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Transportation Cost and Capacity Trends

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As shippers either figuratively or literally flipped the calendar page over to 2022, the hope was that at least some of the capacity crunches, driver shortages, labor issues and freight rate increases that took hold in 2021 would begin to heal themselves and create a more balanced transportation marketplace. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen.

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FreightWaves SONAR releases Capacity Trend Indices

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FreightWaves SONAR is releasing new indices – Capacity Trend Market Scores and Capacity Trend Market Direction – to help shippers, carriers and brokers prioritize specific routes daily. Capacity Trend Market Scores Capacity Trend Market Scores are divided into two perspectives – shipper/broker and carrier.

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Exploring Top 10 Logistics Trends for 2023 and Beyond

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Image Source: Pexels | Exploring Top 10 Logistics Trends for 2023 and Beyond The adoption of new technology will modernize your company, ensure strong competitive advantages, and make jobs that before looked difficult efficient and productive. Image Source: Pexels | Exploring Top 10 Logistics Trends for 2023 and Beyond 6.

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Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry

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In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry. SUSTAINABILITY Growing climate issues are making sustainability a common trend in almost all industries. This makes sustainability one of the top trends in the food and beverage industry. As a result, hiring workers in the U.S.

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5 Ocean Shipping Trends to Watch in 2021

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Container shortages, capacity constraints, higher shipping costs, and ongoing impacts of the global pandemic all placed new challenges in front of ocean shippers last year. The capacity issues are similar elsewhere in the world with 8% of European importers reporting delays by the end of last year, up from less than 2% the previous year.”.

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

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Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. Most shippers currently face a long list of challenges thanks to some well-known trends. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound.

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Navigating the Global Air Freight Capacity Crunch

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Securing capacity for global air shipments has become more difficult this year as total freight volumes receded and as carriers reduced their flights as a way to offset that drop in volume. What’s Driving the Trend? IATA is tracking different air freight trends across global markets right now. Total volume fell by 12.6%