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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana yesterday (August 30), and FreightWaves Classics profiled the United Cajun Navy.
ALAN posts notices and requests like this on an ongoing basis.Today, FreightWaves Classics profiles the American Logistics Aid Network, another organization that also helps those impacted by natural disasters. A quote from its website says it all: “When disaster strikes, few things are more important than good logistics. In fact, it’s often the key differentiator between...
Hurricane season officially starts June 1, but trucking and logistics groups are already making calls and posting on social media to make sure they’re ready to respond efficiently to any impacted areas.
Boots on the ground
One organization hard at work is Trucks With Room To Spare, a nonprofit based in Kentucky that connects truckers with people who need help.
Even though it’s only early April, CEO and veteran truck driver Shelli Conaway has been ramping up her recruiting process. She’s trying to...
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Hurricane Laura recovery is ongoing, but a lack of trucking capacity could hamper efforts. Plus, Tyson Foods is stepping up its relief efforts and spot rates could benefit from the hurricane.
Recovery on delay?A tight trucking market could hamper recovery from Hurricane Laura, SONAR data shows. Relief efforts are greatly dependent on transportation of supplies into the disaster zones. With carrier...
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Less-than-truckload (LTL) operations returned to near normal Friday while parcel services were restored to many markets along the Texas-Louisiana Gulf coast as Tropical Storm Laura tracked through southeastern Missouri heading for parts of the Tennessee and Ohio River Valley regions.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) reported that all of its stations in the region were at 100% capacity except for Beaumont, Texas, which was reported at 50% capacity, and Monroe, Louisiana, at 80%. YRC...
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The head of the country’s most prominent humanitarian logistics organization said Thursday that relief supplies will be more than sufficient to help rebuild areas affected by Hurricane Laura, but that it may be difficult to obtain needed truck capacity due to the very tight U.S. trucking market.
Kathy Fulton, executive director of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), also said it will “be a very long process” to recover from the hurricane, which was downgraded Thursday morning to a...
Supply chain visibility platform FourKites has partnered with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) to accelerate the voluntary transport and delivery of vital goods to emergency hot spots as they occur throughout the country.
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities, ALAN launched as a means to connect disaster relief organizations and other nonprofits with transportation services providers willing to move life-sustaining supplies to disaster...
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