CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 25, 2020

During this unprecedented global supply chain disruption, we’ve worked with our customers and carriers to move thousands of shipments of essential supplies, leveraging our entire global suite of services, including air, ocean, customs brokerage, and surface transportation to meet the growing needs and demanding deadlines.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2020

Despite the impact, many businesses remained open and transportation across modes continued operations with little disruption. It’s important to consider if your freight’s origins and destinations are likely to be impacted by a hurricane. Consider your primary origins and destinations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

For example, a few analysts might be tasked with discovering how the profitability of an order is linked to the transportation costs associated with that order. Freight costs and capital intensity are 10 to 15% lower—and customer delivery penalties and missed sales are 40 to 50% lower. Service levels are 5 to 20% higher.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I’d advise shippers to not get complacent about transportation costs for the longer term, however. The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Missed schedules could keep rates high well into November, when the holiday freight season would ordinarily start to wind down.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. Additionally, according to Freight Waves, “outbound tender rejections have increased week-over-week for the first time since the OTRI peaked at 19.25% on March 28.”. Southeast Logistics.

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Freight Plus

MAY 30, 2018

In 2018 shippers are paying more for freight that takes longer to move. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, tells. At last month's CONECT 22nd Annual Trade & Transportation Conference it was clear just how wide sweeping the issue was. The Washington Post. That's real.".

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .

Rhode Island 52

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2016

In modern manufacturing and transportation, savings are everything. However, if you know what critical freight management KPIs or key performance indicators to track, you can know exactly how to change processes to decrease costs, which will result in savings for the end user. Federal Power Over Freight Management KPIs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2013

LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight. YRC Freight is the third largest less than truckload (LTL) carrier with approximately $3.2B YRC Freight has 9.2% YRC Freight is the largest subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. Yellow Transportation was founded in 1924 by A.J. LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight Equipment & People.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was a good year for shippers as freight rates plummeted for the majority of 2019, substantially backing off the historic highs the industry witnessed in 2018. But much in the same way shippers had transportation difficulties in 2018, the past year was not easy on the other side of the industry — carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Labor shortages in transportation and warehousing are quick to make headlines, but job opportunities across the supply chain continue to go unfilled despite promising pay and benefits. It marks the latest step in Mayor Eric Adams’ “Blue Highways” plan to shift more of the city’s freight off the streets and onto the rivers and harbors.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 3, 2014

This situation has prompted people like Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to see that “we can think of none more appropriate to safeguard our highways as commercial vehicle drivers than the thousands of veterans who have already proven they can safely handle large vehicles under extremely stressful circumstances.”.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

Schultz got his start in the trucking industry working for his father's produce-hauling business in Rochester, Minnesota in the 1950s. He liquidated the business in 1991, and in 1997 he and two other partners started another trucking company, Hiawatha Transport, which they later sold. The early days.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Robinson as we work together to provide safe and reliable services to those who care about their freight and the care of which is it handled.”. What the award means to Dayton Freight. Dayton Freight. What the award means to Old Dominion Freight Lines. Old Dominion Freight Lines. Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID. This means that it can be stored and transported in regular refrigeration trucks. Hy-Vee is also administering the Moderna vaccine to frontline health care workers in Iowa and Minnesota. A Canadian “buy-local” effort fights Amazon on its own turf.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Los Angeles Long Beach 130

Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2014

If freight demand grows as it is projected to, the driver shortage could balloon to nearly 240,000 drivers by 2022.” What is the Future of Truckload Transportation? Transportation Management driver shortage driverless trucks Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 self-driving trucks transportation trucking Wolfe Research'

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 16, 2017

Paul, Minnesota-based company, both Schleper and Nadeau had spent years working for other brokerages. Although Volta will move any type of freight, the company specializes in overweight and over-dimensional cargo types that require flatbeds, open decks and step decks. Vinnie Schleper (left) and Ben Nadeau (right) of Volta Logistics.

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GTG Technology Group

JANUARY 27, 2016

The Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program is a federal grant program that funds projects within the federal trade corridors. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin are included in the grant. More Places for Truckers to Park.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

Illinois is the only state that has all seven Class I freight railroads. It is the 3rd largest in total freight railroads. Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure includes: · Six interstate highways. The state received an A. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID. This means that it can be stored and transported in regular refrigeration trucks. Hy-Vee is also administering the Moderna vaccine to frontline health care workers in Iowa and Minnesota. A Canadian “buy-local” effort fights Amazon on its own turf.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How do that many turkeys get raised, processed, transported, distributed and purchased all to meet demand on a single day, Thanksgiving? the largest turkey producing states are Minnesota (18% of total U.S. And they obviously require the appropriate logistics and transportation capabilities to handle this highly desired product.

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Turkey Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand Supply Chain 88

Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to reporting from Transportation Topics, the contract “ would give the aircraft mechanics a 3.3% million metric tons. .

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Yes indeed, freight shipping prices do vary by state. Additionally, our freight experts are here to guide you through the process if needed.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Yes indeed, freight shipping prices do vary by state. Additionally, our freight experts are here to guide you through the process if needed.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Yes indeed, freight shipping prices do vary by state. Additionally, our freight experts are here to guide you through the process if needed.

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Shipping Freight Rhode Island South Dakota 40

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

Department of Transportation and future rulemaking. Department of Transportation (U.S. Often, cross-border freight requires approval from partner agencies — the U.S. As the shutdown continues, more cross-border freight delays will occur as well as some ancillary impact that motor carriers may see while the U.S.

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