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Redistribution is done right at Honor Foods in Philadelphia, a Burris Logistics Company, primarily due to our Team. When you choose Honor Foods, you choose our people too. So, we are choosing to highlight them a series of short blogs showcasing their #LifeWithHonor. We are pleased to introduce you to Crystal Boyland, Accounts Payable Specialist. […]
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Read MoreFrom MarineLink.com Friday, September 10, 2021 As ports and hinterland transport struggle to keep up, delays at ports are soaking up capacity leading to frustration on the shippers’ side and leaving carriers struggling to keep up all the while making record profits, shipping organization BIMCO reports. Drivers of demand and freight rates The container […]
Read MoreAmid the pandemic, supply chain woes have been front and center. And while port constraints have dominated headlines, one of the biggest problems in the shipping industry has been the shortage of U.S. truck drivers. Hasted by early COVID-related retirements and the increased demand for shipped goods during the pandemic, trucking has emerged as one […]
Read MoreBy Ari Hawkins August 2, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT Bloomberg.com A shortage of truckers across the U.S. has become so severe that companies are trying to bring in drivers from abroad like seemingly never before. For the first time in her 10-year trucking career, Holly McCormick has found herself coordinating with an agency in South […]
Read MoreSmall importers bear the brunt of snarled supply chains; ‘$17,000 and it won’t move until September’ Wall Street Journal By Costas Paris July 11, 2021 11:00 am ET Video: LA port backup reflects larger supply-chain issues Long waits for merchandise deliveries and crippling costs are hobbling the efforts of small and midsize businesses across the […]
Read MoreThe cost to ship a boxload of goods to the U.S. from China edged close to $10,000 as the world’s biggest economy keeps vacuuming up imports amid slower recoveries from the pandemic from Europe to Asia. The spot rate for a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Los Angeles increased to $9,631, up 5% from the […]
Read MoreInfestation could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in agricultural losses By Peter Aitken | Fox News The western United States, already stricken by a severe drought, now has a plague of grasshoppers to contend with. Agriculture officials have launched the largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s as the insects’ strip an already ravaged land. […]
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