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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. There is no such thing as a carbon-neutral product,” he says. It’s kind of silly.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. These vehicles account for a large share of transportation-related emissions, but have not received as much regulatory attention as passenger cars.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Mechatronics has been building technology to move and stack heavy pallets and totes, and robotics used to package products for customer orders. s surface transport offerings to move their peak-season shipments will have to comply with earlier cutoffs than last year if they expect them to arrive by Christmas.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

But no matter the transit mode, ecommerce returns and resale activity is estimated to create 10 billion unnecessary transportation trips each year. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

Ware2Go

But no matter the transit mode, ecommerce returns and resale activity is estimated to create 10 billion unnecessary transportation trips each year. Small parcel deliveries also significantly increase packaging waste. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste. Thousand Fell Shoes is closing the loop in the footwear industry.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

Reliability – People are pickier than packages, which has encouraged the freight market to develop more dependable freight services, and combined with better air freight data movement, shipping by air provides better air freight tracking and the knowledge that your goods will get to the right place at the right time.

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. per package for large packages or $250.00 for oversize UPS packages and $350 for oversize FedEx packages. per package based on February 2020 volume for FedEx. per package. Virgin Islands) and between the contiguous U.S.