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FedEx pushes Trump, U.S. Senate to embrace forward-looking infrastructure...
FedEx has emerged as a vocal, and at times controversial, advocate for global business in recent months. This time around, the company is holding the Trump administration to its promises to improve...
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Where We Went Wrong – Part 2: A matter of trust, urgency, transparency
The e-commerce revolution has, obviously, created great opportunities for the traditional air cargo industry, but it has also created challenges. It has exposed problems that were often hinted at in...
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C.H. Robinson’s Short navigates turbulent global trade climate
Mike Short, C.H. Robinson’s president of global forwarding Having a protectionist stance in 2017 seems to be the equivalent of the “tough on crime” rhetoric that ushered so many American politicians...
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Disruption, adaptation no stranger to forwarding business
Brandon Fried is executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association Disruption is nothing new to the air forwarding industry, as I recently learned from a friend who just celebrated 50 years in...
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Building a better hamburger: The importance of consistent quality
Brandon Fried is executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association Hamburgers are great, either cooked on the home grill or savored in the finest of gourmet restaurants. Every so often, if in a...
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Where We Went Wrong – Part 3: A new way forward
As seen in the first column in this series (February 2017), the emergence of e-commerce exposed how the air cargo industry is little match for new consumer logistics demands, which mandate transparency...
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The nose knows: Why we need more canine detection for cargo
Brandon Fried is the executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association Our family St. Bernard, Lacey, is one of the friendliest dogs you will ever come across, despite her impressive size and...
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Kerry Logistics’ Blank brings Europe, China a bit closer
Thomas Blank, managing director of Kerry Logistics With its extensive infrastructure and footprint in the world’s biggest e-commerce market, China, Kerry Logistics is intimately involved in directing...
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E-commerce adaptation should be evolutionary, not revolutionary
Brandon Fried is the executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association. No matter how much we tried to be cool kids in junior high school, there was always a group of cooler kids that the rest...
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Air Canada’s Tim Strauss on the need for a common cargo language
Tim Strauss, vice president of cargo, Air Canada Despite today’s climate of limited government and deregulation, there is at least one industry –airfreight forwarding – that may need regulations and...
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UPS, FedEx bury the hatchet to demand reform on Capitol Hill
UPS and FedEx bosses penned a joint call to action over the weekend, as promises made by the Trump administration to revitalize national infrastructure and reform the tax code languish in the...
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