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[PODCAST] Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion

GlobalTranz

Listen to “The Application of Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion” on Spreaker. The post [PODCAST] Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The tolls that ships pay are now around eight times more expensive than normal. Ship operators fear that their crews could be imperiled on the journeys through the Red Sea by missile or drone attacks from a Yemen-based rebel group. According to Cargill’s math, that’s an average of 14 percent less greenhouse gas emissions from the ship.

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Shippers Access Newly Released Enterprise Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Solution in Transportation Management System With New Partnership

GlobalTranz

(Eagan, MN) – North American third-party logistics (3PL) company, Cerasis, in partnership with Pierbridge , a leading transportation management software development company, announces the addition of multi-parcel carrier shipping management to the Cerasis Rater, a web-based transportation management system (TMS).

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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

The interesting shift here, though, is that there’s a whole world of alternative shipping routes. The traditional China-Northern Europe route alternative banked on sea freight to Dubai, followed by air shipping to the final European destination. For a full shipping container, that results in a full $3,804 of savings, or a 17% savings.

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Unlocking Shipping Potential: The Importance of Effective Fleet Management

Locus

Furthermore, transportation often represents a significant cost center for shippers, thus elevating the optimization of fleet management to an operational imperative. Transporter Management: Regardless of whether you’re a shipper or carrier, managing your transporters effectively is a business imperative.

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How to Calculate the Cost of Transport

Locus

In the midst of an outdoor movie screening of “Trucks,” a film about a town overrun by driverless trucks, a person from the crowd, who runs a transport service company, jokingly mentioned that while phantoms could handle the task, they couldn’t effectively control transportation costs. Click this! They are: 1.

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How to Calculate the Cost of Transport

Locus

In the midst of an outdoor movie screening of “Trucks,” a film about a town overrun by driverless trucks, a person from the crowd, who runs a transport service company, jokingly mentioned that while phantoms could handle the task, they couldn’t effectively control transportation costs. Click this! They are: 1.