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Q3 2021 Trucking Trends and Freight Market Update

Zipline Logistics

The freight market has been on the receiving end of several systemic shocks that continue to affect industry providers and shippers alike. And when you add in the current labor and commodity shortages along with an inflationary environment, it is apparent why freight rates have been steadily climbing.

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FedEx Benefits from Efficiency Improvements & Surcharge Increases as Volumes Fall

Intelligent Audit

All three divisions—Express, Ground, and Freight—reported year-over-year volume declines. FedEx Freight reported an 8% increase in revenue to $2.4 But for Ground, the upgrades will improve efficiencies and cost savings and further link it to FedEx Freight. “We For fiscal Q2 2023 ended Nov. YoY decline in revenue to $10.86

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Meanwhile, ocean carriers continue to deal with overcapacity; rates for Asia-U.S. Disaggregate freight spend data. Be demand driven.

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The Green Corridor: Catching the Sun Light! – How Logistics is Harnessing the Power of the Sun

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In a NASA comparison , if a large power plant generated 1 billion watts of power in a year, it would take 44 million of these power plants to equal the power that our Earth receives from the sun. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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The Green Corridor – Optimal Tech for Green Logistics – Making Emissions Visible

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Such real-time data and visibility functions allow for supplier comparisons as well as overall emission source contributor identifications, which can be focused on for improvement. Arcstone provides several ways for the data of suppliers to be passed. It can be done via EDI, API or via a web portal.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Exports of strawberries, immensely popular in Asia, also increased by 29.7 For comparison, they spent $3.4 Wages for truck drivers rose at a double-digit pace last year as companies laid out hefty salaries, bonuses and benefits packages to recruit workers in a market marked by tight labor conditions and high freight demand.

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Why Now is the Time to Choose LCL Shipping

CH Robinson Transportfolio

In the early weeks of March alone, we handled dozens of expedited LCL shipments out of Asia, working across 22 origin ports from 10 origin countries to get our customers everything they needed. What freight qualifies for LCL shipping. Only freight that can account for added transport time is a good fit for expedited LCL shipping.