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This Week in Logistics News (March 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here’s the news that caught my attention this week: January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index – February 2015. business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). million bbl/d in 2015.” . Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation.

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The State of the Industry: A Mid-year Look at Transportation and the Economy

Talking Logistics

At Transplace’s recent Shipper Symposium, a diverse group of shippers, logistics experts and analysts came together to discuss the latest industry trends and obstacles faced by supply chain and transportation professionals, and identify strategies for addressing these issues and improving operations. It was negative in 2015.

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Time to Squeeze Carriers for Better Rates?

Talking Logistics

Various data points related to the trucking industry suggest we’re entering a shipper’s market. There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0 percent from December 2014.

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The Free TMS with Tim Higham

The Logistics of Logistics

About Tim Higham Tim Higham is a leading visionary in the logistics and transportation field, running the highly successful InMotion Global, Inc. Tim spun off AscendTMS and bought it from Palm Beach Capital on January 1st, 2015. AscendTMS). The 3PL was sold in 2014. After selling his company, IRC, Inc.,

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Will Chu, CEO at Vector!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I, along with my fellow co-founders, enjoy tackling problems at hand, and have been tackling them together since 2009. From 2009 to 2015, in the midst of a national recession, I served as Director, and later VP, of Engineering at Addepar, a wealth management platform.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 26-30, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Flexport Raises $65 Million in Venture Capital to Expand Operations (Transport Topics). Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009 (WSJ – sub. Trucking Industry’s Operational Costs Decline in 2015 Driven by Fuel Prices. Moving from trucking to ocean transportation, San Francisco startup Flexport Inc.