Qube Ports & Bulk

UPS | May 28, 2020

UPS announces peak surcharges on certain domestic shipments starting Sunday. The surcharges will apply to Ground Residential and SurePost packages if a shipper's volume the prior week was more than 25,000 packages greater than the shipper's average daily volume in February. The surcharge is $0.30 per package.UPS will also impose a large parcel surcharge of $31.45 per package. UPS will also impose a surcharge of $31.45 per package on large parcels.UPS defines large package as one wi...

Freight

Descartes Systems Group | August 04, 2022

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that C.H. Robinson, one of the world’s largest logistics service providers, is using Descartes MacroPoint™ to expand the options carriers can use to connect with the company’s technology. “We’re pleased to be able to help carriers in C.H. Robinson’s North American freight network deliver important inf...

PYMNTS.com | February 10, 2020

The rise of eCommerce is an inexorable one, with real-world ripple effects that extend all the way to feet and wheels on the street — and, by extension, burgeoning payrolls. To that end, hiring within the logistics sector has gained ground, even beyond the holiday season. This has given rise to the structural shift in the job market, as Amazon and other firms strive to meet the growing demands of one-day and even same-day delivery. In terms of headline numbers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta...

Supply Chain

Trademo | November 10, 2021

Global Supply Chain Intelligence Start-Up Trademo Raises $12.5 Million Seed Round "Global trade and supply chains have become increasingly complex over time. It's very difficult for a large majority of businesses to manage this complexity and avoid disruptions without using external intelligence," explained Ash Lilani, Managing Partner, Saama Capital. "When 70% of companies reporting issues monitoring supply chains last year, Trademo's solution comes at the ...