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The Two Most Important Factors in Last-Mile Delivery
A new Microsoft report on last-mile delivery reveals that speed and cost are the two most important factors, as customer satisfaction takes a backseat,
The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Shippers and Carriers in 2024
The new "State of Transportation" report reveals volatile weather, sustainability, and other factors are impacting overall performance.
FourKites and BuyCo Team Up to Improve Ocean Freight Management
FourKites and BuyCo are partnering up to enhance global shipping visibility, efficiency, and sustainability for major shippers.
Parcel Experts Weigh in on New Partnership Between UPS and USPS
Experts discuss the effects of UPS replacing FedEx as USPS' main air cargo provider, and what it means for the industry.

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Primed & Positioned: Strategic Moves by Amazon Air
This independently produced brief offers an overview of Amazon Air’s evolving orientation between September 2020 and February 2021.
Insights into Amazon Air 2020’s Transportation Juggernaut
This briefing offers an overview of Amazon Air, providing insights on its size, scope, and evolving logistics role,...


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The Two Most Important Factors in Last-Mile Delivery
A new Microsoft report on last-mile delivery reveals that speed and cost are the two most important factors, as customer satisfaction takes a backseat,

The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Shippers and Carriers in 2024
The new "State of Transportation" report reveals volatile weather, sustainability, and other factors are impacting overall performance.

FourKites and BuyCo Team Up to Improve Ocean Freight Management
FourKites and BuyCo are partnering up to enhance global shipping visibility, efficiency, and sustainability for major shippers.

Parcel Experts Weigh in on New Partnership Between UPS and USPS
Experts discuss the effects of UPS replacing FedEx as USPS' main air cargo provider, and what it means for the industry.

UPS To Become USPS’s Main Air Cargo Provider, Replacing FedEx
UPS lands a major contract as it replaced FedEx as USPS's primary air cargo provider.

Q&A: Mike Burkhart on the Recent Nearshoring Push Into Mexico
Mike Burkhart of CH Robinson discusses the shift in imported goods away from China and into Mexico.

DHL Express and Standard Chartered to Cut Carbon Emissions
DHL Express and Standard Chartered are partnering up to increase the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Wendy’s To Test Drone Delivery in First U.S. Location
A Wendy's franchise in Virginia is testing food delivery via drone, with more locations possibly joining later this year.

Air Cargo Industry Braces for Explosive Surge in E-Commerce Demand
The IATA predicts a significant increase in air parcels over the next three years, the result of a surge in e-commerce sales.

Retailers Pivot Supply Chain Strategy, Seek Red Sea Alternatives
As Houthi attacks continue in the Red Sea, retailers are scrambling to find alternative methods for moving their inventory, including exploring more air freight options and boosting inventory.

J.B. Hunt, BNSF Launch Intermodal Service Offering
J.B. Hunt and BNSF have launched a new intermodal service to address the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains.

Revenues Fall at UPS; Happy Returns Acquisition Announced
UPS said consolidated revenue fell 12.8% in Q3, but that it was winning back business lost during contract negotiations with the Teamsters.

Moody’s: Carbon Offsets Open Supply Chains Up to Financial, Reputational Risks
A new report from Moody's finds that companies that rely on buying carbon offsets as an emisisons-reduction strategy could face financial and reputational harm.

Shippers Focus on Yield Management as Rates Continue to Rise
With FedEx and UPS raising their rates, savvy shippers can still find rate value for 2024, but time may be running out.

Looking at the Air Cargo Sector with Brandon Fried, Airforwarders Association
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).

Brandon Fried, Airforwarders Association Chief, Offers Air Cargo and Logistics Insights
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).

Primed & Positioned: Strategic Moves by Amazon Air
This independently produced brief offers an overview of Amazon Air’s evolving orientation between September 2020 and February 2021.

Amazon Prime Air Will Grow to 200 Planes Rivaling UPS FedEx
Amazon.com’s Prime Air fleet will grow to about 200 planes, up from 42 now, in the next seven or eight years, creating an air cargo service that could rival United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., according to a recent study.

Insights into Amazon Air 2020’s Transportation Juggernaut
This briefing offers an overview of Amazon Air, providing insights on its size, scope, and evolving logistics role, it draws upon data from four primary informational sources to illustrate its economic and geographic orientation.

Amazon Not Worried with FedEx Parting, Adds 15 Boeing Aircraft to its Logistics Fleet
Amazon on Tuesday said it will add more than a dozen air freighters to its fast-growing air cargo arm, the e-commerce giant’s latest push to tighten control over its own logistics network.


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Optym
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Central Global Express® is a global multi-modal transportation firm focused on developing ‘Value Creating’ relationships with our Customers, Transportation Partners, and Employees. We offer an array of premium ground, air and ocean services throughout North America and the world, arranging…
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CgoXchange provides a secure, applications based digital air cargo control panel to airlines, forwarders, shippers and trucking companies. The initial applications digitally interface air cargo buyers with sellers. Users will add and delete applications as appropriate for their specific business…
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OIA Global
OIA offers global logistics, packaging, and materials sourcing solutions to optimize supply chains worldwide. Since our founding in 1988, OIA has grown into a $1 billion supply chain management leader, with over 1,300 professionals and 69 owned offices in 27 countries.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols and guidelines which are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States. Despite its name, the association represents…
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