US logistics industry needs a unified data stream to boost cargo velocity

Freight throughput at US ports and inland to warehouses and final destinations requires a nationally standardised technological fix, industry leaders told the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) yesterday.
And in an opportune move, venture capital-backed start-up Dray Alliance, based in Long Beach, has announced a new app for truckers operating in the container haulage sector.
It said: “Dray Alliance has developed a software platform that provides complete container management, including...

https://theloadstar.com/us-logistics-industry-needs-a-unified-data-stream-to-boost-cargo-velocity/

Savannah tops in agricultural exports in 2019

A photograph of five long lines of containers lined up next to each other.

The Port of Savannah was the top U.S. port in terms of containerized agricultural exports in 2019, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) said Thursday.

Agricultural products exported totaled more than 843,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in calendar year 2019, GPA said. Those agricultural volumes accounted for 60% of the port’s exports. Forest products such as wood pulp, paper and logs, as well as clay, cotton and poultry are under the agricultural products umbrella.

GPA drew on IHS Markit’s...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/savannah-tops-in-agricultural-exports-in-2019