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Transportation Cost and Capacity Trends

Now, That's Logistics

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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Ringing in the New Year: 2021’s Global Logistics Outlook

CH Robinson Logistics

Global trade and tariffs. For example, some significant changes were made to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) recently, most notably that certain Thailand-origin goods are no longer GSP eligible as of December 1, 2020. Global demand for coronavirus vaccines.

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Gebrüder Weiss Takes Solar Car Down Under

Logistics Business Magazine

International logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is transporting an innovative solar car to Australia for the aCentauri Solar Racing Team of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH). “Of course, we would like to win the race. “Of course, we would like to win the race.

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LOST AT SEA: Protecting Your Shipments with Marine Insurance

Trans Global Auto Logistics

While this example may seem extreme, this incident happened in late 2020, and there have been several other similar incidents since. Of course, most cargo arrives without issues, but if 2020 taught us anything- it is that we should always prepare for the unexpected. Enter: Marine Insurance.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

COVID of course taught companies the need for agility. The Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) is the world’s largest, collaborative multimodal logistics messaging network. BluJay provides transportation management and managed transportation solutions. Stuff happens.

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State of Global Logistics: Delivering above and beyond

247 Customs Broker

A recent series of surveys conducted by a prominent industry think tank indicates that the current state of global logistics is characterized by extreme urgency and the pressure to deliver above and beyond—regardless of mode. In each case, innovation and disruption was regarded as a “double-edged” sword.

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U-Freight sees e-commerce logistics opportunities

Logistics Business Magazine

Commenting on a recent report that suggests the global e-commerce logistics market grew by 27.3% in 2020 and will hit EUR557 billion by 2025, Simon Wong, CEO of the U-Freight Group , says his company is ready to meet the ever-increasing challenges of providing logistics services to this rapidly expanding sector of global trade.