hurricane milton

Brittain Ladd returns to The Stockout

Start your week with Brittain Ladd

On Monday at 10 a.m. EDT, Grace Sharkey and I will again interview one of our favorite guests: outspoken independent consultant Brittain Ladd. The depth of Ladd’s expertise is impressive and spans companies and topics throughout the retail space and far beyond. 

On his prior The Stockout appearance, his Starbucks comments were prescient. Ladd described the company as being “in a world of hurt” and said its board had appointed the wrong CEO. It instead needed an...

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Most Florida ports shut down due to Hurricane Milton, earliest reopening set for Friday

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday evening, hours after Florida ports along the hurricane’s anticipated path closed.

Despite being downgraded from a Category 5 hurricane, an 8:30 p.m. EDT update issued on Oct. 9 by the National Hurricane Center urged Floridians to be aware of a “life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding occurring over the Central Florida peninsula.” Indeed, even though the hurricane had not yet...

https://container-news.com/most-florida-ports-shut-down-due-to-hurricane-milton-earliest-reopening-set-for-friday/

Disaster response: A day in the life of ALAN during a hurricane

Every day this week at 5 a.m., Kathy Fulton, executive director of American Logistics Aid Network, has started her day. Her first priority, as well as her team’s, is to check the latest weather updates and scan any requests that have come in throughout the night.

Then they set about their work of connecting nonprofit organizations with logistics services providers willing to donate time to assist those in need. The goal is to help people hit by natural disasters get back on their feet as soon as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/disaster-response-a-day-in-the-life-of-alan-during-a-hurricane

SONAR’s data is free during the hurricane disruptions

The immediate aftermath of a major hurricane event often creates chaos in the supply chain. Government agencies and retailers rush critical freight to staging areas near the disaster zone and significant amounts of trucking and trailer capacity can be absorbed and taken off the highway by relief efforts. Meanwhile, as shippers in the region come back online, they face an uncertain freight environment—carrier networks have been disrupted, trucks may not be dispatchable, and they may find...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sonar-data-is-free-during-the-hurricane-disruptions

Hurricane Milton: Florida ports closed; navigation in South Carolina restricted

The majority of Florida ports, including Tampa and Sarasota, were closed to all vessel traffic on 8 October in anticipation of Hurricane Milton, according to Reuters.

Additionally, several South Carolina terminals, such as Charleston, began enforcing navigation restrictions.

Milton weakened into a Category 4 hurricane, moving on Tuesday toward the east-northeast with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 km/h) before making landfall in Florida on Wednesday, according to the National...

https://container-news.com/hurricane-milton-florida-ports-closed-navigation-in-south-carolina-restricted/

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