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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

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The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. In other transportation-related news, UPS announced that UPS Ground, Air and International, and Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico will increase an average net of 4.9 Be Sociable, Share!

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Doing Business in Spain

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Spain has 99 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle freight planes. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015. In addition, the country has 10 heliports, making air travel and freight delivery a relatively simple matter. as of 2017, but that is down from a high of 26% in 2013. As a result, Spain handled 1.04

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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

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In the meantime, here’s Trump, Amazon, and the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight (WSJ – sub. Freight on digital fast track: DHL launches CILLOX. Brings Advanced Freight Collaboration Solutions to the Transportation Industry. in December.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

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Deutsche Post will deliver AmazonFresh goods in Germany (Reuters). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that “Deutsche Post’s package service DHL will deliver goods for Amazon’s AmazonFresh service in Germany, several people close to the matter said on Wednesday. in February.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. According to the figures by Armstrong & Associates for 2012 to 2013, global 3PL revenues rose only modestly (by 2.7%), while the growth rate in Germany was just 0.87% and a meagre 0.01% in Europe as a whole.

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Doing Business in Portugal

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Portugal also has more than 3,000 km of rail tracks, nearly 83,000 km of mostly paved roads, 1,344 km of oil and gas pipeline, and a large merchant marine fleet of bulk carriers, container ships, oil tankers and other types of freight ships. However, unemployment reached a high of 18% in 2013. The rate as of 2017 had fallen to 9.7%. .

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Doing Business in Brazil

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Economists consider Brazil to be one of the strongest countries in emerging markets despite the recession of 2013 to 2016. 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. Argentina and Germany. Political Landscape.

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