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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

For example, a package sent 2,000 miles through USPS from Seattle to Tulsa would be Zone 8. But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. The point of origin is in Zone 1, and zones measure the distance a shipment travels. The higher the zone, the more expensive an order is to ship.

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Road Report: 2018 OPEX Oil and Gas Summit

TrackVia

I had another conversation about manual processes with an executive at a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City. He shared how they are overwhelmed by paper and that at times he feels like he is herding cats since he has no control or visibility into what is going on.

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Spot Freight Volumes Get Welcomed Boost

DAT Solutions

One example was Atlanta to Chicago , down 14¢ to $1.47/mile. Houston to Oklahoma City is lane influenced heavily by the energy sector, and rates fell 16¢ to $2.02/mile. With the shift of activity from the South to the Midwest, we saw some seasonal declines on lanes out of Atlanta.

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Demand Surges in Final Week of 2015

DAT Solutions

The head haul lane is the one with the higher rate in a round-trip route, because there is more demand for trucks from Chicago to Dallas than from Dallas to Chicago, for example.). Head haul rate increases were offset by declines in back hauls. The load-to-truck ratio got a big boost last week, from 7.5

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Have Van Rates Hit Their Peak?

DAT Solutions

Farther west, the lane from Denver to Oklahoma City rose 20¢ to $2.02/mile Seattle to Salt Lake City also lost 33¢ at $2.44/mile. A few examples: L.A. The return trip from Minneapolis to Chicago was up 29¢ to $2.67/mile. In warmer conditions, the lane from Houston to New Orleans rose 18¢ at $2.92/mile.

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Vans and Reefers Have a Friend in California

DAT Solutions

One example: Charlotte to Allentown, PA lane rates surged 31¢ last week, to an average of $2.58 Oklahoma City is also super-hot for flatbeds. There's been a shortage of trucks in Arkansas , Mississippi and Alabama , and outbound rates are jumping in Charlotte , Atlanta and Memphis. REEFERS - GEORGIA'S ON MY MIND.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

2013 – Massive tornado packing 200 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area. It wasn’t hard to find numerous examples for any given year in the past decade. The year seems to be interchangeable, just looking to get wildfires on the list.). See 2014 side note). 2012 – Hurricane Sandy. 2010 – Haiti earthquake. I’ll stop there.