#freight demand

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Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities in 2025

The trucking industry is navigating some rough terrain right now. Flat freight movement demand, dropping rates, and low load-to-truck ratios have made things challenging for carriers, brokers, and owner-operators alike. It’s a tough environment to work in, no doubt about it, but challenges like these also bring opportunities for those who can adapt and pivot. Let’s take a closer look at what’s…

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been rewatching barry s1 and 2 and it is. Insane. How. The looney tunes of it all. Wiley coyote. It's all so stupid None of it means anything. and they dont know they dont realize. and then. And then

[annoyinglandmagazine]

Lesbian Halenthir pt 10

Haleth didn’t mean to say it. She knew that whatever was going on between her and Moryo it was doomed to eventual failure and pain. After all she was only a ripple in the immortal life of an elf. But in this one matter these two infinitely logical women lost the ability to think clearly or rationally.

Caranthir had noticed the state of Haleth’s cloak when they’d begun to undo their armour and immediately demanded to have it handed to her. Haleth had been confused but passed it over and Caranthir had crossed her long legs and sat on the ground, taking out the thread and needles that she’d kept in her skirts, because of course she had. Who didn’t keep sewing materials in pockets under their armour while fighting.

Haleth had set to sharpening her sword next to her but found it hard to focus. Moryo was focused on her task and her long pale fingers moved nimbly while her curtain of hair, that she had slipped out of its braids, spilled over her shoulders and all the way down her back and around her in inky waves. She had started to embroider the most beautiful roses unto it once she’d finished and flushed as red as them once she realised that Haleth had noticed, pulling her eyes back down to her hands and nervously pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. And Haleth’s resolve weakened as she was overcome by deep affection for the person in front of her. The words were out before she could think of them fully.

‘I love you.’ Caranthir stopped, feeling her eyes widen, hardly able to believe what she had heard. ‘You don’t mean that.’ She said abrasively, angry at herself for doing this to Haleth. How could she deceive such an incredible person into falling in love with someone who never existed? For it must be that she’d presented herself falsely to her, no one would ever be capable of loving her if she had been honest.

‘What, am I too unintelligent to understand the meaning of the words I say? Too unsophisticated to know my own feelings? For how could a mere mortal understand the concept of love?’ Haleth was fuming her words practically spit out as she rose from the ground to glare at the elf. This was right. She should be angry at her, Caranthir must have been genuine here, anger was the correct response when she spoke. So Caranthir did what she did best. She straightened up to look Haleth in the eyes, squared her shoulders and yelled.

‘I’m a monster! I killed people, innocent people, my hands are drenched in their blood! My insignia, my face, my sword or my name invoke fear and hatred in most of my species, even in the children, those who have done nothing to invoke my wrath! I taint and burn all those who are unfortunate enough to know me let alone love me! I’m vengeful, harsh and too weak to stand up to my father or brothers even when they lead us and our people even further into doom for our crimes! Whoever you think you love they are merely a fragment of your imagination! A monster is all I will ever be and if you think there was ever anything more than that it is either the product of deception or wilful ignorance.’

Haleth refused to take a step back or flinch at Caranthir’s words looking straight into those dark blue eyes, now glistening with tears that refused to be shed. When she spoke she kept her voice level ‘I am not here to analyse your every decision and action and look into your every motivation to cast judgement on whether or not you deserve to be punished. I will not do this because I am nowhere near absolved of all wrongdoing myself and I cannot tell you if you are a good person because I do not believe such a thing exists in this world. I know only that you may well be all these things you have spoken of but you are also the Carnistir that I have known these past months and that elf may not be a good person but it is certainly a person with depth and most definitely a great deal more than a monster. And know that I love you not as some bewitched deceived victim but only as a woman who loves all the aspects of another so much they feel they could burst. And if you do not feel that my love could ever be enough to understand the depths of an immortal elf just tell me and you need never be bothered by it again.’

Caranthir sank to the ground pulling her knees to her chest while the first silent tears slipped past her defences. She whispered then her voice barely audible, ‘I do not deserve it. You should give it to someone else, someone that is even a fraction of the person you are, or at least deserving of any form of love from anyone. I am not.’ She was aware of Haleth kneeling next to her. Then like a jolt of lightening she felt her cup her chin, pulling her face gently upwards to look her in the eyes. She waited for a response for Haleth to realise her mistake and get out while she could. She was probably being kind to her, letting her down gently with one last show of affection. More proof that Haleth was far kinder than she deserved.

‘You are. You deserve all the love on this world. I could not give my heart to any other even if I wanted to, ever since I first saw you that day, like a figure from legends. And I would not even if I had the choice for my choice would always be you. You are the first person I’ve ever known to look at me and really see the person I am and I feel more secure in that person every day just knowing that if someone as strong and intelligent as you can look at me with so much warmth I must be doing something right.’ Moryo suddenly wrapped her arms around Haleth, collapsing unto her shoulder to quietly sob. Haleth hugged her back and the knelt together in each other’s arms on the floor for what felt like hours. Caranthir then spoke into Haleth’s shoulder. ‘I love you to. So much.’

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Jamshedpur Truckers Threaten Strike Over Stagnant Freight Rates

Annual Vishwakarma Puja announced; association warns of road blockades if demands not met Jamshedpur Truck Trailer Owners Association warns of strike action if freight rates aren’t revised by September 13, 2024. JAMSHEDPUR – The local transporters’ association has issued a threat of road blockades and freight stoppage in the event that freight rates are not revised, citing years of stagnation. In…

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Whether it is warehouse management, logistics, or manufacturing, having the right team in place is key to keeping operations running smoothly. Many businesses are now turning to logistics staffing in Houston, Texas, to help meet their recruitment needs. From specialized skills to cost-efficiency, the benefits of outsourcing logistics staffing are numerous.

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"Radio Cabinets Burned By Vandals in Kitchener," St. Catharines Standard. October 5, 1933. Page 1. --- Desperate efforts on the part of Stratford, Ont., strikers to prevent the manufacturers taking out radio cabinets to other factories to be finished resulted in the burning and smashing of a freight car loaded with cabinets. Vandals, it is alleged, ignited the car after first throwing a jar of gasoline into it. The above layout shows: Right, the freight car after the fire had been extinguished, Left, damaged cabinets taken from the freight car and piled at the siding. $5,000 damage was done.

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Revolutionizing Logistics and Courier Management: The Impact of On-Demand Services

The emergence of on-demand services powered by technology affects how logistics and courier companies operate and provide their services. We will explore the significant ways in which on-demand services have transformed the logistics and courier management sector.

Instant Gratification and Convenience: One of the most significant impacts of on-demand services on logistics and courier management is the ability to provide instant gratification and convenience to customers. With on-demand platforms, customers can request services, track their shipments, and receive timely updates, all at their fingertips. This level of convenience has become the new norm, raising customer expectations and driving logistics companies to adopt on-demand models to meet the demand for quick and efficient delivery services.

Streamlined Operations and Efficiency: On-demand services have streamlined logistics and courier operations to increase efficiency and productivity. By leveraging technology and data-driven solutions, companies can optimize routes, allocate resources effectively, and reduce delivery times. Real-time tracking and advanced analytics enable companies to make informed decisions, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve their operations. The result is a more streamlined and efficient logistics and courier management process.

Cost Optimization and Resource Utilization: On-demand services have also cost optimization and improved resource utilization for logistics and courier companies. By utilizing a network of independent contractors or gig workers, companies can flexibly scale their workforce based on demand, eliminating the need for a large permanent staff. This approach helps reduce labor costs and allows companies to allocate resources more efficiently. Additionally, on-demand services enable companies to optimize vehicle usage, reducing fuel costs and minimizing carbon footprint.

Enhanced Customer Experience and Satisfaction: On-demand services, logistics, and courier firms can enhance customer experience, customer satisfaction, and loyalty. Real-time tracking and accurate delivery estimates give customers transparency and peace of mind. Furthermore, personalized delivery options, such as same-day or time-specific deliveries, cater to individual customer preferences. The ability to meet this evolving customer demand enhances the overall experience and builds trust and loyalty.

Disruption and Innovation: Established businesses face innovative startups that leverage technology and customer-centric approaches. This disruption has forced traditional players to adapt and embrace the on-demand model or risk losing market share. As a result, the industry is experiencing a wave of innovation, with companies exploring new delivery methods, autonomous vehicles, and drone technology to stay competitive.

On-demand services have revolutionized the logistics and courier management sector. They have introduced instant gratification, convenience, and transparency to customers while streamlining operations and optimizing costs for companies. As the demand for on-demand services grows logistics and courier businesses need to assume this revolution, leverage technology, and adopt customer-centric approaches to stay ahead.

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Freight Forwarding Market Comprehensive, Analysis, Insights and forecast 2024-2033

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The freight forwarding market was valued at USD 219.5 billion in 2023, and it is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of approximately 3.75% during the forecast period.

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Freight forwarding is organizing, coordinating, and shipping goods from one place to another across international borders through a single or multiple carriers. The shipment of the goods occurs through land, air, or sea. The company responsible for organizing the shipment is known as a freight forwarder. Freight forwarders manage the benefits and risks of shipping nationally and internationally by performing the required tasks, including container tracking, freight rate negotiations, freight consolidation, and customs documentation. Moreover, freight forwarding comprises numerous stages, such as export customs clearance, export haulage, import customs clearance, origin handling, destination handling, and import haulage.

Market Drivers and Trends

A surge in international trade volumes is one of the primary drivers of the growth of the freight forwarding market. An increasing number of trade agreements, especially among emerging economies, is a key factor driving the growth of international trade. Additionally, a booming e-commerce market has helped augment trade activities, resulting in increased freight forwarding market growth.

Further, integrated services offered by freight forwarders are another key factor responsible for the growth of the freight forwarding market. Besides transporting cargo, freight forwarders also provide other integrated services such as packaging, insurance, and documentation. Thus, the availability of a wide range of services has also resulted in propelling the growth of the freight forwarding market.

Market Restraints and Challenges

In the past, the story of manufacturing was globalization. But, in recent years, manufacturers have begun to move production closer to home. This means new or expanded local facilities, which makes the opportunity to upgrade to smart factory infrastructure at these facilities irresistible. People have witnessed many global supply chain disruptions in the past, such as an earthquake & tsunami in Japan, floods in Thailand, a US-China trade war, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The push for reshoring to minimize supply chain disruption started long before COVID-19, but it accelerated significantly during the pandemic as the importance of supply chain resilience came to the forefront. Thus, the rise in reshoring and nearshoring manufacturing is projected to create challenges for the global freight forwarding market.

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Global Freight Forwarding Market Segmentation

By Service

Transportation and Warehousing

Packaging and Documentation

Value-added Services

By Mode of Transport

Land Freight Forwarding

Sea Freight Forwarding

Air Freight Forwarding

By Customer Type

B2B

B2C

By End-use Industry

Retail and E-Commerce

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Automotive

Others

Major Players in the Global Freight Forwarding Market

The key players studied in the global freight forwarding market are CEVA Logistics (The Netherlands), Deutsche Post DHL Group (Germany), Dimerco Express Corporation (Taiwan), DSV A/S (Denmark), FedEx Corporation (US), Kuehne + Nagel Management AG (Switzerland), MGF (Canada), Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Japan), Schenker AG (Germany), and United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (US).

COVID-19 Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in flight cancellations, travel bans, and the implementation of quarantine measures, which caused massive disruption of the supply chain and logistics activities across the globe. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in workforce changes and temporary restrictions on the movement of goods. Several countries shut down their borders and limited transportation & travel to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, important supply chains in the logistics and transportation industries were hampered, though differently across air, land, and sea modes of transportation. The supply chain disturbance created by the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted competitiveness and caused jobs to be lost in the logistics industry for a while. Moreover, an increase in demand for healthcare and FMCG supplies such as hospital supplies, gloves, sanitizers, vaccinations, and perishable food items, propelled the growth of the freight forwarding market during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sea Freight Forwarding Market Growth, Top Companies Share, Size, and Forecast 2024-2032

IMARC Group has recently released a new research study titled “Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2024-2032”, offers a detailed analysis of the market drivers, segmentation, growth opportunities, trends and competitive landscape to understand the current and future market scenarios. How big is the sea freight forwarding…

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The impact of the change in demand and supply on logistics functions and costs.

Changes in demand and supply have a big effect on how things move around, like when you order something online, and it needs to be delivered to your doorstep. Let's talk about how these changes affect the way things are transported and how much it costs.

Imagine more people suddenly want to buy a popular toy. That's an increase in demand. To make sure everyone gets their toy on time, the company delivering them might need to use more trucks, planes, or ships. This means more money spent on fuel, drivers, and transportation, and those costs could go up.

Conversely, if fewer people want the toy, there's a decrease in demand. The company might not need as many trucks and planes, so they might save money on transportation.

[artisticdivasworld]

Navigating Q4 in Trucking: What to Expect and How to Stay Ahead

As we move into October, there are some key updates in the trucking world that will likely affect your business. Things have been up and down this year, but there are a few silver linings if you stay on top of the trends and plan accordingly. Let’s start with rates. Spot rates have been dropping most of the year, with dry van rates down by about $0.02 to $0.05 per mile compared to earlier…

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Data-Driven Insights: Decision-Making in the Digitalized Freight Forwarding Market 2021-2028

The title "Data-Driven Insights: Decision-Making in the Digitalized Freight Forwarding Market" encapsulates the transformative influence of technology and data analytics on the freight forwarding industry. In an era characterized by digitalization, freight forwarders are harnessing the power of data to optimize operations, enhance customer experiences, and make informed decisions.

"Data-Driven Insights" refers to the valuable information derived from the vast amount of data generated within the freight forwarding process. From tracking shipments in real-time to analyzing historical trends, data provides actionable insights that enable freight forwarders to optimize routes, improve transit times, and mitigate risks. By harnessing data-driven insights, the industry is moving beyond traditional approaches and embracing a more proactive and efficient operational model.

The phrase "Decision-Making in the Digitalized Freight Forwarding Market" underscores how data has become a cornerstone of effective decision-making. Freight forwarders use advanced analytics tools to forecast demand, identify bottlenecks, and allocate resources strategically. Moreover, data-driven insights empower businesses to respond swiftly to disruptions, as real-time information enables dynamic adjustments to plans and routes.

With the increasing adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors, Global Freight Forwarding Market can track the location, condition, and security of shipments throughout their journey. This level of transparency not only improves operational efficiency but also builds trust with clients by providing accurate and up-to-date information.

The integration of data analytics also extends to customer interactions. Freight forwarders can personalize services by analyzing customer preferences, shipping history, and pain points. This enables them to provide tailored solutions, enhance customer satisfaction, and foster long-term partnerships.

In terms of value, Europe led the worldwide freight forwarding market in 2019, accounting for 31.8% of the total, followed by Asia Pacific and North America. The presence of significant firms like as Kuehne & Nagel, DHL, DB Schenker, and Panalpina Inc. has contributed to the region's growth.   In the worldwide freight forwarding sector, the Asia Pacific area is seeing tremendous expansion. The presence of fast-growing economies like India and China is primarily responsible for the region's growth. The region's fast-growing economies provide chances for growth, so top corporations are focusing on merger and acquisition to increase their companies' footprint in these economies.

In conclusion, "Data-Driven Insights: Decision-Making in the Digitalized Global Freight Forwarding Market " signifies the industry's evolution into a tech-savvy and customer-centric domain. The title underscores the critical role that data analytics plays in shaping the future of freight forwarding. By embracing digitalization and leveraging data-driven insights, the industry is not only enhancing operational efficiency but also revolutionizing customer experiences and redefining industry standards.

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"It is 70 years since AT&T’s Bell Labs unveiled a new technology for turning sunlight into power. The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It also realised that powering devices with light alone showed how science could make the future seem wonderful; hence a press event at which sunshine kept a toy Ferris wheel spinning round and round.

Today solar power is long past the toy phase. Panels now occupy an area around half that of Wales, and this year they will provide the world with about 6% of its electricity—which is almost three times as much electrical energy as America consumed back in 1954. Yet this historic growth is only the second-most-remarkable thing about the rise of solar power. The most remarkable is that it is nowhere near over.

To call solar power’s rise exponential is not hyperbole, but a statement of fact. Installed solar capacity doubles roughly every three years, and so grows ten-fold each decade. Such sustained growth is seldom seen in anything that matters. That makes it hard for people to get their heads round what is going on. When it was a tenth of its current size ten years ago, solar power was still seen as marginal even by experts who knew how fast it had grown. The next ten-fold increase will be equivalent to multiplying the world’s entire fleet of nuclear reactors by eight in less than the time it typically takes to build just a single one of them.

Solar cells will in all likelihood be the single biggest source of electrical power on the planet by the mid 2030s. By the 2040s they may be the largest source not just of electricity but of all energy. On current trends, the all-in cost of the electricity they produce promises to be less than half as expensive as the cheapest available today. This will not stop climate change, but could slow it a lot faster. Much of the world—including Africa, where 600m people still cannot light their homes—will begin to feel energy-rich. That feeling will be a new and transformational one for humankind.

To grasp that this is not some environmentalist fever dream, consider solar economics. As the cumulative production of a manufactured good increases, costs go down. As costs go down, demand goes up. As demand goes up, production increases—and costs go down further. This cannot go on for ever; production, demand or both always become constrained. In earlier energy transitions—from wood to coal, coal to oil or oil to gas—the efficiency of extraction grew, but it was eventually offset by the cost of finding ever more fuel.

As our essay this week explains, solar power faces no such constraint. The resources needed to produce solar cells and plant them on solar farms are silicon-rich sand, sunny places and human ingenuity, all three of which are abundant. Making cells also takes energy, but solar power is fast making that abundant, too. As for demand, it is both huge and elastic—if you make electricity cheaper, people will find uses for it. The result is that, in contrast to earlier energy sources, solar power has routinely become cheaper and will continue to do so.

Other constraints do exist. Given people’s proclivity for living outside daylight hours, solar power needs to be complemented with storage and supplemented by other technologies. Heavy industry and aviation and freight have been hard to electrify. Fortunately, these problems may be solved as batteries and fuels created by electrolysis gradually become cheaper...

The aim should be for the virtuous circle of solar-power production to turn as fast as possible. That is because it offers the prize of cheaper energy. The benefits start with a boost to productivity. Anything that people use energy for today will cost less—and that includes pretty much everything. Then come the things cheap energy will make possible. People who could never afford to will start lighting their houses or driving a car. Cheap energy can purify water, and even desalinate it. It can drive the hungry machinery of artificial intelligence. It can make billions of homes and offices more bearable in summers that will, for decades to come, be getting hotter.

But it is the things that nobody has yet thought of that will be most consequential. In its radical abundance, cheaper energy will free the imagination, setting tiny Ferris wheels of the mind spinning with excitement and new possibilities.

This week marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The Sun rising to its highest point in the sky will in decades to come shine down on a world where nobody need go without the blessings of electricity and where the access to energy invigorates all those it touches."

-via The Economist, June 20, 2024

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Movers and packers in Dwarka sector-1