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

Talking Logistics

FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Mexico shipping, which is particularly timely as more companies locate manufacturing and distribution operations in Mexico and the need for capacity and reliable cross-border shipping services accelerates. Mexico trade.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Swipe, click, this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval (Bloomberg) Amazon to invest $800 million to make one-day free shipping the standard for Prime members (WSJ – sub. Amazon offers one-day and two-hour shipping to Prime members for some products for a fee.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. Launched in 2013 and named after the robot housekeeper on “The Jetsons”, online grocery app Rosie allows customers to shop online from their favorite local stores for same-day delivery or in-store pickup.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. The re-routing trend has accelerated in recent months as many ships have lined up along the West Coast waiting for ports to resume operations.

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Doing Business in Portugal

QAD

state of Virginia. It also manufactures wood and cork products, paper and pulp, chemicals, fuels, lubricants, automobiles and parts, base metals, minerals, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology and telecommunications equipment, dairy products, wine, ships, plastics and optics. . The country is slightly smaller than the U.S.