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Recent, Happening Now
March 28, 2025
Happening Now: eCommerce Surge Fuels Logistics Space Demand
According to FreightWaves, the boom in online shopping is driving unprecedented growth in logistics real estate. According to a new Prologis report, eCommerce is now responsible for over half of all...
Recent, Happening Now
March 25, 2025
The Benefits of Using One Integrated Logistics Services Provider
Conventional wisdom tells you not to put all your eggs in one basket. In the logistics industry, however, this isn’t always good advice. By leaning on one integrated logistics services provider (3PL)...
Recent, Happening Now
March 19, 2025
Happening Now: Drayage Rate History Shapes Today’s Market
According to Dray Insight, the drayage industry has undergone significant change since deregulation reshaped the transportation landscape. From evolving pricing models to the growing role of...
Southern California Ports
January 10, 2019
4 Ways to Move Drayage Freight Despite the Driver Shortage
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: we’re in the midst of a truck driver shortage. While we may feel that we’ve reached the saturation point in hearing – and reading – about this shortage, the...
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...
Southern California Ports
November 29, 2018
The Importance of Scalability in ECommerce Order Fulfillment
Growing from 100 orders per month to 15,000 per month. For most companies, that’s a dream come true. But if you have the wrong solution in place for eCommerce order fulfillment, that’s a dream that...
Southern California Ports
November 15, 2018
California SB 1402: What You Need to Know
Does your logistics operation source drayage services in California? If so, read on as new legal developments in the state can put you on the hook for damages if the drayage provider you hire is...
Southern California Ports
October 25, 2018
Finding the Optimal California Warehouse Space for Your Products
California. A very big state with a very big population. In fact, it’s the largest consumer market in the U.S. and thus a very sensible place to have a distribution center. Making California even...
Southern California Ports
October 18, 2018
How to Reduce Your Chassis Rental Fee
When considering all the costs involved in getting your containerized goods from port to market, it’s easy to think of all the “big” things that drive up your spend. These big-ticket items include...
Southern California Ports
August 30, 2018
Weber Opens New Long Beach Drayage Facility
Weber Logistics has opened a new port drayage facility in Long Beach, CA, less than 1 mile from the port. Situated within the Overweight Corridor, this new facility will handle Los Angeles and Long...
Southern California Ports
August 23, 2018
FROM PORT TO MARKET: How to Speed Distribution of Asian Imports to West Coast Ports
There’s a new supply chain mantra in the post-Amazon era, and that mantra is SPEED. Whether you are delivering to retailers or consumers, or both, customers want products faster in a more predictable...
West Coast Distribution
June 28, 2018
Location and Cost Make Central Valley Logistics a Win-Win
California’s Central Valley consists of all or part of 19 counties in the center of the state – extending from Bakersfield in the South up near Redding in the north. It’s home to the state capitol of...
West Coast Distribution
April 12, 2018
Product Distribution: Shrink Order-to-Delivery Cycle Time with Transloading and Deconsolidation
Transloading is by no means a new method of product distribution, but the rationale for implementing it has changed over the years. In the past, transload operations were primarily a cost-savings...
Capital Management