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China’s Fight Against Covid Puts Supply Chains in a World of Hurt
ICAT Detroit Helps Shippers Feel Better It’s crunch time in China, where the government’s restrictive Covid-fighting actions are adding to global supply chain stress and disruptions. The world is watching and assessing the full impact of China’s campaign of forceful...
New Normal for Trade Shows Requires Nimble Logistics
The convention and trade show industry is back on its feet, rebounding from a gut punch delivered by the global pandemic. As the industry returns to face-to-face gatherings, convention planners are shoulder-to-shoulder with logistics professionals in shaping a new...
Feeling Lost at Sea? ICAT is your SOS
We’ve all seen the reports about America’s snarled shipping ports. Hundreds of full container ships are at anchor off the coasts, unable to unload. Assembly lines sit idle, starved for parts. Store shelves are eerily empty, making consumers anxious about Christmas....
Pacific Rim Markets Provide Opportunities for Industrial Shippers
Success, it is said, happens when opportunity meets preparation. For manufacturing companies looking beyond China to other Pacific Rim nations for supply sourcing, ICAT Logistics DTW is well-prepared to assist in their success. We have spent more than a...
Sweating the Details Essential for Avoiding Dumping Penalties
Highlights: A Tier 1 auto supplier was alarmed when its imported steel was flagged for potential violations of anti-dumping regulations. The supplier found that its purchasing agent, in a risky mix of zeal and haste, had ordered from steelmakers in China and India...
No Monkeying Around with Trade Show Delivery
Highlights: A longtime customer who valued our automotive trade show expertise called with a unique request: Develop a shipping strategy for coast-to-coast trade shows promoting NFTs – Non-Fungible Tokens. Still in their infancy, NFTs are blockchain-based digital...
Mammoth Challenge Not Too Big for ICAT Logistics Detroit Team
Highlights: Moved 100,000 pounds of machinery from Chicago to the Hawaiian island of Molokai. The customer, who started searching for the right logistics team two years ahead of shipping, needed a precise step-by-step plan to be implemented immediately once its huge...
Urgent Aircraft Part to Africa
Highlights: Urgent AOG part going to Africa on a mission-critical flight... Within 30 minutes of the request, ICAT had a solution... Our quick-thinking team and urgent service offerings can solve any challenge... Challenge: ICAT...
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ICAT Detroit Delivers The News About Logistics
Congestive Part Failure Supply chains run into congestion problems. It’s a mess out there for manufacturing supply chains, and it’s going to take a while to clean it up. Between parts shortages, dock congestion, and blockages of key waterways, companies need to think...
Your Logistics Pick-Me-Up
What's the EV update in Detroit? General Motors plans an ecosystem of electric vehicles for delivery solutions and commercial customers. The “BrightDrop” venture is expected to roll out its first vehicles by the end of 2021. And also this... “Electric” GM Reviews...
ICAT Detroit Newsletter Volume 1
Peak Season is Still a High Point for Us Peak season is never a holiday for shippers and logistics professionals—even in the middle of a global pandemic. It’s still the most wonderful time of the year for ICAT Logistics DTW. We love the stepped-up pace of helping our...
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