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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

The Logistics of Logistics

provides transportation management system software to help make freight brokers more profitable – both by helping them bring in more revenue and helping them to operate more efficiently. Transportation Service #1 – Small Package. Transportation Service #2 – Air Cargo. About 3PL Systems. 3PL Systems, Inc.

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The Weekly Freight Report for December 30th, 2021

FLS Transport

Here’s this week’s Weekly Freight Report: Aging cargo down 40% at west coast ports. Could drone package delivery be the future of on-demand products? Aging cargo down 40% at west coast ports. . West Coast ports have seen a decline of more than 40% in aging cargo. Read more on this story here.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records. Walmart to order 4,500 Canoo EVs for last-mile delivery. The influx of cargo is due to several reasons, according to port officials.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Drone deliveries have continued to gain steam, and a lot of the media attention has been around Amazon losing ground in the US. However, the company announced earlier this week that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone later this year.

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UPS opens up new Atlanta-based ‘super hub’ operating facility

247 Customs Broker

million square-foot regional sortation and distribution (on a 321-acres site) will have the capability to sort roughly 100,000 parcels per hour and is part of an expanded network of hubs that UPS said are designed to improve efficiency, service levels, and reliability. Customs & Border Patrol is essential to your cargo clearing customs.

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The Inner Workings of Overnight Shipping

Blue Grace Logistics

Package delivery is kind of like a race. But rather than a marathon or a cross-country run (even though most packages are, in fact, going cross country), it’s more like a relay race. . As it stands, most major packaging companies use what’s known as the hub-and-spoke method for deliveries.