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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is boasting its quickest delivery time yet, saying that packages are being prepared for dispatch within 11 minutes of an order placement at same-day facilities. This allows faster delivery, as delivery stations go from handling 60,000 packages a day to over 110,000 during the holiday season. billion packages in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

North American Transborder Freight up 23.8% The more cautious outlook is driven by wage and inflationary pressures, as well as increased freight costs. Once a customer places an order, the item is fulfilled from the store, packaged, loaded into the drone and delivered right to their yard using a cable that gently lowers the package.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. Design: make all primary consumer packaging recyclable by 2025 and use 50 percent recycled material in our packaging by 2030. The ongoing freight backups at maritime ports is disrupting global supply chains.

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Today’s Freight Transportation Market: Answers to 9 Common Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Robinson experts provided in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends, our updated forecast, and the impact of global import volumes on North American freight transportation. Updating and professionalizing benefits packages. Is the shortfall in drivers going to advance the push to self-driving, long-haul freight operations?

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Stord Honored by Veritiv as 2022 Truckload Carrier of the Year

Stord

Stord’s LTL, FTL, and drayage offerings are part of its complete port-to-porch solution for scaling brands, including freight, fulfillment, warehousing, packaging, and parcel delivery for B2C and B2B with the integrated software you need to orchestrate, scale, and optimize your entire supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. Overcapacity in the global air freight market, increasing customer preference for lower-yielding shipping solutions, and a slowing U.S. New e-commerce strategies threaten UPS, FedEx ( Reuters ).

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5 Truckload Shipping Trends to Watch for in Today’s Freight Market

CH Robinson Transportfolio

While freight volumes and the supply of trucks and drivers constantly strive for equal balance, they often fall short. Here are the five key freight trends worth watching in late 2019. Freight volumes gain strength. In short, it is a good freight year paired with an exceptional capacity year.

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