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

Intelligent Audit

The GRI shipping term refers to the usual increase in fees that are applied to container shipping rates. To help your company keep total costs in check, this blog will dig into the fundamentals behind GRI shipping increases, what a GRI surcharge is and a few other things to know. What GRI Stands for in Shipping.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion

The Logistics of Logistics

Old Dominion also provides household moving services, white glove services, and trade show shipping as part of their expedited division. Old Dominion ’s service area includes all of the United States including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion History.

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Doing Business in the United States

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The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and 11 uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territories, which are mostly small islands. Over the next 150 years as the country expanded westward, the growing country added 37 additional states. percent in 2017.