Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

Sellers on Walmart Marketplace, the retailer’s e-commerce platform, can add a “Keep It Rule” to avoid paying for return shipping, per the March “Seller Digest.” The National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail projected in December that online returns in the U.S. retail industry would reach $247 billion worth of merchandise in 2023, or 17.6

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Rail-Flow, the leading platform provider for rail freight and intermodal transport, has attracted new investors to expand its business activities. The Purchase & Tender Management platform was the first solution on the market in 2020 and is a marketplace for conventional rail freight transport.

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MTS Logistics

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If your shipment has to move over 1,000 miles and is not time-sensitive, rail transportation can be cost-effective for your shipment. Railroad shipments are usually 10%-15% less expensive compared to intermodal transportation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

. “We have seen unprecedented demand across multiple industries for our specialised transportation platforms,” said Daine Eisold, Founder and CEO of CakeBoxx Technologies.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

For the contract marketplace, which has been so stable in recent years, we are now seeing a difference in the line haul van rate [which does not include fuel], with January 2018 at $1.79 “If we look at spot market rates year-over-year, vans are at $2.26 per mile versus $1.67 per mile, which is a 35.3% increase.

Materials Handling 28

Materials Handling Nodes Freight Capacity 28

247 Customs Broker

JUNE 7, 2018

“Chainalytics is the market leader in truckload transportation benchmarking and Drewry is the market leader in ocean transportation benchmarking, so our cooperation also includes the development of benchmarking for intermodal transportation, alongside the Ocean Buying Group.”.

Cost Reduction 28

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos , an online freight marketplace founded in Tel Aviv, says carriers may be hurting themselves by employing this strategy, especially if carriers try to “signal” rate information to keep them artificially high.

Price Reduction 28

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