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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis is hosting the industry’s first live LTL Mastermind Event, November 9 th and 10 th in High Point, North Carolina. Their flagship course, Understand LTL: Building an LTL Brain , was released in November 2022 and is designed to make LTL less frustrating and intimidating.

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For Many, the Annual Freight Bid Season is Not “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Logistics Viewpoints

Tis the season to be jolly – unless you are overwhelmed with the many tasks traditionally associated with the annual freight Request for Proposal ( RFP ) season. However, the reality is that contracted freight is actually a promise – not a binding agreement. Flexibility to schedule rate bid events based on business needs.

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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Why This Year’s Contract Negotiation Season is Different for Transpacific Eastbound Traffic

MTS Logistics

Of course, each contract is different but usually, this has been the norm for the greater population. Also, the events in the past three years were a huge learning experience for the importers who otherwise haven’t paid this much attention to ocean freight rates and contract negotiations.

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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Does Your Freight Agent Program Keep You Competitive?

Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics takes pride in being a leading name among independent freight agents. We have many benefits to offer through our freight agent program, but the one we’d like to talk about today is education. WHY CONTINUED EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT IN A FREIGHT AGENT PROGRAM. CONTINUED EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. Container shortages and sky-high freight rates have spared no enterprise, regardless of its scale.

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