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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Takeaways from Evolution 2019. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Descartes, in short, is alive and well.

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Freightera Wins 2020 Ready to Rocket Placement Among Top Technology Companies in British Columbia

Freightera

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 15, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Freightera , a leading online freight marketplace offering instant freight quotes and streamlining shipping operations for manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors in Canada and the U.S., The 2019 Ready to Rocket list for ICT performed extremely well.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.11-2.15

Freight Plus

New England Motor Freight, a 40-year staple of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, stunned the shipping world Monday by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation. went out of business in the fall of 2002, according to FreightWaves. This week in, "Where's My Freight?!". largest U.S. trucking shutdown. Spotify. ,

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil has nearly 700 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large capacity airplanes for moving freight quickly to and from all parts of the globe. Brazil ratified its latest constitution on October 5, 1988 and enacted a new civil law code in 2002. President Jair Bolsonaro has been in office since January 2019.

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Carrier Bankruptcies Make 3PLs More Important to Shippers than Ever

Freight Center

In 2017, New England Motor Freight (NEMF) generated $402 million in revenue. On February 12, 2019, NEMF, the country’s 19 th largest LTL carrier , shut down operations and announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection. trucking company shutdown since Consolidated Freightways in 2002. 3PL’s to the Rescue.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

While New Coke would linger for quite some time, it was discontinued in 2002, with a limited re-release in 2019. It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. Coca-Cola Classic remains the number one soft drink in the US. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Revenue: $74.969 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $74.094 billion (2019) Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, USA CEO: Carol Tome 2. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43 Kuehne + Nagel Inc.