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Towards the end of 2022, the freight market went a little topsy-turvy. Spot rates dropped below contract rates, leaving a lot of shippers wondering how to effectively manage their freight contracts this year. Here are our top tips to help your company negotiate for the best outcomes this contract season. These tips can shippers using
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Winter can be tricky in the supply chain. It’s often simultaneously the busiest time of year and, in many locations, the most likely season for disaster to strike. In one tiny window of time in December of 2022, more than 10 million packages were delayed, missing that critical Christmas Eve deadline. These delays were due
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The past few years have been a crazy ride in the freight industry, from the great Covid pandemic freeze as countries locked down to soaring consumer demand (and freight volumes) when things opened back. As we go into 2023, the slower market will give companies, both those that utilize logistics services and those that provide
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We’re seeing it across the shipping industry. Shipping rates in the ground, ocean, and air shipping segments have dropped significantly over the past several months after nearly two years of soaring shipping costs. What does it mean? What Do Falling Shipping Rates Signal for the Freight Industry? The freight industry, almost more than any other
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The logistics that come along with running a business can be complicated and expensive. This is especially true for mid-sized companies with significant logistics needs, but that aren’t big enough to hire an entire team of logistics specialists. Outsourcing logistics services is a practical way for companies to stop pouring resources into logistics so they
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Plus, how to solve them. Ah, the holiday season. The sights, the smells, the supply chain headaches. Wait, what? As retail sales reach their peak during the holiday season, the supply chain tends to become overburdened. This creates logistics challenges for companies in what should be their most profitable quarter. What logistics challenges are companies
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Ocean freight rates have experienced huge drops over the past couple of months. In September, container rates on ocean liners from China to the US West Coast had dropped 72% from January’s rates, and those kinds of exponential ocean freight rate drops are being seen across most shipping lanes around the globe. What’s happening that
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Supply chain woes have been a common theme throughout the global Covid-19 pandemic, and many supply chain experts have predicted that, at some point, the combined weight of these issues would cause transportation and logistics operations to hit a wall. Backlogs are having a major impact on supply chains in Toronto and beyond, causing delays
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For e-commerce stores, a lot rides on the order fulfillment process, and when you’ve outgrown the basement or garage, the right fulfillment warehousing partner can help you scale your business and improve customer relations through superior service. Will any ol’ warehouse with space available do the trick? Not if you’re looking for a 3PL partner
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With ocean freight rates surging since last year, many businesses are feeling the crunch of increased shipping costs, particularly when it comes to ocean freight coming into the West from China. Businesses like e-commerce sellers who rely more heavily on imports from China are feeling it even more than others. What’s causing this and what