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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

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Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. Significant energy goes into optimizing its distribution and delivery model. Half the route is a dead head back to a distribution center to be refilled.

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What You Need to Know About the State of eCommerce Logistics

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Consumers are expressing an unprecedented amount of power through eCommerce, and in fact, eCommerce logistics is growing increasingly reliant on small parcel and package delivery options daily. For example, the location of distribution centers impacts the distance between warehouse and consumer.

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Penske Helps Celebrate Military Spouses for Their Service on the Home Front

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Since 2010, Support Military Spouses (SMS), a South Carolina-based non-profit, has hosted appreciation care package delivery parties in North and South Carolina to provide gifts and appreciation cards to military wives and husbands. In December, 1,000 care packages were distributed to children and another 1,000 to military spouses.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 26-30, 2017)

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According to Reuters : Package delivery company FedEx Corp said on Wednesday operations in its TNT Express unit were disrupted after its information systems were hit by a virus attack. South Florida Container Terminal, for example, said dry cargo could not be delivered and no container would be received.

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Preferred Shipping signs re-seller agreement with Lone Star Overnight

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On the LSO side, the LSO spokeswoman said that Preferred can offer their customers a better choice in regional package delivery with LSO. . “We As a good example, both FedEx & UPS have imposed holiday peak season pricing surcharges. LSO has not and will not.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

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Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns. or UPS Inc. The company said service will not be impacted by the hub’s closure.

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The Best Practices of LTL Shipping

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This can be a critical part of achieving rapid Freight distribution from manufacturer to distribution center to regional locations. Small package shipments are routinely reserved for orders that weigh less than 150 pounds. Imagine a distribution network that covers the western half of the U.S. When to Use LTL Shipping.