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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels. Ocean carriers are reeling.

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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels. Ocean carriers are reeling.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Air Cargo Tech Is Falling Behind. It Doesn’t Have to.

Freightos

While the air passenger industry has a solid tech foundation, air cargo does not. And while that’s easy for me to say as a startup, it’s echoed by industry professionals as well: I think, in general, the air cargo industry is still pretty traditional and it’s not really embracing technology. DISCOVER AIR FREIGHT SOLUTIONS.

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First In Flight, Last in Drones: Regulation Hampers US Innovation

Elementum

The agency is already significantly behind on its September 2015 deadline, set by Congress, to draw up rules and standards to regulate all drone flight in the United States. Furthermore, the permissions the FAA grants with its Section 333 exemptions are very limited by comparison.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

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An organization will introduce significant structural improvements in an integrated, cost-effective freight and distribution network to deliver exposure, minimize expenses and improve the quality of customer satisfaction. Review haulers and expediters for: Cost comparison — Make sure you know who gives you the best value. billion. .

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Doing Business in the United States

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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. Annual freight traffic equaled about 37.22 billion mt-km in 2015. million sq.