GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2019

For 2019, the trends in LTL will focus primarily on demand, rates, carrier and trucker expectations, the needs of shippers and more. E-Commerce Demand Will Drive Trends in LTL for 2019 E-commerce growth is a double-edged sword in modern freight transportation. Let’s get started. The Evolution of LTL Shipping Practices.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This trend is likely to persist right up to the end of the fourth quarter. Within the industry, ocean carriers started to cancel sailings; particularly during the first two quarters of 2020. When we look at the shipping industry today, many of the things that impacted the market from May 2020 are still ongoing. Market Dynamics.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2019

The state of the logistics industry is evolving. Unfortunately, companies that fail to stay in line with the top 2019 logistics trends could face uncertainty and lost competitive advantage, so let’s look at some of the top trends shippers should know to stay successful. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. There are No Crystal Balls.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 17, 2023

Some of the new changes include better, modernized inventory management platforms used internally at Amazon, quicker delivery times, and more literal capacity. Over the past two years, warehouse space owned by Amazon basically doubled in capacity. Covid forced Amazon to upgrade and improve its infrastructure.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Call it a cop-out if you like, but predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular, can suddenly disrupt the way things are done. 2018 Update: How Did the Trends Progress?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The freight industry of today is evolving rapidly. As a result, your company needs to think about these freight shipping trends and how you can prepare to respond to them as soon as possible. 8 Freight Shipping Trends Shippers Must Know for 2017. 8 Freight Shipping Trends Shippers Must Know for 2017.

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Freightos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home August 23, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Airfreight Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Turhan Özen, Chief Commercial Officer of Turkish Airlines , about a variety of topics regarding the air cargo industry. In the past few months volumes have been declining – do you see that trend continuing? For the next year, of course we are hopeful that 2020 will be a recovery year for the air cargo sector.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Global maritime commerce gathered momentum two years ago and raised sentiment in the shipping industry,” says Frida Youssef , UNCTAD’s trade analyst. Most of the new orders are for delivery in 2020, when BIMCO expects more than one million TEU of new capacity to be delivered. However, escalating frictions may derail the recovery.”.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The effects of the disruptions over the past year have likely forever changed the industry, requiring shippers to scale and evolve operations radically seemingly overnight. Using digital freight matching platforms is the best strategy to secure meaningful and practical capacity. And it has opened new channels for capacity procurement.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 10, 2018

However, regulatory requirements including the recent Food Safety Modernization Act , which includes new rules covering shippers, receivers, loaders and carriers that transport food is having an impact on the industry. This, of course, needs to happen before a carrier can consider taking on new freight. . Work Smarter Not Harder

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Of course, measuring revenue through the growing demands for both contract and spot freight transportation is never simple addition and subtraction. Market activity describes the nationwide and granular trends affecting available capacity, timeliness of transit and on-time, in-full deliveries.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2019

It is that time of year again when we at Cerasis take a global view of what trends to expect in supply chain management throughout the remainder of the year. Of course, the best plans depend on the actions of yesterday. Retail saw the most significant season in decades, and carriers were hard pressed to find available capacity.

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LandLink

JULY 25, 2018

The transportation industry is enjoying a strong year that has the potential to be even stronger than the previous one. Based on what we have seen in the industry during that time, here are a few trends to watch for in the freight transportation industry for the remainder of 2018 as we approach the busy holiday shipping season.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Consequently, seven key trends will dominate the industry throughout the remainder of the year and propel TMS solutions to center stage. 7 Trends Propelling TMS Solutions to Center Stage. Industries around the world are coming together to find better ways of doing business. asserts PLS Logistics. asserts PLS Logistics.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

With the proper use of data and freight analytics , contract procurement and securing capacity can be enhanced. Lacking data promotes trouble in annual contract capacity procurement during times of volatility. Using analytics will save time and help avoid problems securing LTL freight rates and capacities by pointing out opportunities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2022

This is no less true of the supply chain industry, which must manage high customer demand while simultaneously experiencing unprecedented labor issues. By leveraging AMRs, an organization can easily add or remove robots to maintain optimal capacity, and limit adjustments to base labor staffing requirements.

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FLS Transport

MARCH 18, 2021

These laws would classify workers as an “employee” of the company unless that worker performs a service “outside the usual course of the business of the employer.” In short… if passed, it will kill the owner-operator model that has been a lifeline of the freight business for decades and add enormous pressure to the current capacity crisis.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 4, 2022

The value of a third-party cannot be overlooked when getting fresh products to market, particularly in times of limited capacity and excess product. In fresh logistics, timing is everything, much like truckload capacity. All indicators point to similar truck capacity from 2021 for grower-shippers for this year. Food Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry. In fact, the on-demand industry was estimated to account for $75 billion in 2018. [1]

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 4, 2020

These are primarily non-essential products, for which there is little demand as retail outlets are closed or supplies for production lines that are either static or at reduced capacity. Peregrine Storrs-Fox, TT Club’s Risk Management Director, commented, “There will be regional variations within these trends of course.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

The rapid growth of ecommerce is driving deep changes in logistics, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. Companies have long had dashboards to organize their metrics, but until recently, most of these approaches have been descriptive, meaning they look at past or current trends.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It is considerably more important to find talent quickly to fill the ever-growing needs of the freight and shipping industry. The issue with recruiting and retaining truckers is that it is difficult to do so without understanding actual market trends and volatility. . Driver retention is a growing issue as the industry expands.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. COVID accelerated a long-term trend toward consumers buying more goods online. A Digital Supply Chain Transformation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Contract freight may not equate to guaranteed capacity. The fact remains that within freight transportation protocol, trucking capacity is finite. Available drivers will not always be accessible to handle loads, affecting freight pricing rates and fees when special capacity considerations are needed. Download the White Paper.

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FLS Transport

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The logistics industry has funneled billions in venture capital into digitizing spot market and short-term freight solutions. Industrial real-estate thrives in pandemic. Industrial real estate is on fire… Increased online demand and eCommerce has driven shippers to need more warehouse space. And that’s a HUGE miss. Take a peek.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 22, 2019

The State of the Logistics Industry is Evolving. Unfortunately, companies that fail to stay in line with the top 2019 logistics trends could face uncertainty and lost competitive advantage, so let’s look at some of the top trends shippers should know to stay successful. January 22, 2019 ·. By Adam Robinson. ker@ehpub.com.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

E-commerce, the capacity crunch, the driver shortage, general rate increases, fuel costs, trade war fears, and other factors will drive the LTL market further toward success, but also upheaval thru these disruptive fronts, in the coming year. Although FT rates are higher, Full Truckload capacity has approached a breaking point.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 7, 2023

Margins remain challenged in many industries, and strategic finance teams are scouring their companies’ profit and loss statements looking for opportunities to trim costs. That complex set of contingencies makes it impossible to optimize a truckload network based on benchmarks, rules of thumbs or national averages.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Let’s take another look at how procurement, computing power, industry 4.0, cyber security, advanced robotics and automation became top priorities for research, development, and implementation throughout the past year’s operations in the manufacturing industry. . In other words, some manufacturers continue to resist the trend.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Like many industries, the ocean freight sector is caught somewhere between using age-old systems that still technically work, and moving into the digital world. When it comes to the exchange of information, it is of course problematic.”. That said, inherent within digital transformation is of course the transformative process itself.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2018

From trends, union strikes, and technology to the integration of different modes of transportation. 6 Future Transportation Technologies That Will Change Transportation (and the Trucking Industry) Forever. The trucking & transportation industries are on the cusp of transformative change. Share This: Read More.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

Customer expectations and the buying capacity of the purchaser coupled with the cost of substitutes or complementary goods also play an important role. Brand identity, interactive marketing campaigns and differential lifestyles complicate a perfect trend analysis model. Predictive analytics is used in every industry.

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Airfreight Logistics

MARCH 19, 2020

The air cargo industry started the year on a weak footing. The course of future events is unclear, but this is a sector that has proven its resilience time and again,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO. Cargo capacity, measured in available cargo tonne kilometers (ACTKs), rose by 0.9% Africa 1.8%

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