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How Shippers Can Prep for Hurricane Season
Extreme weather events pose an extreme challenge for the transportation industry. Here are some tips on how to protect your company's supply chain.
UPS Struggles in First Quarter With Steep Earnings Decline
Shipping giant UPS struggled with shifting consumer demands and rising costs, resulting in an earnings dip during the first three months of 2024.
The Two Most Important Factors in Last-Mile Delivery
A new Microsoft report on last-mile delivery reveals that speed and cost are the two most important factors, as customer satisfaction takes a backseat,
The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Shippers and Carriers in 2024
The new "State of Transportation" report reveals volatile weather, sustainability, and other factors are impacting overall performance.
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Primed & Positioned: Strategic Moves by Amazon Air
This independently produced brief offers an overview of Amazon Air’s evolving orientation between September 2020 and February 2021.
Insights into Amazon Air 2020’s Transportation Juggernaut
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UPS Struggles in First Quarter With Steep Earnings Decline
Shipping giant UPS struggled with shifting consumer demands and rising costs, resulting in an earnings dip during the first three months of 2024.
The Two Most Important Factors in Last-Mile Delivery
A new Microsoft report on last-mile delivery reveals that speed and cost are the two most important factors, as customer satisfaction takes a backseat,
The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Shippers and Carriers in 2024
The new "State of Transportation" report reveals volatile weather, sustainability, and other factors are impacting overall performance.
FourKites and BuyCo Team Up to Improve Ocean Freight Management
FourKites and BuyCo are partnering up to enhance global shipping visibility, efficiency, and sustainability for major shippers.
Parcel Experts Weigh in on New Partnership Between UPS and USPS
Experts discuss the effects of UPS replacing FedEx as USPS' main air cargo provider, and what it means for the industry.
UPS To Become USPS’s Main Air Cargo Provider, Replacing FedEx
UPS lands a major contract as it replaced FedEx as USPS's primary air cargo provider.
Q&A: Mike Burkhart on the Recent Nearshoring Push Into Mexico
Mike Burkhart of CH Robinson discusses the shift in imported goods away from China and into Mexico.
DHL Express and Standard Chartered to Cut Carbon Emissions
DHL Express and Standard Chartered are partnering up to increase the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Wendy’s To Test Drone Delivery in First U.S. Location
A Wendy's franchise in Virginia is testing food delivery via drone, with more locations possibly joining later this year.
Air Cargo Industry Braces for Explosive Surge in E-Commerce Demand
The IATA predicts a significant increase in air parcels over the next three years, the result of a surge in e-commerce sales.
Retailers Pivot Supply Chain Strategy, Seek Red Sea Alternatives
As Houthi attacks continue in the Red Sea, retailers are scrambling to find alternative methods for moving their inventory, including exploring more air freight options and boosting inventory.
J.B. Hunt, BNSF Launch Intermodal Service Offering
J.B. Hunt and BNSF have launched a new intermodal service to address the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains.
Revenues Fall at UPS; Happy Returns Acquisition Announced
UPS said consolidated revenue fell 12.8% in Q3, but that it was winning back business lost during contract negotiations with the Teamsters.
Moody’s: Carbon Offsets Open Supply Chains Up to Financial, Reputational Risks
A new report from Moody's finds that companies that rely on buying carbon offsets as an emisisons-reduction strategy could face financial and reputational harm.
Shippers Focus on Yield Management as Rates Continue to Rise
With FedEx and UPS raising their rates, savvy shippers can still find rate value for 2024, but time may be running out.
Looking at the Air Cargo Sector with Brandon Fried, Airforwarders Association
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).
Brandon Fried, Airforwarders Association Chief, Offers Air Cargo and Logistics Insights
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).
Primed & Positioned: Strategic Moves by Amazon Air
This independently produced brief offers an overview of Amazon Air’s evolving orientation between September 2020 and February 2021.
Amazon Prime Air Will Grow to 200 Planes Rivaling UPS FedEx
Amazon.com’s Prime Air fleet will grow to about 200 planes, up from 42 now, in the next seven or eight years, creating an air cargo service that could rival United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., according to a recent study.
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Flexport is a licensed freight forwarder that uses people and software to manage the complexity of international trade. Shipping something from Shenzhen to Cincinnati or Rotterdam to LA requires complex coordination. Currently that’s done by telephones, spreadsheets, and fax…
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