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2020 Trends in Freight Transportation, and the COVID-19 Impact

Logistics Bureau

Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Let’s take a look then, at each sector in turn, starting with air freight. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020. The Freight Rate Roller Coaster.

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The 2016 Techgistics Year in Review

Techgistics

7-Eleven and Google teamed up for drone deliveries from a 7-Eleven store in Nevada, Amazon delivered an order via drone in the UK , Domino’s delivered a pizza by drone in New Zealand , and JD.com delivered orders in rural China via drone. Drones for Good Like self-driving vehicles, there was plenty of press surrounding drones in 2016.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 2016, Domino’s delivered the first pizza by drone in 2016 to a New Zealand couple. They are now looking into expanding their services into more countries across East Africa. If their application is approved, they may be allowed to fly drones at night, above populated areas, and out of the operator’s line of sight.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

The new peak surcharges for FedEx Express parcel and freight services, effective March 7, 2022 , are as follows. Parcel and freight exports from Macau SAR, China to Europe, MEISA, some LAC countries 1 , and some APAC countries and territories 2 – Increasing $0.25 FedEx Express International Shipping Surcharges. per kilogram.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. New Caledonia. Montenegro.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

New Caledonia. New Zealand. Papua New Guinea. South Africa. Third, it is essential the system generate pre-invoices to reduce carrier invoice uncertainties, eliminate fraud, and manage freight spend. Micronesia, Federated States of. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro. Montserrat. Mozambique. Netherlands.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

New Caledonia. New Zealand. Papua New Guinea. South Africa. The Japanese freight mover Kintetsu World Express has expanded recently outside its home market with the acquisition of APL Logistics, which has a strong base in America and Europe. Micronesia, Federated States of. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro.