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April 3, 2013
Are You Paying Too Much for Transportation? Benchmark Carrier Activities to Find Out

If you haven't reviewed your carrier activity in the past 12 to 18 months, there's a good chance your transportation costs are more than what you've planned, higher than the rates listed in your routing guide, and, quite possibly, higher than competitive market rates.

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February 13, 2013
Off The Bench – Hazardous Cargo Bulletin

ANALYSIS Overall, chemical shippers in Europe have paid lower freight rates this year than in 2011. But not every trade lane is showing the same trend, as LHC’s Michiel van Dorst and Gijs Hofman report

LHC Consulting’s annual Full Truck Load (FTL) Chemical Liquid Bulk Benchmark study compares the contracted freight rates paid by chemical shippers for liquid bulk transport services across Europe. It is carried out on a city-by-city basis, taking account of differences in transport mode, equipment type and product classification. LHC Consulting (a ChemLogix Logistics company) notes that the companies taking part in this year’s study have a combined spend of some €420m on chemical bulk liquid freight per year.

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