Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2016

DB Schenker Signs on With uShip Online Freight Platform (WSJ – sub. project44 Achieves Groundbreaking Level of Connectivity with 1000+ Freight APIs. Trucker Path Joins AscendTMS™ to Offer Free Transportation Management Software (TMS) to Carriers and Freight Brokers. Companies like XPO Logistics Inc.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ocean freight solutions Ocean rates and capacity have been a big concern for all shippers for quite some time. Dollar General’s CEO noted that their updated freight outlook after Q1 assumed that its regular ocean carriers would fulfill only 85% of their contractual commitments.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

We introduce our latest educational e-book ( we have several more here ): The Great Capacity Crunch: The Current State, Future Outlook, and How Shippers Can Thrive in Any Capacity Crunch. Fill out the form on the right to have the e-Book emailed to your inbox. 2018 Outlook of the Capacity Crunch: Buckle Up….

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

Published reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal indicate that airline leaders are seeking a definitive plan as to how Boeing is going to address its ongoing production quality and other challenges. and internationally based airline customers are seeking a meeting directly with the company’s board of directors.

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Freightera

MARCH 1, 2022

Freightera CEO wins award for elegant marketplace solution for businesses, reducing shipping cost and CO2 emissions from freight transportation. The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equating to 11.84 of the nation’s freight bill.”. Cassidy | Senior Editor for Trucking, Domestic Transportation at The Journal of Commerce . His latest book, Driven , came out on January 5th and tells the history of self-driving cars. billion tons.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Joel Makower, Chairman and Co-Founder of the sustainability journal GreenBiz , lays out the evolutionary path of buzz phrases and the prospects for just transition in a recent opinion piece. In deciding whether or not just transition will endure, it is worth considering it in the context of how such concepts evolve and take root.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Faster service, great capacity usage and direct connectivity with freight companies means better access to service providers. Freight Marketplaces : Cargomatic is a prime example of the rebirth of freight marketplaces. Wall Street Journal ]. Robots : Robotics have the power to change the entire freight industry.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

GameStop expects fewer price markdowns with ship from store service ( Dallas Business Journal ). DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. Another feature of LeanGlobal is the utilization of WebSettle® for ocean freight audit and settlement. E2open Acquires Terra Technology. Through direct connectivity with U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 28, 2017

Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. As reported in the Wall Street Journal , the money “will go toward expanding nationally and adding more shippers and trucking companies to its platform.”. View Results. Total Answers 11.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As also explained by Hannah Testani, Chief Operating Officer of Intelligent Audit , in a recent Paul Ziobro’s Wall Street Journal article , “It seemed like there was always a way where you could buy more capacity. By knowing what to expect from peak season surcharges, freight management parties project freight spend and stay strategic.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

DB Schenker Takes $25 Million Stake in Online Freight Booking Platform uShip (WSJ – sub. In other technology news, the Wall Street Journal reports that DB Schenker is taking a $25 million stake in online freight booking platform uShip Inc. Amazon’s delivery drones may drop packages via parachute (CNN).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Shipping costs are always an item of interest, and as the Wall Street Journal reported : . Robinson Opens Second Air Freight Screening Facility. November 2015 North American Freight Numbers. In the quarter, shipping costs jumped 37% to $4.17 As a percentage of sales, shipping costs rose to 12.5% from 10.9%

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

Back in January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon had begun “handling shipment of goods by ocean to its U.S. warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” The site says it offers end-to-end one-stop ocean freight services.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

December 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report January 2016. Back in June 2009, I wrote the following in a post titled Amazon.com: A Customer-Centric 3PL : “You won’t find Amazon.com on any ‘Top 25 3PLs’ list, but the company is a leading 3PL in my book.”

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

Transervice Announces Launch of Tech-Based Freight Management Company. announced the launch of Transervice Integrated Solutions (TIS), a tech-based freight management entity that will leverage “its proprietary technology to fulfill company backhauls and provide freight management and brokerage services.” FAA says 181,000 U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

CX North America Releases Freight Vision Mobile App. DAT Freight Index: June Caps Off Hot Stretch for Spot TL Freight. BTW, I discussed OTIF and the role of real-time freight visibility with Bennett Adelson, CEO of MacroPoint in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. Nothing at all. million since its founding in 2013.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 21, 2017

I was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the market conditions for trucking in Q1. Shippers ramped up activity in March, according to the online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC. Shippers ramped up activity in March, according to the online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC. Hunt and Swift.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 2, 2019

When broader market rates for truckload freight change significantly, shippers can find themselves paying prices for shipments well outside of what current market rates should dictate. It would seem, shippers are currently experiencing this situation today as the markets telegraph lower freight rates. Here’s how it works!

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

With features such as collaborative booking, a tracking notification system, and full document management capabilities, Haven TMS allows users to pull data out of siloes and turn logistics into a competitive advantage. For related commentary, see The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).

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Freightos

MARCH 23, 2023

This year’s recent TPM – the annual transpacific maritime conference hosted by the Journal of Commerce in Long Beach, CA at the end of February – was a combination of post-pandemic debrief, projections for the rest of the year and beyond, and lessons learned. What happens next? More (too much?)

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2013

I’m thinking of sending my representatives in Congress a copy of the book Getting to We , written by my friends Kate Vitasek and Jeanette Nyden — and also inviting them and all members of Congress to participate in my upcoming conversation with Kate and Jeanette on Talking Logistics. Is it ironic that the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Experts predict the 2017 holiday shopping season to be one for the record books, and steady growth in the stock market alludes to a new manufacturing boom. Moreover, Local and regional carriers can help get your freight where it needs to go, but you need to use technology to identify carriers with available capacity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

“Despite its speed, we’re still in the earliest stages of the Work-From-Home Revolution, and it could take years or even decades of trial and error to get right,” writes Christopher Mims in The Wall Street Journal. Wolfgang Lehmacher is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI, Nikkei contributor and (co-)author of over 10 books, 20 papers and 100 articles.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). And this morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that “China’s policy-making State Council has approved a restructuring of the country’s two biggest shipping companies, as the nation seeks to create a stronger competitor in the global shipping industry.”.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. Amazon the Freight Broker.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 27, 2018

That's because shippers are competing against themselves to book available trucks. Even in a bull market, for carriers to capitalize on earnings from elevated rates, they still need to move new freight as fast and as efficiently as possible. "To Journal of Commerce. The Golden Rule. Treat others as you'd like to be treated.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 19, 2015

“I think we failed on both the planning and the execution side,” Robert McDonough, CEO of the United Technologies unit that includes Otis, told analysts in March, according to The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of three books including, “42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China.” So what went wrong?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

As a leading supply chain innovator and consultant with more than 20 years in the industry, Lisa is also a sought-after logistics conference speaker and a renowned author who has appeared in media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and CEO Magazine. . Mims is a science and technology journalist for The Wall Street Journal.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Here’s why ocean freight rates are going to drop: Overcapacity. Efforts to reverse rampant overcapacity in the freight shipping industry have still proved to be ineffective. According to Alphaliner, the industry’s top five carriers currently have an average of 20% fleet growth on their order books. It gets worse.

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Freightera

MARCH 29, 2021

Zhenya shared a deeply personal story behind Freightera’s green mission: to make freight shipping easy, accessible, and green, and reduce the stress on the people and the planet. Freightera: Online Freight Marketplace for Businesses. The system is often compared to Expedia, for its simplicity, comprehensiveness, and ease of use. ‘’You

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Freightera

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Freightera, the innovative online freight marketplace for Canadian and US business shippers, placed No. Freightera has also been recognized as the 3rd fastest-growing company in British Columbia , and among the top 5 automated freight brokerage solutions in North America. VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 98 in 2019), and Canada Goose (No.

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 24, 2021 (Newswire.com) – Freightera, a leader in green freight, with an innovative CO2 emission reduction program for shippers, placed 102 on the 2021 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies by the Globe and Mail. ” About The Globe and Mail. About Freightera.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

Freight/Container Loading: Augmented reality could replace the need for a physical cargo list and load instructions. The Journal notes that UTC plans a $1.5 We will then do a deep dive all month long and until we have covered each trend individually within these categories. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

req’d) How Blockchain Could Benefit Levi’s Worker Well-Being Initiative (Sourcing Journal) Companies Plan for Tariffs, More Paperwork in Case of ‘No-Deal’ Brexit (WSJ – sub. Uber Freight: Transportation Facility Brand Managers. The same ratings and reviews also are available to shippers within Uber Freight’s shipper platform.

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EMERGE App

JULY 16, 2018

Punishing deadlines, budget cuts and unwanted advances made her journalism career a dim reality from what she pictured when she graduated from a prestigious school of journalism. Remember that landed costs — custom duties, insurance and freight — add to the total cost of your products and thus affect your profit margin.

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