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Now is Not the Time to Worry About Freight Rates

Trinity Logistics

percent year-over-year (YOY), being the sharpest increase seen since February 2006, based on the latest figures from Cass Information Systems. The ability to exercise flexibility could be the difference among your competitors, making your shipment easier to cover. FREIGHT MARKET OUTLOOK. Freight rates have jumped 26.6

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Vertical Integration in the Supply Chain: Is it on the Rise?

Logistics Bureau

In 2006, Armor purchased a company that produces super-strength fibres used in the manufacture of bullet-proof materials. It doesn’t take too much imagination to see how these acquisitions also increase the market control exercised by the companies concerned. Armor Holdings makes armoured cars and bullet-proof vests.