-
Ontime logistics update the news, FedEx published three surcharges Wednesday, FedEx’s announcement confirms suspicions that the endless parcel peak surcharges of 2020 will continue into 2021. Since June, peak surcharges have been the norm, and FedEx is the first, but likely not the last, t...Read more »
-
Amazon expanded the square footage of its fulfillment and logistics network by 50% in 2020, with “a significant number of [new buildings coming] online in Q4,” Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said on the company’s earnings call Tuesday. Olsavsky said in October the compa...Read more »
-
Consumer demand and retail sales are up, way up, after 2020′s many crucibles. While the delta variant of COVID-19 has thrown a shadow over the recovery, customers have been refreshing wardrobes, spending stimulus checks and going shopping. If only the supply had bounced back as quickly as t...Read more »
-
Otime logistics Inc update the news. FedEx’s globe-spanning air cargo network looks much different than it did five years ago. It has added dozens of aircraft to its fleet, expanded major shipping hubs and cut down on emissions — although it fell short of a goal set a few years earlier. In ...Read more »
-
The massive growth in Amazon’s delivery network — at its delivery stations, in particular — is expected to continue in the coming years. The delivery stations connect sortation centers to the company’s fleet of last-mile Amazon-branded vans, which are operated by independent contracto...Read more »
-
Global supply chain visibility, automation and optimization depends on the quality of one commodity: data. While individual freight forwarders and container lines have optimized their internal processes, none have developed a standard way of doing business across shipping stages. Port operators, ...Read more »
-
According to an update from Ontime Logisitcs that the ocean freight market is pushing cargo owners to the limits in terms of time and price. But the timeline for when the market will cool remains uncertain as stakeholders expect demand to continue at pace through the end of the year. Last week, M...Read more »
-
In August 2016, the eyes of the world were focused on a U.S. presidential election, Brexit, the Rio Olympics and just about anything other than a South Korean shipping line named Hanjin. But five years ago, on Aug. 31, 2016, Hanjin declared bankruptcy. Supply chains were left scrambling. Dozens o...Read more »
-
As UPS and FedEx are in the middle of a massive vaccine distribution operation, the carriers are getting affairs in order for their core business come the new year. This time, UPS’ surcharges are based on flat volume, rather than relative volume surge as they were in May, meaning it’s...Read more »
-
Ontime logistics the lastest news reported.The use of carton set optimization helped DHL save between 5% and 7% on annual shipping costs when tested in e-commerce warehouses across three industries, according to a paper published in the Journal of Business Logistics last October. Maximizing packa...Read more »
-
FedEx published three surcharges Wednesday, including a 75-cent SmartPost surcharge. The surcharges begin Jan. 18 and stay in effect until further notice. FedEx’s announcement confirms suspicions that the endless parcel peak surcharges of 2020 will continue into 2021. Since June, peak sur...Read more »
-
Ontime logistics the lastest news reported. Returns volume, like overall e-commerce volume, is following similar patterns from last year, in that the overall volume surge has dulled specific spikes. As e-commerce took a larger share of overall commerce in 2020, returns increased and diffused out ...Read more »