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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. Agility Robotics , the creators of the bipedal robot Digit are bringing the world’s first factory for humanoid robots to Salem and say they will soon have the capacity to produce 10,000 robots a year. It’s kind of silly.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

Reliability – People are pickier than packages, which has encouraged the freight market to develop more dependable freight services, and combined with better air freight data movement, shipping by air provides better air freight tracking and the knowledge that your goods will get to the right place at the right time.

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

Intelligent Audit

per package for large packages or $250.00 for oversize UPS packages and $350 for oversize FedEx packages. per package based on February 2020 volume for FedEx. per package. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. To date, current rate increases for GRIs and surcharges range from $1.15

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. Apparently, warehouses are full. As a result, cargo is clogging the ports of Los Angeles amid a railroad worker shortage. That’s all for this week.