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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

Here are the top trucking trends that all shippers should be aware of, according to The American Transportation Research Institute. Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Terrill Transportation Inc.

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Shipper / Carrier Experience with Erik Malin

The Logistics of Logistics

Erik has been a guest speaker for multiple companies and conferences, including the Denver Transportation Club, Landstar and most recently the 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: Atlanta. AI adds value by providing a greater degree of optionality to Loadsmart’s customers and allowing us to guarantee capacity. [08:12]

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Grocery Shopping and the Art of War

Enterra Insights

Last October, Bloomberg reported, “In Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. There just isn’t always enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up. In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items. But there’s plenty of food.

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How to Move Forward with Reverse Logistics

Talking Logistics

The critical difference is that transportation is the last step in forward logistics and the first with reverse, which can cause problems. Mr. Bentz has more than four decades in supply chain consulting, transportation and logistics, and currently leads Transplace Consulting Services.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Acquires enVista’s Capacity Solutions Brokerage Division. The Colorado Transportation Department and infrastructure developer Aecom Inc. are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

However, capacity remains loose around the country, as many trucks remain idle. We expect cross-industry reopening, combined with produce season, to marginally tighten capacity on a regional level in pockets around the country in the coming weeks. Namely, the market is seeing increased volume and limited capacity in the region.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Still easy to cover for all markets except outbound south Texas and Florida to the northeast as capacity out of these markets is harder to come by. . South Texas is heating up for outbound volume and capacity has tightened in response. This sentiment is a result of increased volume and more limited capacity in the region. .