A Shippers Guide to Understanding LTL Services of a 3PL provider from bmccurley

PLS Logistics attended the NASSTRAC 2014 Shippers Conference & Transportation Expo on April 13-16 in Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel. NASSTRAC, the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, provides education, advocacy, and provider relations opportunities. The conference was attended by numerous Fortune 500 companies, the government sector and all modes of transportation.

The recent turmoil in Iraq caused world oil prices to increase by about 4% last week. Iraq is the second biggest exporter of oil in the world, recently hitting a 30-year-high in production. World oil demand is increasing, oil production from Iraq is vulnerable to attack, and nobody has the reserves to pick up the slack. Oil price increases will drive the price of unleaded gasoline up 5 to 10 cents a gallon in the next couple of days. Read the full story here.

Omnichannel defines the way in which customers use several different methods to buy products (i.e. mobile devices, tablets, and computers). Retailers are heavily focused on creating a seamless consumer experience on any platform. It is not an easy task.

There’s been a lot of negative talk about the latest Safety Regulations in the motor freight industry: they’re too strict, too many, too much. But what nobody seems to be talking about is that they’re saving lives.