This report delves into the crucial relationship between last mile delivery solutions and preparedness for potential supply chain disruptions, notably major carrier strikes.

Cargo theft is booming. Today’s sophisticated freight thieves are using a variety of effective techniques, ranging from identity theft to cyber scams to clandestine truck rerouting.

The new location offers direct planeside recovery, immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers to the facility and reduced processing fees.

The new feature enables shippers to interact with the ShipperGuide platform “as if they were talking to colleagues,” according to a statement from Loadsmart.

Double-brokering freight fraud is a major concern for shippers, carriers and logistics providers worldwide, costing the industry around $100 million per year.

The courier faces the possibility of a union strike of its 330,000 workers as the company negotiates to replace a five-year labor contract that expires on July 31.

The report also found that global transportation costs have fallen below their long-term average thanks to lessening pressures on shipping, rail, air and road freight. 

A staggering 93% of chemical companies claim freight transportation and supply chain disruptions have affected them negatively.

Stefan Paul believes Kuehne + Nagel is well positioned to weather freight volatility and that a cargo recovery could begin as soon as the second half of this year.