Transportation News
A Freight Forwarder’s Guide to Achieving Competitive Advantage
Freight forwarding is a complex business and managing multiple customers and multimodal transport carriers, customs challenges, fluctuating demand and allowing for different languages, time zones and currencies all add up to a big challenge that stands between you and competitive advantage.
UPS Raises 2015 Rates Earlier Than Expected
UPS Inc. announced an average rate increase of 4.9% for package, less-than-truckload and airfreight delivery, effective Dec. 29.
Choosing a Location-Based Application for Your Business
This guide provides simple steps that shows how a location-based application can help companies with remote workers, remote assets or fleets of vehicles cut costs, improve productivity, become more efficient, and grow.
AT&T Fleet Management Solutions Help Improve Fleet Performance and Efficiency
AT&T is now offering companies in the transportation industry fleet management solutions that can help them improve safety, increase productivity, and expand savings.
CSX Celebrates Future of Intermodal Transportation at Central Florida ILC Grand Opening
The facility, which began operations earlier this year, provides a centralized hub for transportation, logistics and distribution serving Orlando, Tampa and other regional Florida markets.
7 Core Reasons to Outsource Non-Core Transportation Management Functions to 3PL Providers
A lot of companies are outsourcing entire or part of their transportation department to 3PL providers, and according to a recent report, 3PL use is only on the rise.
How the USA Trucker Shortage Is Impacting Sea Freight USA to Australia
The current USA trucker shortage was forecast many years ago, but not enough has been done to stop it and now the market is feeling the impact.
4 Common Freight Challenges of Australian Importers Solved with Buyer’s Consolidation
4 Common Sea and Air Freight Challenges of Australian Importers Solved with Buyer's Consolidation.
Venture Investors Say Logistics Companies Are In For The Long Haul
The past year has seen more early stage rounds than ever before, with seed rounds accounting for nearly three-quarters of all deals recorded in 2014.
Embracing Continuous Improvement within Logistics Operations
Factors such as rising freight rates, shrinking capacity, an increased desire for supply chain visibility, and the move to install a culture of continuous improvement in logistics operations have all worked together to drive the need for transportation management systems (TMS).
Multimodal Transportation Software Makes a MOVE to the Cloud
Company says the Cloud offering allows customers to respond more quickly to new business opportunities, without significant upfront cost and implementation times.
Modern Spice Routes: The Cultural Impact and Economic Opportunity of Cross-Border Shopping
By 2018, there will be 130 million of them, spending nearly three times as much, up to $307 billion, five years from now.
UPS Acquires International Cross-Border E-Commerce Enabler i-parcel
The acquisition complements UPS's international cross-border logistics capabilities from the U.S. and U.K., to over 100 countries.
Trucking Industry Gained 3,800 Jobs in September
Trucking accounted for 3,800 of the 248,000 jobs added in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.9%, the lowest level in six years, the Labor Department reported.
The Coming Supply Chain Storm of Drivers, Demand, and Government Regulations
The message from the recent CSCMP conference is loud and clear, the supply chain storm is much closer to hitting than most realize.
Has Truckload Capacity Improved Since “The Perfect Storm” of 2014
Additional capacity is not being brought on, as carriers are not betting on the come, they were burned in the Great Recession and they will not repeat the pain.
2015 Third-Party Logistics Study Takes Deep Dive into Omni-Channel Supply Chain
Nearly one-third of the respondents participating in the study said they are not prepared to handle omni-channel retailing and only 2% of respondents rated themselves as high performing in the omni-channel space.
Balancing Technology and Process to Maintain Your Cold Chain
Today’s technology offers a variety of tools to not only keep products at the right temperature, but to better monitor the load—from temperature sensors and GPS tracking to self-reporting alerts for computers and mobile devices.
Rise in Freight Costs is a Predictable Surprise
Freight costs will continue to go up unless you change the way you are working.
UPS’ Pain in the Supply Chain Survey Finds Healthcare Shippers Have Strategies in Place
Globally, healthcare executives are planning for strategic partnerships and technology investment to mitigate risks and capitalize on growth opportunities.
Featured Companies
American Association of Port Authorities
The American Association of Port Authorities is the unified voice of the seaport industry in the Americas, representing more than 130 public port authorities in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America. For more than a century, AAPA membership…
nuTonomy is the leading developer of state-of-the-art software for self-driving vehicles founded by two world-renowned experts in robotics and intelligent vehicle technology, Drs. Karl Iagnemma and Emilio Frazzoli of MIT. nuTonomy is developing the first-of-its-kind complete solution for providing point-to-point…
Southeastern Freight Lines
The driving force behind our company is our commitment to adding value through everything we do or, as our motto says, providing Quality Without Question. We knew from the beginning that our associates are the keys to achieving that quality.…
Terrafugia (ter-ra-FOO-gee-ah) intends to catalyze a revolution in personal mobility. Our vehicles bring a new level of safety, convenience, and freedom to personal transportation. We have been dreaming about flying cars since the turn of the 20th century. …
TransGroup Global Logistics
Our logistics expertise is a balanced cross-discipline of domestic, international and warehouse/distribution services, making TransGroup a true single-source transportation and logistics provider. Our “Customer Centric” approach, global reach and industry-leading software enable us to do just that. We partner…
Reveel is the leading Parcel Shipping Intelligence™ platform that enables companies to level the playing field with FedEx and UPS. Its unique technology enables shippers to break free of expensive parcel shipping consultants with an easy-to-use software app that brings…
Decker Truck Line, Inc., a family-owned business since 1931, takes great pride in providing excellent service to our customers as well as a stable, positive and progressive work environment for its employees. With 700 tractors and nearly 1550 trailers, Decker is a diversified…
New Century Transportation
As a premier top-100 LTL carrier headquartered in the northeast, we have developed an extensive network of resources, including a fleet of over 2000 units that allow us to optimize service levels and flexibility for our customers. With our Load-to-Deliver® service,…
LeaseAccelerator is the industry’s first software application developed specifically for Enterprise Lease Accounting. Fortune 500 companies lease much of the real estate and equipment they use to run their business. Real estate leases might be for factories, warehouses,…
Logistyx Technologies optimizes businesses’ transportation management execution with industry-leading software, hardware, and knowledge. This unique, comprehensive package offers a configurable solution for smarter shipping anywhere by leveraging a global carrier network and predictive analytics for data and value-driven decisions.
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