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The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

from 1990 to 2019 because of the increased numbers of people flying. Only the recent global pandemic reduced airline greenhouse gas emissions however this year, we will almost definitely see an increase in travel over 2019 levels – once again increasing overall emissions.

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Increased Demand and Reduced Capacity Prove a Challenge for Air Freight Market

CH Robinson Transportfolio

After an extremely volatile first half of the year, the challenges in the air freight market look set to continue into 2021, requiring both foresight and forward planning from businesses. A turbulent six months for air freight. This caused an overheated market, with the price of air freight increasing by as much as 400%.

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Trucking Market Q1 Update and 2022 Freight Outlook

Zipline Logistics

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Will these forces continue to play a part in the freight market in the coming year? Consumption Drives Freight Market Growth.

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Conquering the world with shoes

Cathy Roberson

However, compared to 2019, sales are up only 0.2% The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. The latest forecast projects that retail sales will grow between 10.5% On a per-dollar basis to 2019, at the end of Q1 2021, 2019 was down 2.7%. to between $4.44 and down 25.4%

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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The New Normal: Falling Rates and Improved Efficiency Set New Standards for Shippers

Intelligent Audit

As freight rates continue to fall, shippers will likely continue to leverage blank sailings to balance operational costs against volatile fuel prices. Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. Last week, ocean carrier MSC joined Maersk and CMA CGM in announcing the development of an MSC air cargo service.

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Singing the inventory blues

Cathy Roberson

Compared to previous years, for the second quarter in 2021, Croc's DIO was 75.34, which was above the same quarter in 2019 when it was 73.69. It's even higher than in the second quarter of 2019, when the DIO was 105.29. This means it took longer to sell inventory on-hand in the second quarter. I wear a number of hats these days.