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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

GlobalTranz

Unbelievably, the capacity crunch is back the shipping headlines. Now, the shipping and transportation industry faces unprecedented capacity problems, and the upcoming ELD implementation deadline will exacerbate the issue. A shipping capacity crunch is not a once-in-a-lifetime event. In April 2017, William B. Gross of JOC.

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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

In addition, wages and benefits for truckers now exceed commutative fuel costs, making the driver shortage responsible for increasing freight shipping rates. Over the last four years, trucker wages and benefits have risen 7.6 percent on average annually, but driver wages rose the same 7.6

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Made In USA Sweepstakes: Logistics Company & Documentary Filmmaker Join Forces to Spread Manufacturing Awareness

GlobalTranz

Since Cerasis supports manufacturing in general, and due to the fact our company was "Made in the USA" and that we service companies who ship freight in North America, we were drawn to this documentary and more importantly to the resurgence of American Manufacturing and “Made In USA.”.

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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

Resilinc

We need to start putting the ingredients in place today,” Linton said in a July 15 webinar: The Case for a Pan American Manufacturing Ecosystem. Closer proximity—as compared to Asia—alone could reduce shipping times and inventory costs, as well as the greenhouse gas emissions from ocean and air freight, according to the three.