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This Week in Logistics News (June 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Add in soaring air freight costs, and the fruit will not only be hard to find, but incredibly expensive. Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company’s truck brokerage, into the technology that powers its autonomous big rigs. That’s a tough break for the industry. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. Enter Big Tech.

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Product Manager Dani Cordsen Reveals How Customers Shape Arena’s Innovation Roadmap

Arena Solutions

I went on to manage the product division at a small apparel company in Utah, where we launched a new footwear line. Prior to Arena, we accrued exorbitant air freight expenses to meet customers’ delivery expectations. Within a year, the organization saw significant cost savings with the reduction of freight as well as scrap and rework.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Missed schedules could keep rates high well into November, when the holiday freight season would ordinarily start to wind down. That means higher volumes, and likely higher freight rates, just when weather starts to turn ugly.

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How Elementum Helps Minimize Damaged Shipments

Elementum

an interior design firm and online furniture and homewares store in Utah. The platform’s actionable insights came very much in handy in the case of a freight carrier that was responsible for a 35% increase in the company’s damaged shipments. How Elementum Helps Minimize Damaged Shipments. McGee & Co.

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How Elementum Helps Minimize Damaged Shipments

Elementum

an interior design firm and online furniture and homewares store in Utah. The platform’s actionable insights came very much in handy in the case of a freight carrier that was responsible for a 35% increase in the company’s damaged shipments. How Elementum Helps Minimize Damaged Shipments. McGee & Co.

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Driverless Trucks: Heading Somewhere or Nowhere Quickly?

Talking Logistics

Today, there are 8 states in the country, including Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Arizona that are allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles on certain roadways.”.