Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment. Each container — the kind commonly seen on trains, trucks or ships — costs $85,000, not including shipping.
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Freightos
JANUARY 12, 2017
International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. While 90% of everything is shipped by ocean, air connects the world faster, cutting China-US freight shipping time from 20-30 days by ocean to only 3 days by air cargo. Why Ship Cargo by Air? Why Not to Ship Cargo by Air? Definitely not the greenest way to ship.
Enterra Insights
JULY 3, 2018
For congested metropolitan areas such as Seattle, the focus is actually on the ‘final 50 feet’ of those shipments.”[3] The study also found that clearing security accounted for 12% of total delivery time, while riding the freight elevator and looking for tenants’ locations accounted for 61% of overall time.”
Freightera
APRIL 28, 2020
BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. EB: What are the advantages to society and consumers?
ShipBob
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
At a time when cross-border commerce and shipping are booming, using multiple means of transport can complicate your operations and require the implementation of sophisticated shipping processes. That’s why many businesses outsource shipping to third-party logistics ( 3PL ) providers like ShipBob.
ToolsGroup
JANUARY 6, 2022
The biggest lesson that sellers seem to be learning is to attempt to secure backup inventory storage options. Whether through a co-warehousing, sub-lease, or 3PL warehouse scenario, securing backup options has been a key way that sellers have battled this challenge.” – Will Schneider, President, WarehousingAndFulfillment.com.
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