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June 2024 Freight Market Update

Stord

In the first half of the year, we experienced historically low rates due to excess capacity and flat freight volumes. Top Trends Capacity is Plentiful Covering freight is not difficult and negotiating power is still in the hands of the Shipper. at the beginning of May, it’s a metric to watch closely as we progress through the summer.

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A UPS jet at Miami International Airport. Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes.

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The Logistics of Flowers

Freight Plus

Most of the flowers we purchase in the US are grown in Central America and flown into Miami. Once in Miami, they are offloaded and either stored in coolers or a shaded area immediately. Finally, when the freight is ready, they are loaded on refrigerated trucks. The United States floral industry is about $8.5

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management. The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.

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RESPOST: LTL: Then and Now with David Ross

The Logistics of Logistics

David is the Executive Vice President of Roadrunner Freight , a leading less-than-truckload carrier offering high quality and reliable LTL services. About Roadrunner Freight. For information on joining the Roadrunner Freight team, please contact rr-humanresources@rrts.com. LTL: Then and Now with David Ross. About David Ross .

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LTL: Then and Now with David Ross

The Logistics of Logistics

David is the Executive Vice President of Roadrunner Freight , a leading less-than-truckload carrier offering high quality and reliable LTL services. About Roadrunner Freight. For information on joining the Roadrunner Freight team, please contact rr-humanresources@rrts.com. LTL: Then and Now with David Ross. About David Ross .

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.