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8 Maritime shipping challenges affecting enterprise shippers

FreightWaves SONAR

Enterprise shippers have always been an integral part of the maritime shipping industry and its partnership with truck fleet management. And likewise, maritime transportation has been a dominant player in global transportation for decades. Ships are one of the most basic cargo components for global freight transport. Challenge 1: Lack of employees.

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Brand Spotlight: Turvo is All About Connecting the Supply Chain

Parade

We’re back and shining our spotlight on one of Parade’s supply chain solution partners, Turvo. Turvo helps provide visibility across the supply chain, from suppliers to the warehouse to distribution centers to over-the-road to the end customer. Collaboration and visibility in a UI/UX that makes sense to the end-user.

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Do Shopping Trends Drive Singles’ Day Sales?

Locus

or Bachelor’s Day is currently the single largest event in the world—over double the size Black Friday and Cyber Monday put together. Known to have first been celebrated in universities in the 1990s by single men, Singles’ Awareness Day has grown immensely popular with unmarried people all over China treating themselves to presents.

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How Retailers in the US Can Step Up Their Delivery Game

Locus

Retailers need a robust logistics solution that helps them align their capacity with customers’ delivery preferences. In 2021, retail e-commerce holiday season sales in the United States amounted to about 213 billion US dollars. This number is said to increase to almost 285 million in 2025. Download the Casestudy.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

BluJay Solutions Unveils MobileSTAR. year-over-year in October, reaching an all-time high…Online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC said it saw the highest number of weekly loads in mid-November than it had ever measured for spot van freight, with demand up 20% year-over-year. How did we get here so fast?

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FourKites acquires visibility leader NIC-place

Logistics Business Magazine

FourKites’ and NIC-place’s combined over-the-road, rail and ocean carrier networks creates the largest multimodal carrier network in Europe. The acquisition will also accelerate the adoption of secure real-time visibility solutions specifically designed for carriers. NIC-place was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Germany.

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What is Last-Mile Tracking and How it Improves Delivery Efficiency

Locus

By providing end-to-end visibility, last-mile carrier tracking solutions aim to prevent theft and optimize delivery routes. Effective last-mile providers must be equipped to provide both shipment visibility for customers and internal delivery solutions for businesses. Constantly looking for ways to ensure customer satisfaction?