Sun.Mar 12, 2017

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Freightos International Freight Index Update March 5-12 2017 (W10)

Freightos

Freightos Freight Index Update. March 5-12 2017 (W10). By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data & Analytics, Freightos. Weekly insights from the Freightos International Freight Index. Despite talks of a seller’s market, China-US spot rate import prices for 40’ containers have continued to drop ever since peaking prior to the Chinese New Year in January. This continued drop represents a potential market correction and return to 2016 prices.

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Supply Chain News on Some Straight Talk on the Truck Driver Shortage. The Job is Terrible, Researcher Says

Supply Chain Digest

Ivy League Sociologist Drove Truck for Several Months as Research for His New Book

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Cracking the Code: LTL Chapter 1

Quantified Freight

Habits and systems, when built and implemented in the right way, are powerful tools for productivity. Ultimately, it’s a way to automate a human process which will conserve your cognitive load and reserve that mind juice for more important, high value decisions. This model can and should be applied to shipping LTL. Seemingly simple, but with many factors at play due to freight classification, packaging options, carrier selection, and more — effective navigation of this trucking mode is v