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Three Tips for Improving Freight Procurement in the Supply Chain Logjam
No part of the supply chain is immune from the turmoil currently plaguing the supply chain industry — especially not freight procurement.
A freight truck drives at sunrise. Photo: Getty Images.
U.S. Retail Lobby Sends S.O.S. to Congress on Supply Chain Chaos
The U.S.’s biggest retail lobby asked Congress to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as well as update shipping and trucking laws to ease a supply chain crisis that’s raising prices and causing shortages.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.
L.A. Ports Announce New Fees Aimed at Clearing Cargo
Under the new policy, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of two categories.
Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
Amazon Touts Drivers, Warehouses as Salve to Supply Chain Woes
Amazon.com is talking up the size of its delivery operation to ease public alarm that a supply chain crisis could strangle holiday shopping.
An Amazon Air cargo jet sits on a tarmac. Photo: Bloomberg.
Biden Races Clock But Holds Few Tools in Supply Chain Crisis
While Republicans point to the supply chain as further evidence the president is mismanaging the economy, the issues are deep-rooted.
Photo: Bloomberg.
Global Port Gridlock Threatens Economies Everywhere
Global ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.
Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.
Port-Crisis Plan Seeks Inland U.S. Terminals, More Truckers
Commitments from shippers and cargo owners to move toward around-the-clock unloading at the docks in Los Angeles are a first step to addressing a national supply chain backlog.
Truck chassis sit stacked at the APM shipping terminal in the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
Biden Confronts Supply Chain Crisis Stretching Past His Grip
President Biden wants to break a logjam at U.S. ports and stave off a holiday season of shortages and delays — bottlenecks that officials and stakeholders say extend far beyond the reach of the White House.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on supply chain bottlenecks ahead of the Christmas shopping season. Photo: Bloomberg.
Cowen and AFS Launch Index to Track Pricing Within Air Freight and Surface Transportation Sector
Cowen Inc., a financial services firm, and AFS Logistics LLC, a supply chain consulting 3PL, announced the launch of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which will serve to provide Cowen’s institutional clients with predictive pricing tools for multiple sectors within the freight industry, on a quarterly basis.
Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain ‘Disaster’ Only Gets Worse
It’s the beginning of October, just the start of what the retail world simply calls “peak.” But the industry is already in various forms of panic that usually don’t take hold until the weeks before Christmas.
Labor shortages have stalled trucking across the U.S. Photo: Bloomberg.
Watch: The Infrastructure Bill: A ‘Game Changer’ for Electric Vehicles?
Paul DeCotis, senior partner in the energy and utilities practice of West Monroe, says the money set aside by the infrastructure bill for electric vehicle development will have a huge impact on the future of that technology.
The Infrastructure Bill: A ‘Game Changer’ for Electric Vehicles?
California Port’s 24-Hour Operation Is Going Unused
Extended hours at the Port of Long Beach have gone unused by truckers for more than two weeks as dozens of container ships idle offshore.
A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.
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