Shipchain

MARCH 13, 2019

For example, initiating a recall is streamlined through blockchain by showing all movements of affected shipments. Payment Management Forms Another Key Freight-Use for Blockchain-Based Systems. For example, an e-commerce warehouse using a blockchain-based system like a smart contract could automate payments processing.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The freight shipping industry is evolving rapidly, driven by technological advancements and shifting trade dynamics. As we approach 2025 and beyond, several key trends are shaping the future of freight shipping. Automated dispatching, route optimization, and AI-driven customer service solutions are streamlining freight operations.

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GoShip Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

In this guide, well break down the differences, highlight when to use each option, and show how GoShip can provide the best freight shipping quotes to keep your supply chain running smoothly. But how do you decide which one is right for your needs? What Are LTL Shipping Rates and When Should You Use LTL?

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Despite the diversity of our backgrounds, we all hit on major areas regarding how AI will empower freight forwarders going forward. This conversation is far from over. In fact it’s just the beginning.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson’s own technology and data from the largest network in the freight industry, help our customers stay on top of the trends that influence their supply chains. With these caveats in mind, plotted below are the CES data for employment at general freight, long-distance truckload and LTL firms.

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Despite the diversity of our backgrounds, we all hit on major areas regarding how AI will empower freight forwarders going forward. This conversation is far from over. In fact it’s just the beginning.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 7, 2024

As freight transportation costs continue to rise year-on-year, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and any other organisations that are part of a supply chain must think smarter about pushing down the cost of moving goods from A to B. Many companies use air freight more for reliability than speed.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

What are the biggest contributors to freight spend? Is it freight pricing models, capacity constraints, lackluster carrier density or something else? And while leveraging a freight rate index or ocean import data to lower detention risk , the sheer size of the supply chain makes management difficult at best.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

The freight shipping industry is saturated with many shipping terms that are sometimes confusing even to experienced shippers. One such term is the FOB acronym, which stands for free (or freight) on board. FOB is one of the rarely recognized terms in freight shipping, yet is still important. How is FOB used in freight shipping?

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 10, 2024

LTL ( Less than truckload ) S hipping is one of the best flexible and cost-effective ways to start your freight delivery in logistics. What is LTL freight? LTL freight refers to the shipment of items that cannot occupy a full trailer container due to their weight, packaging structure, or shipping capacity. How does it work?

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Freightera

MARCH 25, 2024

You can now get instant, online, freight shipping quotes for your flatbed shipments. So take a look at some flatbed freight rate examples below: Freight rate examples for shipping a shipping a Gantry Crane, based on the dimensions of 260 x 60 x 20, and the weight of 1180 lbs From Las Vegas, NV to North Vancouver, BC: $2,940.32

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Dedola Global Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2023

Transloading: A Comprehensive Guide With Client Examples . For example, a shipment of heavy machinery may be transferred from a cargo ship to a truck using a break-bulk method, with the machinery being stored temporarily in a warehouse before being loaded onto the truck for the final leg of the journey. DID YOU READ IT? Contact Us.

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GoShip Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Freight shipping is the lifeblood of an extremely wide scope of other industries. In other words, many companies need freight shipping services that require a more tailored and cautious approach. This type of shipping involves specialized freight services. This type of shipping involves specialized freight services.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Expedited Freight Questions Answered Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 10, 2023 Whether your organization uses expedited freight shipping every day or occasionally, it pays to understand how to use these services as effectively as possible.

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Freightera

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

While passenger electric cars have seen widespread adoption, transitioning the freight industry to electric trucks has proven to be very challenging, for multiple reasons. So let’s dive right into the major challenges standing before the green and electric freight truck revolution.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

Freight costs and budget adherence are among the most important and often overlooked aspects of transportation management. For example, according to Global Trade Magazine , “One critical factor that executives should monitor closely is logistics management. As a result, freight cost changes go unnoticed and surpass budget limitations.

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Parade

JANUARY 26, 2021

tl/dr - Don’t buy software-especially anything around “freight tech”-if your vendor can’t show you exactly what impact you’ll get and which knobs to tune. There are many reasons why Amazon is successful (future blog post?) So why does this matter to freight brokers? An example of input metrics. Inputs vs. Outputs.

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Parade

JANUARY 26, 2021

tl/dr - Don’t buy software-especially anything around “freight tech”-if your vendor can’t show you exactly what impact you’ll get and which knobs to tune. There are many reasons why Amazon is successful (future blog post?) So why does this matter to freight brokers? An example of input metrics. Inputs vs. Outputs.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Are you a Freight Agent that gets a stomach ache at just the thought of picking up the phone to make cold calls? Many of our Freight Agents have found success by trading in cold calls for a combination of social media, emailing, and warm calling. Even with a great script at the ready, cold calling is a tough task to complete.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Blockchain Has Meaningful Impact on Finance as well as Freight Shipping: Heres the How and the Why What Even Is Blockchain? Transparency and Efficiency Freight shipping involves multiple parties at every step of the process. Why Should You Care? It allows for certain actions to be taken automatically once conditions are met.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Freight demand tends to climb leading into a storm and then falls off in the markets heavily affected in the days immediately following severe weather (and the length of disruption depends on the damage done). For example, the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) is a 7-day moving average of shippers’ requests for capacity.

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GoShip Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Freight transportation serves an extremely wide scope of industries. Specialized freight shipping is used in industrial businesses like oil and gas, mining, metal manufacturing, and more. What is considered specialized freight? Other specialized freight except for used goods (for example, coal and livestock).

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Shipping analytics tools shine a light on the value of informed freight management. Freight market participants need these top shipping analytics tools in their freight stack. Shipping status tools to track freight. For example, just-in-time fulfillment models, drop-shipping, and cross-docking avoid wasted space.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

(Graphics created by Emily Ricks) Successful freight trucking depends on the joining of profitable loads with timely delivery. Of course, measuring revenue through the growing demands for both contract and spot freight transportation is never simple addition and subtraction. Broken down to reefer, dry van and flatbed.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global supply chains suffer from limited visibility and a general want for supply chain intelligence in carrier sourcing , freight tendering and all other processes. Consider this example. Without supply chain visibility, a retailer cannot realistically move freight to other markets to take advantage of trucking capacity.

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Freightos

MAY 23, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Here, again, ocean freight is looking to examples from other industries for tested solutions to recurring problems. If you missed it, you can check out our recent monthly freight overview right here.

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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In our previous blog, we explored how matrices enhance supply chain efficiency, from inventory management to logistics. For better context, be sure to check out “Understanding Matrices in Supply Chain” before diving into this blog. Now, were taking it a step further. Read More In case you missed it!

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 26, 2021

(Graphics created by Emily Ricks) Responsible freight management parties have a duty to understand how their enterprise goals impact others. As an example, World Finance reported that Bryan Trucker, Vice President of Corporate Communications at CSX, stated , “CSX became the first U.S. Higher chance of damage during handling.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 12, 2024

BlueGrace Releases Comic Book Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - March 12, 2024 DC Velocity Staff | DC Velocity March 12, 2024 Move over Marvel, BlueGrace Logistics has entered the comic book market.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What’s in the article: This blog covers the following topics : How the price rise has impacted businesses during the pandemic . Reason for the drastic increase in freight prices . Probable events that will lead to a downfall in freight prices. Freight prices have climbed over 500% in the last year. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Although many carriers have worked diligently towards reducing operational costs and increasing profit margins, there is still work to do for the top for-hire truckload freight carriers to improve. Quite simply, it costs money to ship freight and the amount can vary significantly by region, zone, mode and more.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unlike contracted rates, the spot freight market is full of wild price swings and uncertainty. And in freight management, a delay of a day or even hours can amount to significant delays and a poor customer experience. In general, this results in a preference for contract freight among shippers and carriers alike. Consider this.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Example: Retail giant Zara uses real-time data from its stores to adjust inventory dynamically. Example: Amazon’s fulfillment centers are famous for using robotics to streamline order processing and packing. Example: A manufacturing firm faced potential delays when a hurricane disrupted operations at a key supplier.

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Dedola Global Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2023

Transloading: A Comprehensive Guide With Client Examples Transloading is a process that involves transferring cargo from one mode of transportation to another during the shipping process. If you’re looking for a freight forwarder who can handle all logistics and supply chain phases, look no further than Dedola. DID YOU READ IT?

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

Big data and predictive freight rates in the digital supply chain are nothing new. Regardless of segment, the need for technology and insight via real-time predictive freight rates that can explore the specifics are critical to success. Even worse, predictive freight rates using outdated data may do more harm than good. .

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Looking to Ship Ground Freight? When it comes to transporting cargo, ground freight is one of the most common and cost effective available ways to do it. Below, we explore five key steps that will make your freight shipping experience easy. You can learn more about properly packaging freight right here ! Lets Do it Right!

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In this blog post, I describe the different paths these modes took and where things stand at the close of 2023. Here at Freightos, our vision is to digitalize international freight–air and ocean.

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