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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

They can be based on a variety of factors such as the size of the load, how much a pallet weighs, how far a cargo container has to be carried, and where the final delivery destination location lies. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Is your distribution network set up well? and Canada. and Mexico.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

by which a commodity is produced and distributed: the companies, materials, and systems involved in manufacturing and delivering goods). A rise in cargo volumes and idling empty containers led the port to propose a dwell fee in August in hopes it would speed throughput. Last year’s cutoff was set at December 9.