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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

This Black Friday Shawn Simms was first in line at Best Buy in Nashville, TN to bag a Thanksgiving bargain – a Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. The broader climate issue.and freight’s role.

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Launching a Successful 3PL in the Age of Tech with Nicholas Reasoner and Jeff Dangelo

The Logistics of Logistics

Nicholas Reasoner is the founder and CEO of Transloop , a digital freight network revolutionizing logistics for shippers and carriers. Nick has significant experience and expertise in transportation and logistics especially truckload shipping. Transloop is a digital freight network revolutionizing logistics for shippers and carriers.

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Will sub-zero temps stall trucking operations?

DAT Solutions

often suffer from all kinds of severe weather during the first quarter, impacting freight movements. If freight needs protection from freezing, the shipper may need to change routing instructions. Any and all of these factors have the potential to shift winter shipping patterns. Large swaths of the U.S.

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

Retailers with store-front will push this option and curbside pickups to offset high shipping costs. A Digital 360 2021 survey found that 45% of consumers opt for BOPIS because they do not want to pay for shipping. Buy Online, Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) will likely be the winner in this year’s parcel peak season.

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

He is the founder of Bargain Hunt and Treverse LLC, a wholesale, liquidation & auction business based in Nashville, TN. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. Previously he was with Geodis, Kanga, and Lovesac.

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Parcels' role in Intermodal Rail

Cathy Roberson

According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), the estimated cost of a nationwide freight railroad shutdown is more than $2 billion a day. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Singing the inventory blues

Cathy Roberson

We are working closely with partners to move through product and, in some cases turning to drop shipping and direct the store shipments to help alleviate this current pressure. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World.