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How a 3PL Empowers Shippers With LTL Transportation Stability

GlobalTranz

No carrier or mode has been excluded from the increased demand of e-commerce and a customer base that’s anxious for a return to normalcy, including the LTL transportation sector. Journal of Commerce ,? Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. About Jeff Tucker.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ).

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The Facts of Freight Claims Management in Logistics

Intelligent Audit

Cargo vessels, planes, and semi-trucks portray freight transportation as they cross great distances to get loads to their final destination. However, without the correct paperwork, freight can’t leave the ground. It would follow that an increase in packages and parcels will increase freight damage.

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Technology Fuels Freight Logistics: Jeff Tucker in Wall Street Journal

DAT Solutions

Jeff Tucker 's guest column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal pointed to the pivotal role of technology, including DAT Load Boards , in freight logistics today. Jeff also highlighted the contribution of freight brokers to the efficient movement of cargo. domestic freight transportation and logistics.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Freight heavyweight J.B. The supply-chain problems are helping drive stronger inflation, the WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford and Anthony DeBarros report , as rising transport and other logistics costs flow through to the cost of consumer goods. Transportation.

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An Upcoming Challenging Week in U.S. Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

parcel shippers with the threat of a labor strike for parcel carrier UPS and for LTL carrier Yellow Freight. While transport providers including FedEx , the U.S. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal , the carrier lost $55 million in Q1, double the net loss of the year before. The company filed a request in U.S.