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Refrigerated Freight Shipping: Best Practices for Effective Reefer Shipping

Planning temperature-controlled shipments can be extremely complicated because the slightest disruption could lead to spoiled products and lost sales. Reefers, or refrigerated trucks, handle 90% of all food distributed through the U.S. Aside from meat, dairy, and fresh produce, frozen equipment is also used to carry medicine, flowers, electronics, fine art, cosmetics, and other products that require climate control during transportation. To keep your cold shipments efficient and profitable, you can use seve

Inbound Shipments: How to Manage Your Inbound Shipping Strategy

The role of high-performing and high-level shipping services is growing. Retailers and small businesses have to keep up with the increasing competition, and at the same time provide quality products and services to their customers. Essentially, breaking the bank to keep all the processes running is difficult, and businesses are looking for ways to save costs. One of the possible solutions to cut unnecessary costs is to look into your inbound freight shipping strategy.

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3 Best Practices For Successful LTL Shipments

Less than truckload shipping is a great and cost-effective option to move relatively small amounts of freight. However, there is a high demand for LTL capacity, and it is often higher than the supply. Shippers that don’t know how to prepare LTL freight and make it more attractive to the carriers may miss out on the opportunity to land a place in an LTL trailer. There are several practices for LTL shipments that can improve your freight’s status and also affect the price you are paying for LTL shipments.

Textile Logistics: What to Consider with Apparel

Textile and clothing industries are two big branches of the economy, which fuel a significant number of retail businesses. From zippers and sewing materials to high-end fashion products, the textile and fashion industry is crucial for today’s society. Apparel supply chains are complex and usually time-sensitive. Because of the high customer expectations in this field of retail, shipping and textile logistics play critical roles in customer experience, and, consequently, greatly affect the company’s profit.

Partial Truckload Shipping: What & When Should You Use It?  

There are two main over-the-road shipping modes: truckload and less-than-truckload. However, if you have ever shipped slightly beyond the LTL limits or not enough for full truckload, you may have assumed it’s not very cost-efficient. There is another option you may not be aware of, and that’s partial truckload shipping. For some shippers, it can be a cheaper and more useful alternative to traditional shipping modes.

What is partial truckload shipping?

Partial truckload shipping refers to a medium amoun

What Are The Benefits of Using Shipping Apps?

Over the last decade, the logistics and transportation industry were greatly reshaped by technology. In many ways, it has changed operations, data storage, tracking, customer service, and many other sectors of shipping. With more logistics start-ups emerging, the market becomes more saturated with new software and tech solutions for truckload and less-than-truckload shipping. One of the most convenient and useful tools for shippers are mobile shipping apps. Shipping applications provide many benefits to any

How to Ship Internationally: Tips for Successful International Freight Shipping

It has never been easier to sell and buy things online or ship items internationally. Whether you’re an individual entrepreneur or a small business, you can benefit from the rapid development of cross border e-commerce. Numerous marketplaces made it possible to access customers across the world. For example, shipping to Canada can be a great start for U.S. retailers or businesses.  While it has become easier to expand your audiences and handle transactions from different countries, shipping freight internat

LTL Freight Shipping Trends to Watch For in 2022

Last year was huge for LTL freight, with a high demand primarily driven by the rapid growth of e-commerce. In 2020, experts forecast a steady growth with more balanced demand, the significant impact of technology, more small companies and startups entering the market, the rise of mobile tech, and the increase of freight rates. Let’s take a deeper dive into 2020 LTL shipping trends and see what will influence the LTL industry in the nearest future.

2020 LTL shipping trends: what to watch for?

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Black Friday Shipping 2022: A Guide for Retail Businesses

Black Friday is just around the corner, marking the official start of the holiday season for shoppers and retailers. Each year, the last Friday of November is getting bigger by generating more and more sales and revenues. In 2018, it generated $6.2 billion in online sales, which was almost 23% more than the previous year.  This has resulted in a leap in demand for e-commerce companies and retailers. It can be very challenging to keep up with that demand and maintain high-quality customer service at the same

Accessorial Fees – How to Avoid Them  

Freight shipping can be a simple and positive experience… when you know the fundamentals of the process. However, even experienced shippers sometimes make small errors that can cost them a budget, customers, or business relationships. When you state uncertain or inaccurate shipment information, you can be surprised by accessorial charges to your freight. Following some simple steps will reduce the likelihood of this experience and save you money.

What is an accessorial charge?

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