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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Together, the ratio and rates offer strong evidence yet that the freight recession is over. Reefer freight is in transition. Meanwhile, the bulk of California freight has yet to hit the spot market. Beef and other meats shipping out of Dallas pushed rates up 20¢ on the lane to Columbus. Rates could continue to rise.

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How the best shippers manage capacity challenges

DAT Solutions

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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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Delivery eBike Debuts In Portland, Ore. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. First UPS U.S. on November 21.

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How the best shippers manage capacity challenges

DAT Solutions

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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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

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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Less than Truckload (LTL) Freight Rate Update: Northwest USA

Freightera

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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1980s Freight Matching Secret Weapon: High School Students

DAT Solutions

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.