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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Widening our view of carrier capacity management.

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Reduced trucking capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact

Transporeon

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce carrier capacity. The driver shortage is affecting available trucking capacity. With luck, the shipper may find and contract with another carrier that has available space despite the driver shortage and scarce capacity. Scarce available trucking capacity leads to higher shipping costs.

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Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics

The Logistics of Logistics

Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director at Open Sky Group. Shortages of drivers is just one of the contributors to the difficulties shippers are having in securing the truck capacity they need. Open Sky Group is focused on consulting and implementation of Blue Yonder ’s warehouse, labor, and transportation management solutions.

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Plastic waste reduced with high-capacity packaging system

Logistics Business Magazine

Yes, says Beumer Group. “At the centre of the packaging lines we install with our customer’s is the high capacity Beumer stretch hood A packaging system,” says Jörg Spiekermann, sales manager for palletising and packaging systems in the Consumer Goods area of Beumer Group. More recycling in Germany.

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Witron doubles manufacturing capacity in Bavarian plant

Logistics Business Magazine

In his festive speech, Minister Albert Füracker described the company as “shining example for Bavaria”. Leading-edge solutions and successful projects were and still are the driver for the strong growth of the Witron Group ,” says Walter Winkler in his welcome speech. “To The maximum building height is 11m.

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May 1, 2024 Update

Freightos

Some West Mediterranean ports , for example, are now being used as transshipment hubs for East Mediterranean-bound containers, leading to some congestion there, and terminals in Colombo, Sri Lanka are also facing some backlogs as volumes have increased there for transhipment to the Middle East. America rates climbing 14% to $2.88/kg

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Uneek Group to Deploy New 3PL WMS

Logistics Business Magazine

Essex-based international logistics business Uneek Group will implement Microlistics WMS this year as they focus investment into expanding their service offering and improving operational efficiency. The implementation will initially include two Uneek Group warehouse sites of approximately 55, 000 square feet in total.

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