Shipping defined by Answers.com
Shipping is the basic process of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Despite the many variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea.

Shipping and Logistics News
All the latest logistics and shipping news. Topics touch on transportation and trends in shipping, with highlights on business news from around the industry.

Unwrapping Seasonality Challenges
November, 2006
All retailers and vendors want for Christmas is supply chain success. Using logistics technology, savvy shipping strategies, and better planning, many will get their wish.

Getting Service Parts Logistics Up To Speed
November, 2006
Ensuring velocity in the critical parts supply chain is the major focus for manufacturers -- and their carriers and 3PLs. How can shippers and their partners work together to expedite this facet of the supply chain?

Buying Trucking Services: Managing the New "Normal"
September 2006
While guaranteed capacity to haul freight was once a sure thing, times have changed. How are shippers and carriers dealing with today's tight transportation environment? It's all about collaboration -- to mitigate capacity constraints, the driver shortage, and tough new federal regulations.

Trucking Perspectives 2006: IL's Motor Freight Market Insight Survey
September 2006
In-depth coverage of the trucking industry via two tracks: polling carriers to see how they are investing in and evolving their services and coverage area, and soliciting input from transport buyers to gauge the challenges they face, as well as how they select and manage carriers.

Private Fleets: Your Own Private Ride
September 2006
Targeting service, capacity and cost issues, companies turn to private fleets.

It's 4 U: Tracking Cell Phones From Manufacturer To Market
September 2006
Mobile handset and device manufacturers are evolving their product lines and adapting their global supply chains to meet the ever-shifting needs of consumers.

The Consumer Products Supply Chain: Shopping for Solutions
August, 2006
Consumer products companies battled through 2005 -- a year fraught with soaring fuel costs, new food labeling requirements, and hurricanes that damaged stores and drove consumers away. Now, they are looking to fill their own shopping carts with more effective tools to combat supply chain hiccups and ensure consumers get the goods they need.

Temperature-Controlled Logistics: Cold Comfort
August, 2006
Perishable-food shippers are warming up to the idea that public refrigerated warehouses and 3PLs are well equipped to handle their diverse temperature-controlled storage and transportation needs. Outsourcing refrigerated logistics lets food companies chill a little -- and focus on core competencies to better serve consumers.

Logistics by the Book
August, 2006
Lying on the beach, you can get away with reading pretty much any book. But as the hot summer sun starts to fade and fall kicks in, it's time to toss something a bit more serious into your laptop bag. Put down the John Grisham and pick up one of these books to kickstart a new season of logistics learning.

3PLs: Business Unusual
July, 2006
For a growing number of 3PLs, business unusual -- whether moving unexpected freight to remote locations, or serving industries new to strategic supply chain management -- is fast becoming business usual. Find out how 3PLs go above and beyond to meet these new challenges.

3PL Hybrids: Becoming a 3PL for Fun and Profit
July, 2006
For shippers with solid logistics expertise who want to enter a fast-growth industry, becoming a 3PL may make sense. Hybrids such as Cat Logistics and Mitsui lead the way.