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How a 3PL Empowers Shippers With LTL Transportation Stability

GlobalTranz

No carrier or mode has been excluded from the increased demand of e-commerce and a customer base that’s anxious for a return to normalcy, including the LTL transportation sector. Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing. State of the LTL Market. GlobalTranz?today.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Artificial intelligence has been applied to just about every supply chain application imaginable, including transportation management and execution, demand planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, and order management. Warehouse rents near cargo airports skyrocket. Retailers help decarbonize ocean shipping.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Pent-up demand of customers and the strong predictions for another above-average peak season has put a unique burden on truckload and parcel transportation. Focusing on the?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. From January through August, there was about 20 percent less import cargo volume at major container ports than the same period last year, according to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, in June 2021, Washington Prime Group, a shopping mall real estate company that owns 102 locations around the US filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, leaving space for e-commerce firms to potentially move their inventory and fulfillment operations in. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. Real estate journalist Will Parker ( @_willparker_ ) reports, “The last mile in the e-commerce delivery process looks like a windfall for real-estate owners. Footnotes. [1] What’s Next?

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. Real estate journalist Will Parker ( @_willparker_ ) reports, “The last mile in the e-commerce delivery process looks like a windfall for real-estate owners. Footnotes. [1] What’s Next?