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Mays Chemical selects Red TMS, saves $100,000 in transportation costs

Several years ago, Mays Chemical, a midsized national distributor of food chemicals and raw materials, found itself at an increasingly common crossroads. Its transportation manager was set to retire, taking with her that hard-earned and hard-to-transfer tribal knowledge about the ins and outs of Mays’ supply chain. 

At the crossroads of legacy processes and the digital freight market, Mays had three full-time employees in the transportation department who each managed $1 million in freight spend...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mays-chemical-selects-red-tms-saves-100000-in-transportation-costs

Waterfront Shipping launches barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation

Waterfront Shipping has partnered with Vopak, NYK and TankMatch to launch a barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam.

The launch of the world’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Netherlands-based port was aimed at demonstrating the ease of ‘barge-to-ship’ bunkering.

The operation was carried out by Waterfront Shipping’s vessel Takaroa Sun, owned by NYK Bulkship and a subsidiary of NYK, as the inaugural methanol-powered ship to be fuelled by a...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/waterfront-shipping-methanol-bunkering/

CMA CGM Air Cargo adds first Middle East destinations

A white airplane with AIR CARGO written on the side gets loaded through side door.

Ocean shipping line CMA CGM’s new air cargo division said Wednesday it is extending its fledgling network beyond the U.S. with the addition of destinations in Dubai, Beirut and Istanbul. 

The cargo airline began operating two months ago and currently serves Chicago, New York and Atlanta with four Airbus A330-200 freighters operated under contract by Air Belgium, a tourist carrier that is also new to the dedicated air cargo market.

Airfreight capacity is extremely tight so any extra capacity, no...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cma-cgm-air-cargo-adds-first-middle-east-destinations

Flood threat keeps trucking across South

Tractor-trailer stuck on side of road on a rainy day.

A bit of rain falling today along the MS Gulf Coast (Vancleave, MS)
How's the weather where you live today?

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— Live Storm Chasers (@Livestormchaser) May 11, 2021

Periods of relentless torrential rainfall Wednesday will continue to drench parts of the Deep South and Gulf Coast. The region has been getting slammed most of the week so far, resulting in flash...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/flood-threat-keeps-trucking-across-south

ONE broadens use of weather routing tech for its fleet

Norwegian weather intelligence and decision support service, StormGeo has developed its partnership with the Singapore headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) offering a broader range of weather routing services.

The increase in services will see ONE vessels utilise StormGeo’s s-Planner BVS, which uses frequent and accurate forecast information to ensure avoidance of potentially damaging sea conditions.

Late last year ONE suffered heavy losses of containers in storms in the North Pacific as the...

https://container-news.com/one-broadens-use-of-weather-routing-tech-for-its-fleet/

3 reasons perfectly executed routing guides fail 100% of the time

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

The most well-designed routing guides are going to fail. Even seasoned supply chain teams and managers working with a roster of reliable service providers are going to design routing guide failures into their transportation execution strategy. 

When I first started writing and speaking on this topic, national tender rejection rates were around 10%. Currently national tender rejection rates are hovering around 40% and projected to stay...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3-reasons-perfectly-executed-routing-guides-fail-100-of-the-time

Still relying on 3G networks? It is time for an upgrade

The introduction of 5G — alongside widespread adoption of 4G LTE-enabled devices — has prompted major players to shut down older networks. Companies relying on older cellular networks, including 3G, CDMA and 2G, to run their remote monitoring and telematics applications will soon start to experience performance issues and reliability drops ahead of widespread network shutdowns. 

As 3G support is phased out, companies operating devices that utilize 2G or 3G and are not compatible with 4G LTE...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/still-relying-on-3g-networks-it-is-time-for-an-upgrade

Freight fraud: Burgeoning double-brokering scheme like ‘whack-a-mole’

Double-brokering scheme targets brokers and truckers

Part 1 of a two-part investigation into an alleged double-brokering scheme from Southern California

Frustrated with brokers and carriers being looted by a sophisticated network of load-board scammers posing as legitimate companies, Joe Howard created a spreadsheet to track a list of suspect companies, largely based in Southern California, to warn others to do their due diligence or pay the price.

When he started the project two years ago, Howard, who works for a Midwestern logistics company that...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freight-fraud-burgeoning-double-brokering-scheme-like-game-of-whack-a-mole

Legacy systems, lack of visibility hampering last-mile delivery providers

The last-mile innovation continues, and retailers are jumping on the bandwagon in a big way. According to a new report from last-mile logistics provider Bringg, 64% of respondents said they are planning new premium services and service plans to increase business.

“This past year has forced retailers and service providers to assess their supply chain agility and resilience,” said Guy Bloch, CEO at Bringg. “While they want to take advantage of growing opportunities in the world of e-commerce, they...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/legacy-systems-lack-of-visibility-hampering-last-mile-delivery-providers

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