Metals Archives - Odyssey Logistics

Beverage supply chains don’t break where you expect

waw-ts — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:52:42 +0000

In late 2025, a major aluminum coil supplier experienced a series of fires at its main production facility. The plant supplied a significant share of North American can stock, and when output dropped, beverage manufacturers with no direct relationship with this supplier had to reconfigure supply plans mid-season. A disruption two tiers upstream became their problem.

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Forging a modern metals supply chain

waw-ts — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:53:45 +0000

Shipping metals is extremely difficult. The cargo is dense, heavy, and often in irregular shapes. It requires specialized equipment, strategically placed facilities, and specially designed infrastructure.

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Get metals shipments to the right place at the right time, every time

Wed, 24 May 2023 15:45:32 +0000

After posting an extremely high growth rate in 2021, US metals and steel output increased by about 5% in 2022 and is on track to continue expanding this year. Some of the industries with the highest metals and steel needs right now are residential construction, white goods, aerospace, transportation and engineering, among others. This year, […]

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You’ve come a long way: A 20-year retrospective on the logistics industry

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 01:38:49 +0000

When Odyssey Logistics began providing outsourced logistics management services to the chemical industry and other process manufacturers in February 2003, the world looked a lot different than it does today. It’s the year that the US Department of Homeland Security officially began operations, smartphone technology was emerging, Tesla was founded and iTunes music store was just launched by Apple.

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What’s ahead for transportation & logistics in 2023?

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:27:04 +0000

The way companies handle transportation and logistics changed dramatically in 2022 as organizations worked through the lingering impacts of the pandemic, dealt with new challenges and revisited their long-range success plans.

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Why you should be working with a multimodal transportation & logistics partner

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:25:13 +0000

As they continue to grapple with supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, rising freight costs and other uncertainties, companies need reliable logistics partners that can manage more than just one freight mode or transportation option. By serving as “one stop shops” for most of these companies’ transportation needs, multimodal partners help shippers work faster, save money and manage issues like capacity crunches.

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