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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. On the other side of the coin is the well-known freight transport surcharge. Virgin Islands) and between the contiguous U.S. In turn, wages must increase, and carriers are inevitably spending more money to complete transport.

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IMO 2020 is Here. Are You Ready?

Supply Chain Game Changer

This regulation will see the largest reduction in the Sulphur content of the transportation fuel under taken at any time in the history. million metric tons annually. A vessel provides economies of scale to transport feedstock (crude or other feedstocks) or refined products to market. The current maximum fuel oil limit of 3.5%

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Transportation. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help. Download Now.

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