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How Regional Networks Create Trucking Efficiency

GlobalTranz

While large national networks comprise a significant percentage of transportation service providers' shipping options, several challenges present if these are the only OTR freight transportation sources considered, including. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. current LTL transportation ?rates

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. Answers to some of the transportation industry’s biggest concerns could also lie in improved technology. For comparison, in 2016, diesel fuel prices were just US $2.14 Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. Answers to some of the transportation industry’s biggest concerns could also lie in improved technology. For comparison, in 2016, diesel fuel prices were just US $2.14 Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies.

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Use Air Freight to Meet Consumer Demands as Supply Chains Accelerate

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And bringing air freight services into the spotlight. . Because consumers use technology to do on-the-spot price comparisons, they can order from any company in the world that has their desired product. That’s where air freight and third party logistics providers (3PLs)—like C.H. The state of today’s air freight market.

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Use Air Freight to Meet Consumer Demands as Supply Chains Accelerate

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And bringing air freight services into the spotlight. . Because consumers use technology to do on-the-spot price comparisons, they can order from any company in the world that has their desired product. That’s where air freight and third party logistics providers (3PLs)—like C.H. The state of today’s air freight market.

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Automating Arrival Notifications with AIS & Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Network

Arrival times captured were compared with the EDI transactions for those arrivals to complete the comparison and highlight the significant disparity between the arrival times communicated and the actual arrival time of ships to berth locations.

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Air Travel Demand and the Cargo Impact

CH Robinson Transportfolio

This is a pretty good comparison for how it feels to give air freight market updates lately. With that in mind, let us examine some of the mid to long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the air freight market. Each lane is different, but passenger flights make up a large portion of air freight capacity globally.

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