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February 5, 2021 by Logistics

What is Expedited Freight, and Who Uses it?

Expedited freight services are utilized by shippers to deliver goods to the customer on a specific date and sometimes at a specific time of day. Overall standard, non-expedited, transportation services have delivery accuracy rates that can range from a high of 98% to less than 50% on-time.  This fluctuates based on overall industry capacity and individual carrier management.

The most common mode for expedited freight to move is by air. Freight is picked up and delivered by truck but ends up travelling most of the distance by plane. If possible, expedited freight can be driven in various types of equipment. Of course, the shipment must cross a drivable distance within your timeframe, so sending freight this way only makes sense for short distances (usually less than 500 miles).

The challenge with sending expedited freight by air charter or road is that it is more expensive than standard freight.  Premiums can range anywhere from a 20% to 3 or 4 times the amount normally paid for a standard transit shipment.  Shippers use this method only when it is necessary to maintain customer commitments.

There are six major industries that frequently utilize expedited freight companies for a variety of reasons.

  1. Medical Industry – Used when valuable devices cannot sit in the back of a freight vehicle for long periods of time.
  2. Pharmaceutical Industry – Advantageous for  patients who rely on their medications for survival allowing them to receive  them immediately.
  3. Manufacturing Industry – Meeting deadlines is often a challenge. If parts do not come in on time, projects can get delayed or whole operations can be shut down.  Depending on the size of the operation those costs usually outweigh the cost of the expedited freight.
  4. E-commerce Industry – Retail stores are growing tremendously, and many of them offer their products online. Several big retailers also offer fast shipping options, including two days, overnight, or even same day delivery.
  5. Seasonal – This industry sells most of its products once a year in holiday-themed pop-up stores. With the help of an expedited shipping provider, business should not be running out of stock when customers are buying the most, which helps cut down on inventory costs.
  6. Perishable high value food – For expensive high value food products like Ahi Tuna, getting product across the world in hours instead of days ensures the food can be consumed within hours of receipt.

Expedited freight is used to make sure cargo gets to its location as soon as possible. It is important to consider the increased cost of expedited freight with the cost of not having the product at your location when it is needed.  If you need this type of service reach out to us.  Riverside Logistics can help match your needs with the best value expedited service.

Filed Under: News & Events, Transportation News Tagged With: Air Freight, Certified Transportation Broker, E-Commerce Industry, Food Warehouse, Freight Brokers, Freight Services near the Virginia Ports, Full truckload (FTL), Less than Truckload (LTL), Manufacturing Industry, Pharmaceutical Freight, Richmond, Riverside Logistics, Seasonal Freight, Virginia, Warehouse

December 15, 2015 by Logistics

Why is Richmond, Virginia one of the best locations to distribute to the United States?

Richmond, the Capital of Virginia, is among America’s oldest cities, yet it is modern and vibrant. Eight presidents were birthed in Virginia. Patrick Henry declared, “Give me liberty or give me death” at its St. John’s Church, leading to the Revolutionary War. Today the revolution is growth! It is centrally located on the East Cost within about a day’s drive of 50% of the U.S. population.

Richmond is only a quick 90 miles from the major metropolitan areas of Washington, DC to the north and Norfolk/ Hampton Roads to the east. Today 18 Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in Virginia. Virginia has over 8 million people that enjoy world-class event facilities, hotels and entertainment.

Although Richmond and Virginia’s American History is notable the real story is how rapidly it is growing today!

  • Shipments can reach 70% of the U.S. population within 2 days
  • Shipments can reach 50% of the U.S. population within 1 day
  • Norfolk Port is only about and hour and a half away from Richmond.
  • The Richmond Port offers a very affordable alternative for companies to bring product further into the East Coast and avoid congestion.
  • 55% of the U.S. Population lives within a 750-mile radius
  • Richmond is home to the Federal Bank of Richmond one of 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
  • The population of the Richmond MSA exceeds 1,000,000
  • Cultural events and Entertainment reflect its growth into a cosmopolitan city.

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Virginia has long been the best state for business.  

(from the VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP)

  • Business-first values

-Virginia’s leaders are committed to business’s needs, free enterprise, and maintaining a profit-friendly environment

-An experienced and professional economic development team—focused on concierge service and solutions for business

–  Right-to-work state—ninth lowest unionization rate in the country at 6.2%

  • Easy access to domestic and global markets

-Washington Dulles International Airport

-The Port of Virginia

-Two of the nation’s largest railroads operate in Virginia

  • Stable and low operating costs

-6% corporate income tax rate has not been increased since 1972

-One of the lowest average workers’ compensation costs and unemployment tax burden’s in the U.S.

  • Talented and educated work force

-Virginia has the 2nd highest concentration of tech workers in the nation in  2014, with nearly 1 in 10 workers in tech

-Approximately 22,000 doctoral scientists and engineers are employed in Virginia

—one of the highest concentrations in the nation

-Approximately 575,000 students are enrolled in over 100 in-state institutions of higher education

Highly-Skilled, Educated and Talented Workforce

Virginia successfully supports its substantial industry base with highly skilled and educated talent.  Employers in this right-to-work state find a vibrant, tech-savvy and diverse multi-cultural talent pool growing faster than the national average.

  • Virginia is a right-to-work state. At 6.2%, Virginia has the ninth lowest unionization rate in the country.
  • Population of 8.3 million, and a workforce of nearly 4.3 million.
  • One of the nation’s most educated workforces. One in three Virginians holds a bachelor’s or advanced degree.
  • Colleges and universities with campuses in Virginia enroll over 575,000 students, and over 96,000 Associate, Bachelor, Master’s and Doctoral degrees are awarded annually.
  • Strong occupational and technical training programs designed to meet manufacturers’ needs are provided by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) through its 23 colleges.
  • Thousands of highly trained, disciplined and motivated military personnel in Virginia enter the civilian labor force each year.

More than 22,000 Doctoral scientists and engineers are employed in Virginia (The National Science Foundation).

World-Class Transportation Infrastructure

The Commonwealth’s modern transportation infrastructure ensures optimal access to major east/west and north/south highways, local and international airports, seaports, rail lines, and shipping channels.

  • Virginia maintains the third largest state-maintained transportation network including the major Interstate routes of I-95, I-81, I-64, I-85, I-77, and I-66.
  • Fourteen commercial airports serve Virginia, including Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports, with non-stop commercial airline service to 158 destinations worldwide, including 50 international destinations.
  • Ten railroads operate on the state’s network of nearly 3,400 miles of railway (excluding trackage rights). Two of the nation’s largest railroads, CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation, are located here. Commuter rails near the larger cities allow workers to traverse efficiently.
  • The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is the Commonwealth’s leading agency for international transportation and maritime commerce and manages Virginia’s six general cargo terminals: Norfolk International Terminals, Portsmouth Marine Terminals, Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Newport News Marine Terminal, the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal and the Port of Richmond.
  • The Port of Virginia is one of the three busiest container ports on the U.S. East Coast and a leading gateway for the entire U.S. market.  The Port boasts the single best infrastructure on the East Coast with a 50-foot ice free channel, no overhead obstructions, on-dock rail service (two Tier 1 railroads), easy access to ocean lanes, and is the only East Coast port with Congressional authorization to dredge to 55 feet.
  • Phase I of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project (also known as the Silver Line) was completed in 2013 with four stops in Tyson’s Corner. The balance of the 23-mile, $6.8 billion project is scheduled to be completed in 2016, ending west of Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County.

State-of-the-Art Infrastructure

Virginia offers excellent power, water, telecommunications and other infrastructure resources necessary for success in today’s global marketplace, and maintains a stable energy resource pool to serve present and future residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation needs.

  • Virginia offers a robust telecommunications network with more than 60 broadband providers. It is one of the most connected states in the country. More than 93% of Virginians have access to wireline service, with 76% having access to wired broadband of at least 100mbps, and 98% have access to mobile broadband service.
  • Virginia is one of the most connected states in the nation with access to a robust fiber network that matches or exceeds virtually every domestic market and most major financial centers around the world. The Commonwealth hosts prominent commercial internet exchange points, and 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic passes through the Metropolitan Area Exchange East located in Ashburn, Virginia. The Richmond area has been connected to Ashburn with “dark fiber” opening opportunities along the I-95 corridor. In Southern and Southwest Virginia, the benefits of a 1,500+ mile advanced fiber-optic broadband network connects more than 100 certified GigaParks.
  • Virginia also has the infrastructure to support multinational business, as evidenced by $19.2 billion in Virginia exports in 2014. There are six foreign trade zones designed to encourage business to participate in international trade.

 

 

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February 24, 2015 by Logistics

Riverside Logistics recently received its certification from NSF International.

Riverside Logistics recently received its certification from NSF International. NSF International conducts an annual audit at Riverside Logistics. The audit is to certify for Food Safety, Quality and Food Defense Expectations for Food Warehouse and Distribution Facilities. Michael Kenny, Director of Warehousing stated “we submitted two of our facilities to be certified to store and distribute food and food related raw materials and both were certified”.   This is the second year Riverside has utilized NSF International to certify its food warehouse and distribution facilities.

Riverside Logistics provides a full compliment of third party logistic services and total solutions. Whether you’re moving product within the states or around the world, we can help by combining our warehouse and transportation solutions to offer the best value in the industry. Riverside’s experience is both broad and deep, including work in a variety of industries such as medical products (including sterile surgical products), food and beverages (including dry and refrigerated ), building materials, retail and industrial packaging, metals, chemicals, fertilizers and minerals, automotive supply, timber and paper and products and a wide variety of consumer products including, non- durables and durables.

 

About NSF: Founded in 1944 as the National Sanitation Foundation, they changed the name to NSF International in 1990 as they expanded their services beyond sanitation and into global markets. Manufacturers, regulators and consumers look to NSF International for the development of public health standards and certification programs that help protect the world’s food, water, consumer products and environment. Their mission is to protect and improve global human health. As an independent, accredited organization, they develop standards, and test and certify products and systems. They provide auditing, education and risk management solutions for public health and the environment.

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: Certified Food warehouse and Distribution Facilities, Certify Food Safety, East Coast Food Distributors, Food Distribution, Food Warehouse, Michael Kenny, National Sanitation Foundation, NSF International, Pubilic Health Standards, Quality and Food Defense Expectations, Richmond, Riverside Logistics, Virginia

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