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Trending Transportation Updates: March 2019

April 2, 2019

March was packed full of logistics-related news and transportation updates. We’ve summed up the most important events and trends that took place during the month: Sober Steering Aims to Add Sobriety Tests to Steering Wheels  A Canadian company, Sober Steering, makes alcohol-detecting devices attached to steering wheels. It is striving...

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Ins and Outs of Air Freight Shipping

March 28, 2019

The pace of the modern world makes us do everything faster. In the world of freight shipping, the pace is doubled. The higher delivery speed expectations are, the more companies strive to provide next-day shipping. People rely on the arrival of their shipment all over the globe, and everybody wants...

How A 3PL Can Benefit An E-Commerce Business

March 26, 2019

Today, we can buy and sell everything we want online, but one thing still remains the same - items need to reach us. Unlike the traditional method, e-commerce made logistics for retail companies more complicated than it was in the offline era. More and more companies start using 3PL for...

3 Main Reasons To Outsource Your Transportation Management

March 21, 2019

Transportation is a large part of many businesses and occupies a significant piece of their supply chains. Managing such an impactful branch as transportation is complicated, and trusting business to handle your supply chain can be very stressful. To resolve logistics challenges, you can outsource your transportation management. However, trying...

LTL Freight Shipping Trends in 2019 and Beyond

March 19, 2019

With the growth of small businesses and e-commerce development, the number of smaller shipments being transported around the world has drastically increased. Along with parcel shipments, less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping is changing and evolving and being influenced by the latest e-commerce trends, fuel rates, online shipping services and more. If you...

Expanding Your Oil & Gas Carrier Network

March 14, 2019

The oil and gas sector is one of those industries where partners need to gain extreme credibility to maintain sustainable working relationships. Energy supply chains are complex and look like knotted webs instead of a linear chain. There are multiple processes involved, remote sites, safety regulations and hazardous materials that...

How Efficient Transportation Can Strengthen Your Supply Chain

March 12, 2019

Supply chain management (SCM) is the heart of a company’s operations. Therefore, the company strongly depends on how smooth your supply chain is. Maintaining a robust supply management strategy is complex since it involves numerous processes that require planning and constant control. What is supply chain management? SCM is a...

What Is Multimodal Freight and How Can It Benefit You

March 7, 2019

Transporting an object from one place to another doesn’t seem like a difficult thing to do unless it’s a volume of freight going within continents. In that case, companies have to utilize several modes of transportation to get their freight from origin to destination. These modes involve a ship, air,...

Trending Transportation Updates: February 2019

March 5, 2019

There were many new and exciting developments throughout the transportation and shipping industry last month. Check out some of the top stories that made headlines during February! Trump to extend tariff deadline meeting with Xi It seems like trade agreements between the US and China are far from ending. After...

How Highway Congestion Affects Freight Transportation

February 28, 2019

The life of a truck driver can be stressful in many ways. Spending long hours on the road, the need for constant concentration, and the responsibility for freight security and on-time delivery. Additionally, apart from all of these unpleasant elements of a trucker's day, there is a lot of wasted...