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The company will add Missouri, Illinois and Kansas and deepen coverage in Louisiana and Arkansas, effective in early September.

Finding space on an international aircraft to move one’s freight is no easy task. Large shippers with enough volume are just renting entire planes to ensure their stuff can get from here to there.

There’s no time for deliberation these days if you want to get high-value cargo shipped by air. It’s a strong seller’s market in the air cargo world. If you see it, book it and don’t worry about the price.

A Prologis and MIT study said the holiday peak season in 2020 was the most environmentally friendly yet. E-commerce dominated 2020 consumer buying trends, drastically reducing the number of individual trips to the store.

With the holidays around the corner, here is an overview of UPS, USPS, FedEx and Amazon shipping deadlines for a delivery date of Dec. 25.

Gateway remains cautious and braced “for any shocks still to come.”

Logistics professionals said to expect U.S.-Mexico border capacity to be tight the rest of the year and into 2021.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, peak season could be among the most volatile in years if current data trends continue. Plus, grading the success of the president, and Amazon’s logistics network just keeps growing.

Uncertainty will be the challenge to overcome as 2020 comes to a close. DDC’s Donna Kintop suggests carriers pay close attention to rising freight volumes, the ongoing pandemic and political tensions both domestic and abroad.

The technology needs to be modular, meaning you can pick and choose how you want to instrument your fleet.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Amazon is altering the industry’s perspective of peak freight season. Plus, Women in Trucking named the top employers for women and XPO could be looking to downsize.

XPO’s Jacobs said facilities will be two of the most highly automated ever built.

Lockers available in all 1,700 stores by March.

Increases go into effect Oct. 18.

UPS to impose a range of surcharges depending on volume.

In this week’s wrap-up, FreightWaves spoke to Larry Mullne of Allied Alloys in Houston to get insights into pre-holiday operations.

Markets from Los Angeles and Ontario to Yuma, Salt Lake City, and Minnesota have suddenly tightened as routing becomes directionally constrained.

Bad weather drives down delivery performance during second week of peak

Top four parcel delivery firms perform well in first week of peak season, ShipMatrix says

Peak season is more like a mini-peak this year for air cargo.