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Air freight can offer your company several advantages over ocean freight. In addition to subjecting your shipments to less handling, which can translate to a lower possibility of damage, air freight can also get your goods to their destination faster—and on a more precise timeline. However, air freight has its own shipping requirements, ones that may be new to you. To help you take full advantage of all that air freight has to offer, we’ve put together a list of best practices for preparing your shipments. These tips will help ensure your package arrives at its destination safely, cost-efficiently and on time. 1. Label Your...

When you’re shipping freight to Hawaii, most businesses adopt one of two approaches: Send everything to a central warehouse in Oahu and distribute inventory to neighboring islands from there. Leverage direct service to send cargo straight to Maui, the Big Island and Kauai, without going through Oahu. After nearly 15 years of experience with Hawaii freight, our team has discovered that the second approach, direct service, can save companies up to 25% on their Hawaii freight costs. If you’re not already using direct service, now might be the right time to reassess your supply chain and create a new efficiency that can directly impact your...

It’s amazing to think that our company has been accident-free for more than four years now. We’re very proud that each member of our team has gone this long without a lost-time accident or injury. Even more proud, that as a supply chain company who handles millions of pounds of freight each week we have been able to achieve this milestone. The average transportation and warehousing company expects almost 4 incidents per year. By posting zeroes in the lost time column, we have saved our customers time, money and worry because a safe team means safe freight. But enough bragging – at least in this...

The consumer landscape is changing, nay, has changed. Same-day delivery, free shipping, and near instant access to more items than a brick and mortar store can hold, are all changing how customers and buyers think about vendors. A simple Google search for the “future of retail” yields thousands of results on current changes happening in retail and the impending doom for traditional store models. In order to compete with behemoths like Amazon, Wal Mart, and Target, medium-sized businesses (even most large) must reevaluate how they are storing, stocking, and shipping. Relying on the status quo in supply chain management means stagnation. For retailers and vendors stagnation means an...

Updated 05/30/23   For many consumers, buying a protection plan is an immediate, hard “no.” Shoppers quickly calculate the risk of damage to their new purchase and decide it’s not worth the extra cash. This fuzzy and rushed math performed at the cash register might be fine for a new stereo but should be taken more seriously when a company’s inventory is on the line. If you think about marine cargo insurance just like a consumer electronics protection plan, you can get yourself in trouble. After all, for many companies, significant loss and damage to goods can significantly impact a bottom line. Why Do You...

Ever had to fly standby? It’s not great. However, for many situations, it is the only solution to get you home to your family. Similar to standby for passenger flights, deferred air freight can be a perfect solution for shippers. By building a schedule that can withstand a few days of extra transit time, shippers get the convenience of air freight, at a fraction of the cost. If your supply chain can afford the slight shift in scheduling, the benefits are hard to beat.   Serious Price Difference Many shippers are turned off by the steep prices of traditional air freight service levels. Expedited or...