Zipline Logistics
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The more shelf space you land and expand at a retailer, the more freight you’ll be delivering. The Columbus, OH-based 3PL has witnessed firsthand how using logistics strategically can lead brands to category domination. Simply put, freight optimization facilitates the ability to land and expand on the shelf and win category leadership.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport.
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DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Both those markets are distribution hubs for e-commerce, which has stretched the traditional holiday retail freight season well into December. A lot of holiday freight heading into the Northeast ends up in distribution centers in Allentown, PA, which has led to higher inbound rates there. Van loads heading from L.A.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 4, 2016
It’s currently the number 1 market for van load posts on DAT load boards , with a lot of freight moving eastward. Columbus is a hub for retail distribution centers, and lane rates last week for L.A. to Columbus were also the highest they’ve been in a year, at $1.59/mile. VAN TRENDS. mile on average for the past week.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 6, 2019
DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Oil-related freight movements from Houston are definitely in a lull.
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
Freight volume AND RATES got a healthy boost last week for all equipment types. You can expect to find good van freight at good rates well into September. Southbound rates are up all over, from Oregon to the big freight markets in the Mid-Atlantic States. Chicago and Columbus continued to pick up steam last week.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 4, 2016
Spot market freight showed signs of renewed life last week, even though rates slipped lower compared to the week before last. Memphis outbound rates were down for the week, but rates are rising in the Midwest, starting with Columbus. Also, when demand slacks off for van and reefer freight, there are more trucks available.
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