by webadmin | May 23, 2022 | Logistics
Walmart, known as the retail giant, focuses on adding new ways to offer shoppers home delivery and efficiently move online inventory. The pandemic-related e-commerce surge shows signs of cooling. Therefore, it is building more automated fulfillment centers attached to...
by webadmin | May 10, 2022 | Logistics
West Coast dockworkers and cargo handling companies are set to begin negotiations this week on a highly owned contract for the U.S. economy, which is struggling with supply chain failures. The labor-management negotiations involve about 22,400 workers from 29 ports,...
by webadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Logistics
According to CNBC, the container data for 2020 and 2021 from the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, the top two carriers that transported more empty containers than loaded U.S. exports out of the Port of Los Angles were OOCL, which is headquartered in Hong...
by webadmin | Apr 16, 2022 | Logistics
According to the shipping line Ocean Network Express, congestion at ports in China and elsewhere worldwide is gridlocking about 10% of the global container-ship fleet. Jeremy Nixon, the chief executive officer, has emphasized that ships are locked up and waiting in...
by webadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Logistics
Soaring U.S. energy prices are hitting all modes of transport, squeezing smaller shipping lines amid already-volatile ocean rates, as well as truckers who must contend with delays in clawing back higher costs. Thus, crude oil has surged to its highest in almost 14...
by webadmin | Mar 8, 2022 | Logistics, Technology
SoftBank-backed Flock Freight raised $215 million in new funding round, maintaining its load-matching technology to help shippers pool their goods on trucks to avoid freight hubs. The new funding will help the company hire 300 employees next year and increase the...
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