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June 19, 2025
WEST COAST AND CALIFORNIA LOGISTICS BLOG
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Recent, Happening Now
June 9, 2025
Happening Now: Transportation Pricing Outpacing Capacity
According to FreightWaves, transportation pricing grew faster than capacity again in May. Despite rising capacity, prices surged even more—signaling tightness in the transportation market and...
Recent, Happening Now
May 19, 2025
Per-Diem and Detention Charges in Shipping: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
Detention and demurrage charges—already a pain point for importers—are once again under scrutiny. In 2025, a mix of regulatory ambiguity, evolving steamship line practices, and a volatile...
Recent, Happening Now
May 9, 2025
The End of De Minimis: What It Means for Importers (and How Weber Can Help)
A major change in U.S. trade policy took effect on May 2, 2025: the removal of the de minimis exemption for shipments entering the U.S. from China and Hong Kong. This decision has significant...
West Coast Distribution
February 27, 2020
Weber Logistics Expands Pool Distribution Network into Pacific Northwest
Weber Logistics has recently established new pool distribution hub operations in Kent and Vancouver, WA to deliver candy, snack and other food products to retail distribution centers throughout the...
Warehouse operations
January 23, 2020
What cold chain logistics services do 3PLs provide for candy products?
Candy products come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but share many of the same needs from a logistics standpoint. They all need to be carefully handled throughout the supply chain so that they reach...
Pool Distribution
January 7, 2020
Pool Distribution Services for Confectionery Products
Freight logistics professionals can learn something from Match.com - the dating service that links you with complimentary partners. In freight, the perfect match can cut your freight costs 8% to 10%....
West Coast Distribution
December 13, 2018
Collaborate and Save: Pool Distribution with Temperature-Controlled Trucking Companies
If you need to get across town fast and your choices are a taxi cab or public transit, you’d likely prefer the cab. Times being what they are, however, the price of that cab ride might drive you to...
Third Party Logistics
November 12, 2015
Shipping Cold Freight? Save Money by Collaborating.
We see the dialogue in films again and again. Two individuals, John and Jane, trying to catch a taxi cab, “Where you headed” asked John, “uptown” said Jane, then John replied “me too, want to split a...
Refrigerated Trucking
December 17, 2014
Save with Refrigerated Pool Distribution
You need to get across town fast. With no car, your choices are public transport or a cab. Of course you want to take a cab. But the wallet’s a little thin, so maybe a bus is the way to go. But hold...
Refrigerated Trucking
September 17, 2014
Benefits of Pool Distribution for Refrigerated LTL
Companies with temperature-sensitive freight that don’t have the volume to ship direct, full truckloads must rely on a limited number of refrigerated LTL carriers. Because demand exceeds freight...
Capital Management