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E-Commerce Disrupts Freight Seasons, Boosts Spot Market Volume

DAT Solutions

Online sales have grown by an average of 15% per year since 2014, said Montague, citing statistics published by eMarketer.com. If that rate continues, total online sales will double, from just under $300 billion in 2014 to over $600 billion by 2019. Leading brick-and-mortar stores are following suit, in order to remain competitive.

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Market Update: Transportation Industry News

CH Robinson Transportfolio

West Coast ports can now resume full operation, it will take months for trucks to clear the cargo backlog. in January, driven by a strong manufacturing sector and easier comparisons due to early 2014’s weather issues. According to FTR’s March Trucking Update , a record low number of trucking fleets went bankrupt in Q4 2014.

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Introducing the Freightos Marketplace

Freightos

By 2014, it reached $77 trillion dollars. Booking a flight has been electronic for 50 years, but the cargo on airplanes, trucks, and ships is still booked manually. Introducing the Freightos Marketplace. In 1900, gross world production was $175 billion dollars.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

For comparison, this makes the country about half the size of Russia or South America, and more than twice the size of the European Union. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes. Cargo transportation in the U.S. not including its overseas territories, has about 9.8

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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

By the way, to put “150 containers since October” into perspective: Walmart imported 775,400 TEUs in 2014, which works out to 2,124 TEUs imported per day.). This enables a better comparison and booking of incoming quotes from transport providers. You decide. For related commentary, see Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction? (By