions.

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Madrid: fastest-growing cargo airport

247 Customs Broker

A report from LogIndex, the data company that is part of freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel Group, has ranked the world’s airports according to their airfreight growth rates on a moving 12-month basis (see below for table). LogIndex managing director and K+N Management global head of new business João Monteiro summed up: “All of the airports in our sample show rising annual rates, even though the uptrend has slowed substantially in 2018.

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DHL Wins Wholesale Deal as Morrisons Goes for Convenience Market

Logistics Business Magazine

DHL Supply Chain has been awarded a new contract by UK supermarket chain Morrisons to manage wholesale logistics operations for six years. Building on its 20-plus year partnership, the new contract will see DHL support the retailer with order fulfilment, store delivery and IT services to serve its wholesale operations, starting with 1,650 stores in the McColl’s Retail Group, exclusively served by Morrisons under its Safeway wholesale brand.