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This Week in Logistics News (November 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. From January through August, there was about 20 percent less import cargo volume at major container ports than the same period last year, according to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. billion as U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The reports underscore how private air fleets of express delivery companies are coping with a yearlong downturn in parcel volumes amid a broader freight recession that is also hurting airlines that carry general cargo. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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Back to Logistics Tech School, 2022: the Lost Peak Season, the lingering COVID impact and more

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Logistics tech in 2022 has been unavoidably shaped by the two years that preceded it. While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages. So without further ado, here’s your: Key Reads Logistics Tech Research and Updates for 2022. Uncertainty became the byword. Signup Now.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news. Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. They’re looking at it and they’re saying, is cargo available?

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] Just 14 years later, the first air cargo flight took place in 1910.

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Milestone: Freightos Celebrates One Million Transactions!

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Aimee Loshinsky January 25, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo In Freightos Q4 2023 KPI press release , we announced that the company surpassed one million bookings across the platform in 2023. She leads the logistics for all Freightos and WebCargo events.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In comparison, Tesla is substituting alternative chips and writing new firmware to work its way around the chip shortage. The cargo deliveries took place July 18 off the coast of Key West, Florida. She also became the first US player to score a goal in four different Olympics.