Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

Those components get trucked by the Vietnamese Railways, loaded, and then transported to the Haiphong port, where a freight forwarder ensures the container is loaded on an Ocean carrier. The goods are then shipped to the Port of Long Beach, unloaded, and then trucked to a factory in Fresno.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Marten Transport Ltd. Shippers are under enormous pressure to cut transportation costs and seem not to be satisfied with the massive fuel surcharge reductions racked up over the past year and a half.”. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. 2013 is off to a slow start for freight shipments, according to the Cass Freight Index Report for January. Here is an excerpt: Both shipment volume and total freight payments declined significantly from December [2012] to January [2013], as the economy slowed to a near stall.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The term reefer simply refers to a truck, trailer, or shipping container equipped with a refrigeration unit that transports temperature sensitive cargo. Unlike general and FAK (freight all kinds) cargo, reefer carriers are extremely fragmented. But what are reefer trucks and what is it about them that gives them that frosty reception?

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 16, 2017

We expected the sizzling hot freight market to cool off a little, and it did. A seasonal transition is underway in produce harvests, as we head into the back-to-school season, so there is lots of demand for temp-controlled transportation. Van Freight Abounds, but Rates are Down. The rest of the Southeast is pretty quiet now.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Reefer activity picked up after Thanksgiving, but not nearly as much as dry van freight. Right now, retail and e-commerce are driving trends in the transportation industry, which has lifted van rates, but prices fell on a lot of the major reefer lanes. Fresno to Baltimore fell 29¢ at $2.41/mile.

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