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Retailers Pivot Supply Chain Strategy, Seek Red Sea Alternatives
As Houthi attacks continue in the Red Sea, retailers are scrambling to find alternative methods for moving their inventory, including exploring more air freight options and boosting inventory.
J.B. Hunt, BNSF Launch Intermodal Service Offering
J.B. Hunt and BNSF have launched a new intermodal service to address the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains.
Shippers are Looking for Long-Term Contracts Again
As many of the worst-case scenarios in the supply chain have not panned out, many shippers are more comfortable discussing long-term contracts with carriers, says BlueGrace Logistics executive.
Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, and Unishippers band together to establish the WWEX Group
A trio of well-known logistics services providers—Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, and Unishippers—announced they are collaborating on what they called a new corporate identity entitled WWEX Group, that will ensure customers have access to whatever part of the market they...
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Growth in Intermodal Rail Leads to New Warehouse Real Estate
Trucking is by far the predominant mode of shipping in the U.S., but it has its constraints,...
Adding Intermodal to Your Portfolio
Offering greater capacity, increased lane options and improved reliability, shippers should consider Intermodal Rail as part of a...
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3 NFL Draft Lessons for Supply Chain Managers
Just like with successful football game play, having a well-developed modal selection strategy helps organizations defend against capacity concerns and score points for their bottom line by lowering transportation costs.
The X’s and O’s of Intermodal Rail in Supply Chain Management
As the coach of your supply chain, you have the opportunity to turn to your playbook and choose from multiple transportation modes to maximize the efficiency of your freight network.
Intermodal Rail Bracketology
The Intermodal Rail Bracketology Guide helps shippers identify sub-optimal full-truckload freight that is vulnerable to capacity constraints if and when a supply chain disruption occurs.
Comparing Past March Madness Upsets to Supply Chain Disruptions
What can logistics professionals learn from past March Madness upsets to protect their supply chains from future disruptions?
Love Is In the Air & On the Rails For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day may sneak up on last-minute shoppers (it’s today, FYI), but retailers and their supply chain managers are well ahead of Cupid’s arrow.
Helping the Broncos & Panthers Deliver Their Goods
The intermodal rail advantage is helping shippers in both the Broncos and the Panthers territory deliver their goods across the country providing transportation cost savings and substantial environmental benefits.
Highway to Intermodal Rail (H2R) Conversions Deliver Bottom Line Results
CSX Transportation has found that 96% of shippers have sub-optimized freight in their network. Does your organization? Find out and learn how to address sub-optimized freight in your supply chain.
New Supply Chain Optimization Opportunities
If your supply chain underutilizes intermodal rail – a transportation solution that offers cost savings and diversifies your access to capacity solutions – then your company could be paying the costs of a sub-optimized freight network.
Schneider Rolls Out Intermodal Cross Border Pilot
By streamlining the cross-border clearance and inspection service, there are fewer hand-offs in the process while saving intermodal shippers transit time and money.
CN Invests C$20-Million in Expansion of Cold Supply Chain Reefer Capacity
CN (Canadian National Railway Company) announced a C$20-million investment in the expansion of its cold supply chain capacity to help producers and distributors of chilled or frozen foods grow their businesses in North American and overseas markets.
Customer-Driven Rail Intermodal Logistics: Unlocking a New Source of Value for China
China, and its national railway operator China Railway Corporation (CRC), are in the midst of a particularly favorable environment towards reforming the rail intermodal sector.
Containers on Rail: China’s Next Big Opportunity in Supply Chain Logistics
Since 1998, freight container traffic in China has grown faster than the rate of economic growth - while container traffic on trucks and ships has increased, the use of trains for part of the journey, known as rail intermodal logistics, has decreased.
Kintetsu World Express Set To Buy APL Logistics for $1.2 Billion
Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines Ltd had been trying to sell its APL Logistics division for more than $750 million, people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters.
Rail Still Dominates the Logistics Landscape
From the incorporation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the modern freight-moving workhorses of CSX and Norfolk Southern and dozens of regional “short-line” railroads, trains have played a central role in bringing goods to market.
The Ins and Outs of Intermodal Transportation
Intermodal can be a key ingredient to any transportation strategy to move an organization toward a multimodal strategy for scalability, flexibility, mitigation of risk and business continuity.
Why Shippers Need Domestic Intermodal in Their Logistics Strategy
More and more shippers are transitioning pieces of their 53' needs to intermodal to balance their capacity requirements because truckload alone cannot meet their requirements.
U.S. Truck Driver Shortage Elevates Importance of Real Estate in Supply Chain Cost Structures
Real estate supply chain management is more crucial than ever, and U.S. markets with intermodal infrastructure are now best positioned for industrial space growth.
Intermodal Service Issues Persist But Conditions Are Slowly Improving, Say Carriers and Analysts
In recent years, the railroads have made tremendous strides in developing regularly scheduled routes so that freight can be moved with a great level of predictability.
CSX Celebrates Future of Intermodal Transportation at Central Florida ILC Grand Opening
The facility, which began operations earlier this year, provides a centralized hub for transportation, logistics and distribution serving Orlando, Tampa and other regional Florida markets.
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As the successor to Trans-City Terminal Warehouse which began in 1960, IDS has a long history of delivering superior logistics services to a wide range of industries and customers. IDS provides the stability and commitment of a fulfillment company with 50…
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FreightCenter.com is a full-service freight logistics company whose primary focus is using web-based tools to help both businesses and individuals with their freight shipping needs. Using FreightCenter enables customers to compare rates from different carriers, book online, and track…
Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides…
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Each IKEA store is huge and holds more than 9,500 products! How in the world does IKEA offer so...
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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained
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