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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Even if you don’t grow or ship produce, your transportation performance and spend can still be directly impacted. How Produce Season Transportation Affects Rates and Capacity – State by State.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated inbound freight from California is currently difficult to book with limited capacity. Connecticut. Connecticut officials have issued a mandatory shutdown until May 20. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. Westcoast Logistics.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Re frigerated freight out of California to the region has been difficult to book with limited capacity. . Connecticut . Connecticut officials have issued a mandatory shutdown until May 21. . Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. . Westcoast Logistics . Status: Restricted .

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated freight from California to the Southeast remains difficult to book with limited capacity. . Connecticut? ? . Connecticut officials have issued a mandatory shutdown until May 20.?? . Transportation?could Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa.?? . Restricted?? .

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Over the past few years, freight brokerage has been a hot segment of the transportation market. Earlier this week, I wrote about the network effect in transportation management. Coincidently, both SAP and Kuebix (which sponsored the e-book my post was based on) announced partnerships this week related to the topic.

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Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire

Supply Chain Brain

He renamed Express-1 after its XPO stock symbol, moved its headquarters to Connecticut and over four years spent more than $7bn on 17 acquisitions. Some operators have overpaid, taken on too much debt, touted synergies that didn't exist or even cooked the books. Truth is, corporate roll-ups have a bad rep.