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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Freight rates have leveled off (and even retreated, in some cases). Reefer freight rates continue to drop, with a current national average of $2.14 Terrill Transportation Inc.

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Doing Business in Turkey

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Its borders consist of Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Syria, and the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. Twenty heliports can help with the speedy delivery of air freight when necessary. Turkey ranks number 38 th of the world’s countries for land area but 13 th in terms of its economy and GDP, which reached $2.286 trillion in 2017.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 25 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The logistics orchestration platform provider was co-founded by Kirchner along with Chief Product Officer Rajan Patel in 2017. According to the announcement , Ryder will acquire 15 operations across Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah , and California.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

Talking Logistics

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped.

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Doing Business in Poland

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state of Georgia. in 2017 and accounts for 40.2% With 87 airports that have paved runways, Poland’s air infrastructure is more than adequate for freight shipments. in 2017, down from more than 6% the year before. The 2017 GDP equaled $1.126 trillion in 2017, up by 4.7%, making it number 23 in the world.

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Doing Business in Italy

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At 301,340 sq km, it is about twice the size of the US state of Georgia. annually as of 2017. Annual freight traffic was 945,433,732 mt-km in 2015. billion worth of goods in 2017. It has 20 regions and five autonomous regions. Border countries include Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland.

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7 Incredible Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. Helen works and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Each industry has its peculiarities, among the others, in the logistics, manufacturing, and supply. Expert Bloggers Inc."