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Supply Chain Trends for 2022: Answers to Your Top Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

When supply versus demand becomes more balanced in the truckload market, we could see the freight with greater density migrate into truckload markets if it is more cost effective. Robinson working with its carrier network to get LTL freight picked up in a timely manner with the current labor shortages? How is C.H.

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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

In addition, wages and benefits for truckers now exceed commutative fuel costs, making the driver shortage responsible for increasing freight shipping rates. Over the last four years, trucker wages and benefits have risen 7.6 percent on average annually, but driver wages rose the same 7.6 percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017.

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Ecommerce Logistics: From Your Site to Their Doorstep

ShipBob

Shipments to brick and mortar stores may contain hundreds of items that are sent to one destination on pallets via freight. For example, if your inventory is in Florida and an order is placed in California, the cost of shipping the order to a high zone on the other side of the country is going to be very expensive.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Same-day delivery is not currently available in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and delivery of orders containing alcohol is currently limited to select stores in Illinois and Florida. The largest U.S.

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Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck Annual 3-Day Enforcement Event to Take Place June 2-4, 2015

GlobalTranz

The kickoff event includes speakers from CVSA, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Idaho State Police, Washington State Patrol, Florida Highway Patrol and Washington Trucking Associations.

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