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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 29 – July 5)

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Shoppers are expected to drive sales record for Amazon’s Prime Day FedEx explores divestment of Freight business US industries fear a port strike US ports warn White House of ‘grave’ economic risks with China crane tariff MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries Korea-U.S. Not a bad living for under two years of work.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs.