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

Intelligent Audit

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. As a shipper, it’s impossible to avoid rate increases at times, and while freight invoice audits help to catch errors, not knowing the facts behind GRIs will only open the doors to risk. FedEx Freight shipping rates will increase by an average of 4.9%

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Getting Christmas Goods on Time: FedEx and UPS Roll Out Holiday Shipping Deadlines

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FedEx holiday shipping deadlines are more stringent: December 9 – for FedEx Ground® Economy and FedEx Freight® Economy December 15 – for FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx Ground® in both the Contiguous US and to Alaska and Hawaii, FedEx Freight® Priority, FedEx Freight® Direct, and U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

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by which a commodity is produced and distributed: the companies, materials, and systems involved in manufacturing and delivering goods). The cutoff dates apply to shipments moving within the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii. I was beyond shocked that supply chain had never been in the dictionary before.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion

The Logistics of Logistics

Old Dominion also provide ocean freight service including full container load (FCL) and less-than-container load (LCL) service offerings. Old Dominion ’s service area includes all of the United States including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. In the mid-2000s, Old Dominion launched international offerings to Canada and China.