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How Shippers Can Prep for Hurricane Season
Extreme weather events pose an extreme challenge for the transportation industry. Here are some tips on how to protect your company's supply chain.
UPS Struggles in First Quarter With Steep Earnings Decline
Shipping giant UPS struggled with shifting consumer demands and rising costs, resulting in an earnings dip during the first three months of 2024.
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.

Air Resources

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,...


Air News

CgoXchange Provides Digital Air Cargo for the Masses
CgoXchange, an applications driven digital control panel for the air cargo industry, launches its first app, 2012 Q4. First app to be digital interface between air carriers and smaller freight forwarders for non-contract pricing.

CgoXchange - Air Cargo Applications for Trucking Companies
CgoXchange is scheduled to launch January 1, 2013. CgoXchange will be encouraging smaller freight forwarders to participate, throughout 2013. Enhancing sales channels between air cargo carriers and their smallest customers will be the application development focus in 2013.

Pacer and CRST team up for drayage service agreements
In a move designed to drive intermodal drayage efficiencies and provide incremental capacity, freight transportation and logistics services providers Pacer International Inc. and CRST International recently announced they have inked multi-modal dedicated drayage agreements.

UPS Customer Experience Study
UPS commissioned a study by comScore polling more than 3,100 online shoppers to gain insight into the consumer online shopping experience. Unlike most customer experience surveys, the study evaluates consumer shopping habits and preferences from pre-purchase to post-delivery, including areas such as free shipping and returns.

Gilt Logistics and UPS Create an Elegant Customer Experience
Using UPS customized logistics, this e-retailer improved its bottom line and customer experience, becoming an industry leader in the process.

Air Cargo Security Compliance and Reporting
Easing the Burden with On-Demand Logistics Solutions - This white paper shows how embracing the features and functionality offered in these solutions, business processes can be streamlined; communications between business partners could be more easily shared.


Featured Companies

Livingston International
North America’s number one company focused on customs brokerage and trade compliance, Livingston International also offers consulting and global trade management services as well as international freight forwarding across North America and around the globe.
John S. Connor
John S. Connor handles sea freight and air freight, domestic transportation and project freight. It also offers steamship agency services which specialize in bulk commodities at the ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Norfolk. The firm has been an…
AeroMobil
AeroMobil. Beautiful flying car. Beautifully integrated. Transforms in seconds from an automobile to an airplane. Gives you freedom to move. AeroMobil is a flying car that perfectly makes use of existing infrastructure created for automobiles and planes, and opens doors…
DB Schenker
DB Schenker is the world’s leading global logistics provider - we support industry and trade in the global exchange of goods through land transport, worldwide air and ocean freight, contract logistics, and supply chain management.
Hybrid Air Vehicles
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) are the world leaders in hybrid aircraft – these combine lighter-than-air technology with the best of aeroplanes and helicopters to bring brand new capabilities to aircraft.  We produce less noise, less pollution, have a lower carbon…
Kuehne Nagel
With over 63,000 employees at more than 1000 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne + Nagel Group is one of the world’s leading logistics companies. Its strong market position lies in the seafreight, airfreight, contract logistics and overland businesses, with a clear…
Freight Filter
Freight Filter gives you the solutions you need for your international freight moves. Freight Filter was created to simplify and improve the process of pricing and booking international freight movements. In today’s day and age, there is no reason…
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…
UPS
UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions for the transportation of packages and freight, including innovative delivery options for the global consumer market; the facilitation of international trade, and the deployment of advanced technology…
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics GmbH, headquartered in Constance, Germany, is a leading provider of innovative products and solutions in mail and parcel logistics and automation as well as in airport logistics with baggage and cargo handling. Software solutions…
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