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Is Your Logistics Provider a Strategic Partner in Your Supply Chain Operations?
You make your business decisions on the best information you can. But it’s easy to be held back by assumptions that don’t always hold up. Busting the following two major myths and constituent...
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Global Air Freight Logistics Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld...
The Global Air Freight Logistics industry primarily transports commercial cargo as well as time-sensitive freight and mail; however, because the industry moves goods throughout the world, it is...
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“Modal Agnostic” - Seeking Capacity When and Where it Makes the Most Economic...
Today’s savviest logistics practitioners are driving out costs from the transportation system and creating new “omni-channel” distribution networks designed to take advantage of customers’ changing...
View ArticleThe New State of Logistics: Air
The air cargo business continues to suffer the brunt of the impact of the weak outlook in developed economies. Freight volumes are expected to be basically stagnant at 52.1 million tons, and there has...
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A Drone Delivers Your Package?
So, what is the implication for logistics? Well, just like what I have been discussing relative to 3D Printing, there is a chance this could revolutionize air freight delivery in the package space.
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Drones – The Birth of a New Transportation Mode
"I believe we’re witnessing the birth of a new transportation mode, one that will take many years to develop and mature (but will probably happen sooner than we think)."
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Will the U.S. Government Shutdown Impact Transportation?
All eyes are on Congress regarding funding to keep the U.S. government open. If the government does shutdown, between 800,000 and 2.1 million employees across the federal government will not be at...
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Transportation & Logistics Companies Reap the Benefits of U.S. Shale Gas...
As the shale energy revolution is gaining speed in the U.S., transportation and logistics companies are experiencing an immediate and dramatic impact, according to a new PwC US report, Shale Energy: A...
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Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to Hold Hearings on...
Amazon's plans for using drones to deliver packages is just one example of the potential this technology offers consumers, and a reflection of the ingenuity of American business.
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FAA Selects Research & Test Sites for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
The FAA has selected six UAS test site operators that will allow the agency to develop research findings and operational experiences to help ensure the safe integration of UAS into the nation's...
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6 Things You May Not Know About Marine Cargo Insurance
Marine cargo insurance policies are unique compared to other insurance policies. This is because international ocean and air shipments are subject to a unique set of laws that limit the liability of...
View Article‘Airshipping’ - Perhaps the Logistics of Freight by Blimp aren’t Just Hot Air
The unveiling of the Aeroscraft, a 266 feet long and 110 feet wide lighter-than-air craft by the now Californian based Worldwide Aeros company simply shows that some maintain faith that the concept so...
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The Extraordinary Rolls-Royce Technology Behind Your Flight
Aircraft in flight anywhere in the world automatically report back via satellite to the Rolls-Royce Service Operations Room where our team looks at, compares and reports on half a billion engine data...
View ArticleBlack Friday Peak for Air Freight Rates, But Port Congestion May Bring a Xmas...
Rates for eastbound transpacific increased particularly fast, indicative that pricing on that route was inflated somewhat by a modal shift from ocean to air in response to potential delays at US West...
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Deutsche Bahn Sues Airlines Over Price-Fixing
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) is filing a billion-euro lawsuit against more than a dozen airlines over allegations of running a 'global cargo cartel.' Germany's Lufthansa is reportedly the...
View ArticleWest Coast Port Lockouts and the Sea’s Importance in the Supply Chain
An estimated $1 trillion dollars in goods moves through those ports annually, and when those goods stop moving, supply chains nationwide get broken.
View ArticleAir Cargo Market is ‘On Its Knees’
One forwarder told The Loadstar the market was “on its knees” as WorldACD showed that yields have continued to fall, losing some 11% of their value since this time last year – and it is expected that...
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FedEx Buys $10 Billion of Boeing 767 Jet Freighters
The deal, announced in a statement by the US cargo operator, includes options for another 50 767Fs and is worth $9.97 billion at list prices, although customers typically receive an undisclosed...
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Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace...
UAS must be integrated into the NAS without reducing existing capacity, decreasing safety, negatively impacting current operators, or increasing the risk to airspace users or persons and property on...
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Air Freight Forwarders Greet New Project Cargo Scheme with Enthusiasm
The Aeroscraft Corporation revealed another milestone completed in the development of the world’s first "Vertical Takeoff and Landing" capable heavy-lift cargo airship, the Aeroscraft, featuring...
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