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Managing Operating Costs in the Chemical industry

Trinity Logistics

The chemical industry serves as support for many other industries, like agriculture, automotive, construction , and pharmaceuticals. Chemical manufacturers often process raw materials into refined products used in other industries or within the chemical industry. Logistics Operating Costs in the Chemical Industry.

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2024 Freight Market Survey Results

Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics wanted to get answers to these questions for you, so we asked a random sample of our shipper and carrier relationships to gauge the effect 2023 had on their business and what their expectations for 2024 in our first Freight Market Survey. Low rates and increasing operating costs were the main challenges facing carriers.

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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

Many of today’s manufacturing trends are in line with the industry’s goals to improve processes, create more efficiency, and meet consumer demand. The manufacturing industry has seen challenges, from changes in the way people work to the rapid growth in demand, with many of these challenges accelerated by the recent covid-19 pandemic.

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ATRI survey highlights trucking concerns

Truck News

but I think the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Top Industry Issues survey has relevance here too. Not least because truck parking hit the Number 1 spot among the Top 10 concerns of drivers and owner-operators, as I’m pretty sure it would for Canadians at […].

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7 Distribution Operations Issues Highlighted in Industrial Distribution’s 68th Annual Survey

GlobalTranz

The results have been tabulated for the 68th annual Survey of Distribution Operations. By identifying the most pressing concerns in the industry, the survey provides statistics and conclusions which the distributors can use to help maintain their business evolution in our technology based world. Demographics.

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How cargo survey for refrigerated and frozen cargoes works

Shipping and Freight Resource

According to data from the industry, there are a lot of claims related to perishable shipment by all means of transportation. Marine Cargo Survey Practices. A Cargo surveyor is normally appointed by the Cargo Owner, but he may be appointed by the cargo receivers, ship owners, insurers, or any other stake holder in the industry.

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Survey Finds Significant Success in the 3PL Industry Across the Supply Chain Industry

GlobalTranz

This post is from a press release sent to us regarding the recent survey of the 3PL industry. This survey continues to point towards the success 3PLs are having for their clients. Survey Points to Continued Success of Shippers and the 3PL Industry. percent and 11.50 percent, respectively.

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