With C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the CEO of the 3PL is speaking out publicly about the racially charged events in Minneapolis, just 12 miles away.
Bob Biesterfeld, the president and CEO of CHRW, has posted to LinkedIn a letter he sent to Robinson employees about the death of George Floyd, who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police. In the letter, Biesterfeld discusses not only the death of Floyd but also the protests that followed.
He opens the...
Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages out of China in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic have led many shippers to try hybrid services that combine sea and air modes.
So-called “sea-air” services offered by some global freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) have been around for decades, but they tend to come and go depending on airfreight market conditions.
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In late 2017, when Uber announced “Freight,” I was about to build a digital freight brokerage, one with a very different focus but in the same pool. In the 2.5 years since, I have had a front row seat for the impact – first selling against them, and now helping companies with their digital transformations.
Before everyone starts celebrating the possible demise of...
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