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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis is also the Founder of Understand LTL , an LTL training firm. Curtis is also the Founder of Understand LTL, an LTL training firm. Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. He is a huge believer of working in public.

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The Weekly Freight Report for September 8th, 2022

FLS Transport

This week’s report covers the Port of Vancouver delaying the Rolling Truck Age Program (RTAP), the avian flu outbreak causing turkey trouble for the holidays, electronic trade documentation hesitations, US trade deficit, and the role exports are playing, and the Canadian Express Entry to work program for truckers. Approximately 5.4

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Shipping Losses Hit Record Low in 2022

Logistics Business Magazine

Shipping losses have sunk to the lowest number we have seen in the 12-year history of our annual study reflecting the positive impact safety programs, trainings, changes in ship design and regulation have had over time,” says Captain Rahul Khanna, Global Head of Marine Risk Consulting at AGCS. The British Isles saw the highest number (679).

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Why OCR-Only Supply Chain Automation Fails

RPA Labs

Supply Chain Dive reported, “Annual installations of industrial robots will jump from 450,000 a year in 2015 to 600,000 in 2022.” Optical character recognition (OCR) is automation software designed to convert digital document images into editable text. Today, industrial automation is rapidly making the “Jetsons” cartoon a reality.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion in 2022 and the previous record high of $21.7 UPS is bringing new safety training to Louisville and other sites across the country. In 2022, UPS invested $345 million in safety, including high-tech training at 11 training sites around the country, with 33 additional driving simulators across the U.S.

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Robots Help Solve Japan’s Problem

Logistics Business Magazine

Robots load and unload cargo In Japan, the average annual working hours for a heavy truck driver were 2,568, which is 444 hours longer than the national average for all jobs – labour ministry data from 2022 reveal. Sales grew by 44% with more than 86,000 units sold in 2022 worldwide, IFR reports.

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How delivery firms are approaching personnel for peak period

Logistics Business Magazine

Typically, recruiting new self-employed delivery drivers involves advertising the role, finding the best-suited candidates, contacting them individually and manually sorting out all required documentation such as driving licences, ID, toxicology, tax and right-to-work documents.