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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. Air cargo is used by global importers and exporters when they need to get goods somewhere rapidly and reliably. 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.

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Let the Holiday Shopping Madness Begin!

Kinaxis

Import cargo volume at major retail container ports has been increasing steadily and is on track to meet or surpass last year’s levels. However, finding enough happy little elves to pack and ship all those gifts may prove a tall order. That’s up 23 percent from 2014. That prices them below giants Wal-Mart ($35) and Target ($25).

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. When a breakdown in labor negotiations led 20,000 dockworkers to go on strike at two of Washington state's largest ports in October 2014, cargo-laden ships were left stranded as the flow of goods came to a halt for six months.

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The Truck Driver Shortage and the Rising Cost of Everything

Freight Plus

The Washington Post. truck driver retirement rates jumped to 33% last year, up from 22% in 2014. The Washington Post. Escalating driver pay and rising diesel fuel costs ultimately mean higher consumer costs as shippers pass along the shipping buck and charge more for goods. FleetOwner. That's real.".

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. When a breakdown in labor negotiations led 20,000 dockworkers to go on strike at two of Washington state's largest ports in October 2014, cargo-laden ships were left stranded as the flow of goods came to a halt for six months.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

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Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. by Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa, general coordinator of Mexico’s ports.

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered.