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by Tom Moore on Sep 27, 2022 10:48:30 AM
Truck rates are down, ocean carriers are charging less (See graph), and package volume is down. Does this mean we are returning to a more normal time? My answer is “no.” There are a number of new and not-so-nice headwinds or factors affecting the ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 15, 2022 8:28:19 AM
While 2 unions are threatening a walkout this week, if there isn’t a stoppage, there will be more humping. Even if there is a stoppage, when they come back to work, there will be more humping. Before your mind goes in the wrong direction, humping is ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 7, 2022 10:07:50 AM
Railroads are limiting container loads to locations like Chicago. Here is why: Inland container yards are full Warehouses are full. Prologis Inc. said the vacancy rate in the firm’s top 30 U.S. markets is 3%—good for them but historically, vacancy ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 1, 2022 5:35:54 PM
LevelLoad and AutoO2 eliminate deployment (e.g., from plant to customer-facing distribution centers) volatility using a combination of: Tendering early smooth freight volumes over time by pushing lower-priority deployment demand to a later day and ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 30, 2022 2:24:42 PM
I advocate weighing the trucks to see where payload targets should be set. Here is a sample of refrigerated trucks from major carriers in 2021. What does this tell you? In this sample, which was large enough to be valid, 69% of all trucks could ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 28, 2022 10:10:23 AM
Good News (Price will go down): Today: Crude oil prices are way down + refiners’ margins are down by ~50% Future: High prices ~$100/barrel for oil and $9+ for gas mean that economically recoverable reserves rise. e.g. Eagle Ford sees a fifteen-fold ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 25, 2022 10:44:16 AM
The Cass freight index appears to show expenditures and Shipments tracking fairly closely. Case Freight index The same is not true for bulk ocean freight. The London-based Baltic Exchange index is a weighted average based on 11-20 international ship ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 22, 2022 10:38:58 AM
Transportation Planning provides an incredible competitive edge. To quote a VP at a Fortune 50 consumer goods manufacturer: “We deploy, at a premium cost, a product that may not be needed, from sites that may struggle to ship it, to sites that may ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 13, 2022 1:00:00 AM
Many major shippers suffer high-cost spot freight. And Kimberly-Clark did something about it: Project EARL (Early Tendering and Leveling). AutoO₂ and our sister company’s LevelLoad are the underlying technologies driving the savings. Call Tom Moore ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 28, 2022 1:00:00 AM
The contradiction is: Maersk’s CEO sees inflation pushing container rates up faster than 25% to 30%. This is aided by port and rail congestion Spot rates for containers are sometimes not below contract rates. The average rate per 40-foot container ...
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