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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

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International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. While 90% of everything is shipped by ocean, air connects the world faster, cutting China-US freight shipping time from 20-30 days by ocean to only 3 days by air cargo. International air freight and express freight shipments are not the same thing.

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Revolutionizing Supply Chain Planning: The Power of Generative AI

Logility

For example, a prominent apparel retailer employs generative AI to optimize its inventory management. As an example, an international shipping company utilizes generative AI to optimize its global freight network.

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Five Technology Trends That Will Change Global Freight

Freightos

Five Tech Trends That Will Change Freight. Better last mile shipping. Persistent growth in ecommerce, door delivery and expectations for “free” shipping have many in the industry talking up the potential for drones to change the industry. VC ❤️ Freight Startups. A whopping $13.92

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

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The tighter standards may make those kinds of workarounds more difficult for American exporters About 10,000 ships pass through the Soo Locks each year to bring iron ore, grain, limestone and other staples across the Great Lakes and Canada into the Midwest and beyond. September imports, at 2.54 million TEU tally.

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Amazon supply chain management pushes retail to the limit

Kinaxis

Amazon is even entering the transportation space, signing agreements with the Air Transport Services Group and the Chinese government to enter into the freight cargo business – effectively cutting out the middleman. Amazon makes up about 7% of the US apparel market, and according to reports , that figure could increase to 19% by 2020.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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But what happens to the “Super Bowl Champion” apparel, or really from any major sporting event, for the losing team? New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates. What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

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US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair.