DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. In the past a lot of the delays were because we had to take product off the truck and sort and segregate it before we marked it shipped in full.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

UPS has tested this model in Portland, Pittsburg and Ft. In Hamburg, Germany, for example UPS put a container in the city center and in the morning delivers packages to that location. Then using electric bikes couriers deliver the packages around the city. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Click here to read the full story. Media Type.

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Unleashed

MAY 19, 2020

Unleashed lets you add these additional costs (such as freight and duty) for each purchase order during the receipting process. Fulfillment and Shipping (e.g. you ship for an online distributor who doesn’t hold physical stock). Costed Purchase Orders. This means you know exactly what your products owe you. Download the pdf here.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 10, 2015

Motor carrier transportation cost for 2014 was approximately $702 billion, and an additional $10 billion was found to exist within costs related to shipping. Ultimately, less space to store goods, which haven’t been purchased and shipped yet, results in higher cost of storage. percent in 2013 to 8.3 percent in 2014. Managing Capacity.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. . are seeing steep price hikes in gasoline.

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Freight Waves

JULY 15, 2025

Portland, Maine–It was difficult at times, in listening to a panel discussion on fleet electrification at a WEX-sponsored forum here, to remember it was taking place against a backdrop of Washington eliminating various subsidies and incentives designed to reorient transportation toward electrons and away from petroleum molecules.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 17, 2018

When Jim Syfan, CEO of Syfan Logistics , first started working in the freight brokerage business in the 1970s, there were no load boards, no desktop computers, no internet. One of Syfan's customers frequently shipped to Portland, Oregon. "I A new kind of load board.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

The demand for refrigerated trailers peaked at year-end, but the extra-cold weather in many parts of the country has kept prices at record-setting levels in many areas, since those trailers are being used to keep freight from freezing. Los Angeles to Portland, OR, tumbled 50¢ to $4.18/mile. Nogales to Los Angeles surged to $3.36/mile.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2017

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Miami continued to ship lots of reefer roads, while Lakeland in the central part of the state joined the Florida parade.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2017

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Miami continued to ship lots of reefer roads, while Lakeland in the central part of the state joined the Florida parade.

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Freightera

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Dear shippers, We added a new carrier to our system, and we are excited to share some of their sample freight rates with you. If you are shipping LTL freight in the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana), you might end up using this carrier often! Was: $214.02 USD, now: $171.94 Was: $214.02 USD, now: $171.94 Was $207.85

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DAT Solutions

MAY 9, 2017

In late December he had planned to close his freight brokerage for a few days so he and his employees could celebrate the holidays. The conference was held in Portland, Oregon, a short distance from his brokerage, Columbia Fresh Transportation Services. "At Rob LaForte, owner of Columbia Fresh Transportation Services.

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Freightera

APRIL 23, 2019

So shipping in advance literally pays in many cases. Please note: The average price of rail / intermodal freight is about 40% less than shipping by truck, but you need to plan more in advance. Pickup: Portland, OR. Please note: The rates change depending on the pickup date. Ask us: 800 886 4870 Ext. Pickup: Seattle, WA.

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Freightera

MAY 22, 2019

Shipping in advance pays off! ??. If you have any questions about FTL, LTL, rail, or road freight shipping, give us a call at 800 886 4870 Ext. Please note: The average price of rail / intermodal freight is about 45% less than shipping by truck, but you need to plan more in advance, as rates change over time.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

So we asked Carl Johnson, President of Pac West Transport Services , a freight brokerage located in Portland, Oregon. Pac West specializes in temperature-sensitive freight, and started brokering Christmas trees shortly after the company was founded 32 years ago. Here's what Johnson told us. Photo by Carl Johnson.

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Freight Center

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Oregon — Portland. The spookiest spot in Portland isn’t on the road, but below it. Men awoke onboard ships, where they were pressed into service as sailors for years at a time. Today, Portland Underground Tours offers a two-hour walking tour. They believe that accident inspired the tales of Lydia. Happy Halloween!

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