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Delivery Trends Favor Logistics When Dealing with Congested Areas Like St. Paul, MN

While there’s plenty of talk these days about remotely controlling platoons of driverless trucks and doing a better job of competing with rail, there’s no substitute for the way Strategic Transportation uses logistics for delivery in St. Paul, MN and other parts of the region.

In this growing age of e-commerce, the trend is toward smaller packages. This quite naturally favors trucking over rail, especially when delivering in a metro area. Just how much will the demand for parcel deliveries increase over the next decade? Some predict it could be double or triple what we’re used to today.

That’s not good when you figure highway congestion is expected to rise sharply over the next 25 years. More dedicated funding is required to pay for highway expansions and repairs. Whether that will be achieved through higher fuel taxes or other user fees is anyone’s guess.

Will what’s known as ride sharing also include a version of package delivery in the future? It’s not clear that alternative or autonomous cars will really offer a reliable solution, and experts believe it just might make the anticipated traffic hassles even worse. Regardless of how trends change, Strategic Transportation is ready with our logistics services.

There really is no substitute for strategic thinking about these issues, and Strategic Transportation is ready to help with custom logistics for your needs. Geared toward getting around transportation and warehousing issues, we use the latest technology to not only track your shipment but to also anticipate problems that might prevent it from arriving on-time.

It’s a lot of opportunity for Strategic Transportation. From dry van deliveries, both short and long distances, to partial and full truckloads, we can nimbly deliver not only small orders but custom jobs of varying complexity. Maybe a flatbed is needed to handle over-sized or overweight shipments. We also have heavy haul capability for intense loads and height.

If it’s something that needs to be there even faster, Strategic has expedited air freight and air international services. Not only do we have the transportation options, but we also have the logistics to manage all of your deliveries, ensuring they arrive safely and on time.

Strategic Transportation is strategic by design when it comes to dealing with the growing delivery challenges e-commerce and infrastructure create these days. We want to create a transportation experience for you that fits your needs in St. Paul, MN and other destinations across the country. Call Strategic Transportation today at (651) 433-7310 and we’ll help deliver the perfect transportation strategy for you.

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Good Transportation Solutions Require Transportation Project Management in Minneapolis, MN

It’s not enough to say we’ll have it there. Don’t get us wrong, Strategic Transportation is ready to deliver any cargo, on-time; whether the job is in Minneapolis, MN, or anywhere coast to coast. But making sure it gets there with the latest tools and know-how is the sort of the task that requires transportation project management and maybe a few extra tools that are no further away than that smartphone in your hand.

While ensuring your cargo gets where it needs to go safely and on time requires experienced transportation project management, there are other tools that can help professional drivers available! From the best way to monitoring fuel prices to where there’s a good place to park, there are a bunch of apps that can aid professional drivers these days and make things just a little easier if the delivery is a local job or headed to a far corner of the country.

Not all GPS applications are created equal. It’s nice to have some calculators to help you figure out the size of your vehicle and the type of load you’re hauling. The right GPS apps can help drivers and managers find a way around weight limits and even hazardous route restrictions that could prove to be real time and fuel wasters.

Among several GPS apps on the market geared for truck drivers: SmartTruckRoute and CoPilot get high marks for the ways they can help navigate unforeseen problems big-rigs can face.

There’s also something to be said for avoiding time wasters while on the road. The Drivewyze PreClear Bypass app can save drivers weigh station hassles. The subscription-based system gives drivers alerts as they approach scales and allows many to bypass based on a fleet’s safety score.

While we’re talking weight, the Weigh My Truck app from CAT Scale Company allows truckers to visit a scale and weigh-in without leaving their cab. They can also use Penske’s Locator to find the nearest scale.

In the age of the electronic monitoring there is nothing more important than knowing where to pull over. Several apps like Road Breakers are ready to offer stop suggestions. The Travel Centers of America/Petro Stopping Centers app known as TruckSmart is also a handy solution.

Of course, you’ll need to think strategically about your fuel. Gas Buddy is a way to find cheaper fuel prices near you. The FleetAdvance Mobile app from the well-known fuel-card provider Comdata also allows their clients to search for the lowest prices nearby.

Strategic Transportation will create a personalized transportation plan and a transportation project management strategy to ensure your goods are transported safely and on time in Minneapolis and across the country. Call Strategic Transportation today at (651) 433-7310 and just like many of the apps we just mentioned, we’ll help deliver the perfect transportation strategy for you.