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July 1, 2025
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Recent, Happening Now
June 19, 2025
New eBook: Rely on an Integrated 3PL to Orchestrate Your Cold Chain
In today’s fast-paced supply chain environment, maintaining product integrity from origin to delivery has never been more critical—especially when it involves temperature-sensitive goods like food...
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...
Southern California Ports
July 14, 2014
The Latest on West Coast Port Labor Negotiations
The contract between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents almost 20,000 longshore workers at 29 West Coast ports, expired on July 1....
West Coast Distribution
March 6, 2013
Distribution Centers in the Inland Empire: Space hard to find, but more development is predicted
In a previous blog post, we discussed the Southern California warehouse market. In this post, we want to focus on the Inland Empire region – the logistics hub of Southern California. Located about 50...
Southern California Ports
December 13, 2012
Panama Canal Expansion: Impact on Southern California ports
Currently, large cargo ships are too wide, deep and tall to maneuver through the Panama Canal. However, the Panama Canal expansion project currently underway will double capacity by allowing more and...
Southern California Ports
December 5, 2012
End of Strike Brings Growth Opportunity to Southern California Ports
Employers and striking harbor clerks at the Ports of LA and Long Beach mercifully reached agreement on a contract that brought striking workers and sympathizers back to work on December 5. The deal...
Southern California Ports
September 25, 2012
Do we need another logistics blog?
Another logistics blog site? Don’t the various logistics publications and supply chain services providers – on their websites and blog sites – do a good enough job of commenting on industry issues...
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