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How Freight Classification Affects Your Bottom Line
As an industry, supply chain logistics has experienced a renewed emphasis on optimal shipping solutions in recent years, with many shippers...
Understanding Intermodal Shipping: Five Common Questions
If your business frequently moves freight via shipping container or requires long-distance cargo transportation, there’s a good chance your...
Understanding Accessorial Charges
Shipping accessorials, also known as accessorial charges or surcharges, refer to additional services or fees associated with a shipment beyond...
What’s Going on with Fulfillment by Amazon? (FBA)
If you're an Amazon seller or otherwise connected to the world of ecommerce, you've probably heard of Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). The popular...
Effective LTL Freight Strategies
Businesses frequently find themselves shipping products that don’t fill a full truckload. Rather than waste resources on a full-length 53″ truck...
5 Skills You’ll Need for a Successful Career in Logistics
Thinking about a career in logistics? With nearly 25,000 new job openings projected per year over the next decade, opportunities for supply chain...
Understanding Partial Truckload and Volume LTL Shipping
There are two main shipping options for moving freight too big for standard less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, but not big enough to qualify as...
Contract vs. Spot Rates: What’s the Difference?
Contract and spot rates each have their place in the shipping industry — some businesses may even utilize both options, depending on their...
Managing the Cannabis Supply Chain
As of 2022, an estimated 38.4 million Americans consume cannabis in some form. Business in this sector is booming, but participating in the...
Why Every Business Needs Efficient LTL Shipping
Less-than-truckload shipping (LTL) is the primary method for moving cargo too large to ship in packages, but too small to fill an entire trailer...