The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2024

Founded in 1992 in Baltimore, ICAT Logistics has expanded across the United States and Europe, specializing in handling unusual, high-value, and oversized freight that often falls outside the scope of standard containerized shipping. Packaging bulky loads. Warehousing, if necessary.

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Freightos

APRIL 6, 2020

In 2019, digital freight isn’t a vision; it’s a reality. Land travel restrictions in Asia extended Chinese New Year, dropping ocean freight demand, which, just weeks later, spiked when the shutdown ended. Email responses are obsolete in just minutes and only digital solutions can keep essential freight moving.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Space freight is becoming more accessible, offering a new dimension for logistics operations. For logistics professionals, the cost and limitations of space freight require careful evaluation to determine practical applications. The United States requires extensive satellite launch approvals, adding time and expense to the process.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The sheer influx in demand, combined with the variety of supply chain stressors, also catapulted global freight to new levels of infamy (although none perhaps as famous as the Suez Canal blockage). Freight rates as a forward looking indicator of CPI. Let’s start by taking a look at global ocean freight prices.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics. One hundred percent of our customers are in trucking and logistics including ~10,000 motor carriers and ~800 freight brokers. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales. Mark earned a B.S.,

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. The United States’ and Europe’s production of global semiconductors decreased from approximately 80% in 1990 to 20% in 2020. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. (

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? The added strain on resources is on track to force high freight volumes to continue well into the next year. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

And with these increased prices, you see potential profits for logistics service providers and freight cost pressures for importers. When there’s more demand than supply, prices go up, as we saw in previous months with record -high prices for ocean and air cargo moves.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years. The ride is uphill, but the visibility is low. What is normalcy? Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Joining ITS Logistics in 2015, Brashier created and elevated the drayage and intermodal division to #11 in the United States to over $300 million in revenue. The company operates a network of strategically located warehouses across the United States, allowing for efficient distribution and fulfillment. The Greenscreens.ai

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

His career has varied from working on loading docks to hauling general freight. He has been a truck driver all of his professional life so he also understands the complexities of transport and how important it is to have top drivers handling your freight. Since 1998, Graig has been fully involved in the transportation industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Knowing which source of freight-related emissions are the highest can lead to improved decision making in shipping decisions. There are times when air freight is the best option; however, if shipments can wait, ocean shipping is cheaper and more reliable. Ocean shipping can play a big role in sustainability and energy transition.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brian is passionate about Freight Network Engineering, building relationships, continuous improvement, analytics, and taking a hands-on approach in working with clients and teammates to achieve win-win solutions. Louis, MO offering reliable, consistent, quality capacity. LTI utilize their logistics division for increasing that coverage.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The United States Parcel Service was among the last carriers to make the switch. As a result, shippers need to understand a few things about the problems leading to this switch, how it can fix a broken rating system and how to leverage DIM pricing knowledge to maintain control over freight spend. Handling characteristics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

With regard to IoT, DB Schenker is equipping classic logistics infrastructure like freight containers, trucks, or department stores with sensor technology to systematically record all data points of a logistics shipment. Bill Heaney is the CCO of DB Schenker USA, a 150 year old leading global freight forwarder and 3PL provider.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 11, 2024

About TIA The TIA is a leading industry organization dedicated to advancing the interests of transportation intermediaries across the United States. As a collective voice for freight brokers, 3PLs, and other intermediaries, TIA plays a pivotal role in shaping industry policies and promoting best practices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. With the rising costs of accessorial charges as the freight sat on the dock, moving freight by ocean container grew more problematic. Next Steps.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Exiger has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc. solution combines aggregated market data and customer data with advanced machine learning techniques to deliver short-term predictive freight market pricing specific to a company’s individual buy and sell behavior. The Greenscreens.ai

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

About Felipe Capella Felipe Capella Co-founder and CEO of Loadsmart , a leading digital freight technology company. Passed the Brazilian Bar Exam among the top 6% and the New York Bar Exam among the Top 3%, working for one of the Top 5 most prestigious law firms in the United States.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Deaths in Hong Kong are at a record level as COVID outbreaks slow freight at Shenzhen and Qingdao ports in China. Very little freight is moving with prices skyrocketing and many rerouting containers to Ningbo. In the United States, fire activity increased in February and March 2022—fire is not just a California issue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The United States and Iran have been engaged in indirect nuclear talks in Vienna that could lead to the removal of sanctions on Iranian oil sales. Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. shale or Iran, for example.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In other Walmart news, the company is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its reliance upon China as it looks to cut costs and diversify its supply chain. million km) using battery-electric vehicles hauling customer freight. Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S.,

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Tom is the Founder and President of Qued , a freight technology company focused on workflow automation, and the TIA Technology Committee Chairman. About Tom Curee Tom Curee has served in the transportation industry for nearly 20 years working at 3PLs, carriers and most recently as a freight tech provider.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For instance, an overseas e-commerce merchant selling children’s toys on Amazon in the United States can appoint an IOR agent so it can be listed on Amazon Singapore via the Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) program without having to set up a local registered office. 2) Managing multiple payments and papers to clear Customs.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

In today’s hyper-connected world, freight forwarding can seem like a lone holdout. Combining this pre-existing state of freight with the events of the past two-plus years of pandemic-related disruptions and grasping the micro- and macro-dynamics becomes even harder. What’s causing the delays in freight shipments?

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Kuebix

APRIL 6, 2020

As the crisis from the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the complex workings of the United States’ supply chain have been thrust into the general public’s view. Lockdowns of communities, counties, and states are causing backups and […].

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. Interstate importation of the above birds from counties that are free of HPAI infections may continue following normal state regulations.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Which brings us to international freight. The cost of importing a 40’ container from China to the United States West Coast grew 1,000% from $1,800 in 2019 to over $20,000 in September 2021 according to our Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). It’s challenging to get fixed prices for global freight. Until today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, drove the increase in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. Freight Rates 2019-2021. Actively Work with Industry Associations to Put Pressure on the United States Government for Remedy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A moderately-priced new home in the United States now costs an additional $16,500. Today, the bellies of the airplanes are full, and the cost of air freight is too high for many manufacturers. Let’s look at some of the market trends to understand the severity: Lumber prices skyrocketed 60% in the last six months.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The problem is that the acceptance of lanes by the carriers does not force the carrier to accept the freight when tendered. If the carrier does not accept the freight, the manufacturer loses time in moving the freight and is often forced to go to the open market to source freight. On customer service? Inventory levels?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Goods that look like they are 25% cheaper, may be 6% more expensive once special tariffs and international freight costs are factored in. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Ford Motor Co’s operations in the United States were hit by the ripple effect. 6 Shipping delays due to port congestion and shortage of containers, along with skyrocketing freight costs, were among other reasons for the company’s woes as it expects to close with an operating loss this financial year.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Shipping air inside expensive freight containers has never been a cost-effective approach to transportation. Today though, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more critical to try and improve capacity utilisation , given the skyrocketing costs of container freight shipping.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

Freight Market California’s AB5 AB5 has the potential to destabilize the trucking market in California, which can create a variety of issues for shippers moving freight in and out of the state. Large impacts on the freight market remain to be seen. CNN continues to provide real-time war coverage here.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Shippers in the United States and Mexico are facing significant supply chain challenges. From trade imbalance and increased customer demands to cost pressures and tight cross-border capacity — there are no signs of improvement in the near future.

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