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LTL Capacity Best Practices in Times of Tight Freight Capacity

GlobalTranz

The capacity crunch has been a core concern of shippers for several years, but as 2018 draws closer to the holiday shopping season, it will become a bigger problem. LTL capacity has routinely been used as a source of added capacity when full truckload becomes unavailable. Get Your Free Copy Here. Download White Paper.

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Less Than Truckload Shipping Trends to Wrap Up 2018

GlobalTranz

The simultaneous growth of the economy and trucking indicate actual GDP percentages would be higher if compared to the same time last year. In anticipation of the 2018 holiday shopping season , transportation trucking, including Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), Full Truckload (FT), Parcel, and intermodal, will increase in value.

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Top Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2018

Talking Logistics

As 2018 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. Over $58,000: the amount of money our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team raised in support of JDRF and its quest to turn Type 1 Diabetes into Type None. I like that.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

What does this have to do with logistics you ask? And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. In Long Beach, dockworkers and terminal operators moved 835,412 20-foot-equivalent units (surpassing June 2018 record). It’s a stink bug. ” Alphabet Inc.

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Arriving Just in Time – Advanced Transportation Logistics Scheduling

Supply Chain Collaborator

These three headlines from Transport Topics and Food Shippers of America magazine tell the story of one of the most important challenges facing shippers in North America leading into 2018. Freight transportation capacity, (particularly truckload capacity) is tight as it has ever been. There can be no argument.

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Doing Our Part To Help Logistics Companies Adapt to COVID-19

Freightos

Land travel restrictions in Asia extended Chinese New Year, dropping ocean freight demand, which, just weeks later, spiked when the shutdown ended. Meanwhile, massive passenger airline restrictions dramatically reduced air cargo capacity, sending rates through the roof. In 2019, digital freight isn’t a vision; it’s a reality.

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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. GlobalTranz can be that partner—helping you make sense of changing pandemic restrictions, protocols, and best practices for all things logistics. 5 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Managers in Manufacturing.