Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Global trade outlook. In spite of these disruptions, global trade reached record highs in 2021. As per UNCTAD, global trade is expected to reach about US$ 28 trillion in 2021, which is an increase of 23% compared to 2020. Q-o-Q, while the value of trade in services was about US$ 1.5 trillion growing 0.7%

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

raises $20M as it scales robot deliveries How friendshoring is impacting trade with China and the Far East Seagate to pay $300m settlement for violation of US export control laws Walmart is debuting the first North American 15-liter compressed natural gas engine, which is set to be incorporated into its private fleet.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Personal shippers and businesses should be taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the existence of freight forwarders. For example, a recent survey of 100 randomly selected people showed that many are not conversant with shipping industry terminologies, let alone the services. So, what is freight forwarding?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Barker started his career with a radio show before becoming the host of Truth or Consequences in 1956. In what can only be described as classic moment, and as today’s lead image shows, Bob Barker once welcomed Aaron Paul, the actor who would portray Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, to the stage.

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Dedola Global Logistics

MAY 13, 2021

The shipping industry is facing a significant problem brought on by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This problem cascades through the supply chain and is disrupting trade on a global scale. . Shipping containers have ended up stranded in inland depots and cargo ports or on board vessels. Container Rates Increasing .

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A classic car transporter is the secret to safely shipping the classic car you’re selling or have just purchased. You want to do everything possible to preserve your piece of history on four wheels, whether it’s a new acquisition that you’re adding to your collection or if you’re shipping your ride to a new owner.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

When it comes to freight rates, supply is one important factor that determines how the market will behave. Then, shipping companies’ new vessel orders were as much as 50 percent of their existing fleet. So, shipping companies had less and less incentive to order more vessels. In 2020 that number decreased again to 2.21

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MTS Logistics

MAY 27, 2022

The shipping ecosystem is ever-changing. Last year was marked with capacity issues and high prices, but today, freight prices have decreased, while capacity has increased. Last year was marked with capacity issues and high prices, but today, freight prices have decreased, while capacity has increased. Furthermore, T.J.

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Dedola Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

US Rail Supply Chain Challenges & How DGL Finds Solutions for Importers Using Rail. Most recently, at Dedola Global Logistics, we’ve helped our customers with issues involving the US rail supply chain due to union negotiations, potential strikes, and importers facing costly delays in shipping.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Given the challenging conditions of the past two years, world trade is remarkably robust. Despite labor shortages for supply chain operations, limited warehouse space, congestion and lead time issues, the biggest problem in the shipping industry is still securing market capacity and pricing. million TEUs. million TEUs.

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Dedola Global Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2022

US Rail Supply Chain Challenges & How DGL Finds Solutions for Importers Using Rail. Most recently, at Dedola Global Logistics, we’ve helped our customers with issues involving the US rail supply chain due to union negotiations, potential strikes, and importers facing costly delays in shipping.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 4, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” the SONAR team showcases another index found within SONAR, the freight forecasting platform from FreightWaves. With this SONAR index, freight parties who are interested in the cost to procure space on an ocean container on the spot market. What are the Drewry indices?

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When you’re operating in a volatile market like this, planning and consistency are of utmost importance,” says Tom Bennett, Head of Trades in North America for DB Schenker. The ocean freight sector is facing a particularly high amount of uncertainty right now thanks to ongoing container shortages, port congestion and lack of capacity.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 8, 2021

The #WithSONAR podcast typically focuses on over-the-road trucking operations, but on this episode, co-hosts Luke Falasca and Kyle Taylor zero in on SONAR indices that monitor ocean shipping conditions. Watch the episode about highlighting ocean trade below. In fact, about 70% of truckload volume is generated by imports.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

2020 will be remembered by many as one of the years that has caused maximum upheaval in terms of freight rates, space and equipment capacity in all markets around the world. While the impact on the Trans-Pacific and Trans-Europe has been the maximum, other trades like the India trade has also been affected quite substantially.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Are you a Freight Agent that gets a stomach ache at just the thought of picking up the phone to make cold calls? Many of our Freight Agents have found success by trading in cold calls for a combination of social media, emailing, and warm calling. Even with a great script at the ready, cold calling is a tough task to complete.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

It’s about smart planning and knowing the tricks of the trade. Shipping construction materials comes with its own set of puzzles, from dealing with heavy and huge items like concrete blocks to careful stuff like windows. Each material has its own needs for shipping. Materials need to show up just when they’re needed.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Judging from FreightWaves’ new Inbound Ocean TEU Volume Index (IOTI) and the recent Transportation Air Cargo Index (AIRUSD), that is not the only company choosing to fly versus ocean shipping of goods over the Pacific. The recent winter surge is showing a slightly tighter connection in the near term.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The American shipping crisis has been making news all over the world and has been the subject of discussions across many media platforms and the industry. There have been several commentaries across the whole spectrum of supply chain from various experts from shipping, freight forwarding, trucking and trade backgrounds.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Does your supply chain depend on container freight shipping? At Logistics Bureau, we have supply chain consultants available to help you improve volume forecasting and attain the most favourable container freight rates possible, even during this period of pandemic-induced turmoil. Sky-high shipping fees.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The two recent crises in global trade – the outbreak and the US-China trade war – show how vulnerable small and medium size businesses (SMBs) can be to shocks to the supply chain, but also point to ways to mitigate that risk. million freight containers each year. Coronavirus Impact.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 12, 2024

For years prior to the pandemic, the consistency and integrity of global trade lanes meant that the industry viewed costs and lead times as assumptions rather than obstacles, especially as each generation of cargo ship has grown ever larger. The pandemic highlighted how fragile and extensive the supply chain truly is.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 9, 2021

And the freight routing guide is the best place to begin. Prescribes routes based on shipment size and origin The freight routing guide is a series of instructions that indicate the modes, service levels and other requirements for each inbound and outbound shipment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

The Teamsters union has already said it is “putting infrastructure in place to help affected members get the assistance they need to find good union jobs throughout freight and other industries.” Hip hop originated as an anti-drug and anti-violence genre, while consisting of stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With two more major shipping leaders actively sharing information, data on nearly half of the world’s ocean container cargo is now available on a single blockchain-based data platform. The digital platform is run on IBM Cloud ( NYSE:IBM ) and IBM Blockchain , and was jointly developed by IBM and A.P.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Executive Insights is a series by Shipping and Freight Resource that provides useful insights and thoughtful analysis on what is happening in the maritime, shipping, freight, logistics, supply chain and trade industries. But just data alone is not going to assist. TB : Thank you and glad to be here.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

Global supply-chain woes are beginning to recede, but shipping, manufacturing and retail executives say they don’t expect a return to more-normal operations until [2022],” the Wall Street Journal reports, “and that cargo will continue to be delayed if COVID-19 outbreaks disrupt key distribution hubs.”. In the U.S., Historic and Challenging.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

How does your company define success in the supply chain? Shipping analytics tools shine a light on the value of informed freight management. Freight market participants need these top shipping analytics tools in their freight stack. Shipping status tools to track freight.

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Ship Monk

MAY 10, 2023

This article is intended to be more of a how-to guide. People First Launching a direct sales channel requires a different set of skills than selling your wares at a retail trade show. Some of the hype is actually true. Today’s consumers do expect to find their favorite brands online. But what if your pockets aren’t so deep?

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FLS Transport

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Top 7 Stories in Freight. The hottest stories in freight can be found here, in the Weekly Freight Report: 1. The great re-stock for 2021 is on and high-level stats show that progress is slow – considering first-half imports are up 22% and despite the replenishment efforts inventories are still down 12%.

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FLS Transport

JUNE 30, 2022

The Top Headlines in Freight, Transportation, & Logistics from FLS Transport. The FLS Weekly Freight Report covers the week’s top news in logistics, transportation, shipping, and freight. GLOBAL IMPACTS | CNBC heat map statistics show the global events impacting congestion at US ports.

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Freight Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

When facing options for shipping large items, some of your choices might seem expensive. When shipping items under 70 lbs, parcel shipping is typically the most cost-effective shipping method. Parcels can often be shipped via ground or economy, depending on your specific item and requirements.

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Freight Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

When facing options for shipping large items, some of your choices might seem expensive. When shipping items under 70 lbs, parcel shipping is typically the most cost-effective shipping method. Parcels can often be shipped via ground or economy, depending on your specific item and requirements.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 10, 2020

The process of global trade is simple to look at, especially if you look at it from the outside. End of trade. While there are several processes and documentary flows involved in trade negotiations, there are even further processes involved in the actual movement of the goods from Point A to Point B. Freight Tender or RFQ.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Is there a connection between Incoterms® and the shipping line.?? Should Shipping Lines be concerned with Incoterms®.?? How does Incoterms® affect the shipping line.?? Incoterms® rules are recognized by UNCITRAL as the global standard for the interpretation of the most common terms in foreign trade.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 30, 2019

LTL shipping can be a convenient and cost-effective way to ship goods. One area of LTL shipping that may cause confusion is additional LTL services. . When shipping less-than-truckload, clear communication between the consignee and the carrier is crucial for a successful shipping process. Limited access shipping .

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 19, 2021

Despite the record low levels of equipment availability, space issues, low service reliability, and all-time high freight rates, North American demand for containerized imports continues to break new records, further fueled by the recent $1.9 This impacts many other trades, too. trillion U.S. federal stimulus package.

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