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AI route optimization beats humans on standard lanes — but a veteran dispatcher dodged a fog shutdown the algorithm never saw coming. A 15-year trucking veteran compares AI dispatch vs. human dispatchers on cost, exceptions, and warehouse realities, and explains why dirty data (not weak algorithms) is AI's real enemy.
Scan Global has acquired OIA Global, describing the deal as its largest-ever investment. The announcement confirms earlier market rumours of a takeover. For shippers and forwarders, the deal signals further consolidation among global forwarders, with potential implications for network coverage, capacity and service options as integration proceeds.
January brings Europe's ecommerce logistics a second peak: Christmas returns (Royal Mail braced for 500,000 in the first week of January), New Year demand for supplements and fitness goods, and capacity lost to up to four weekday holidays — leaving some EU markets with just 11 delivery days in three weeks. With Chinese New Year arriving early on 6 February 2027, the last reliable China departures fall squarely in that peak, so planning must start in October.
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