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LTL Rates, Capacity, and Fuel: The General Outlook for 2017

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Since 2014, the shipping industry has suffered numerous setbacks. Rebounding freight volumes and the proximity of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are set to change the industry in 2017, reports Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner. But, the most significant impacts of 2017 will be felt in these four areas. .

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This Week in Logistics News (December 11-15, 2017)

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WiseTech Global buys Microlistics for $40m, its ninth acquisition in 2017 (Australian Financial Review). Shipt, which was founded in 2014 in Birmingham, Ala, currently offers its service in more than 70 cities through 20,000 shoppers. As I wrote back in 2014 in Webvan 2.0: Access Point network in 2014. or Albertsons Cos.,

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

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Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (February 2017). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. billion in current dollars in January 2017, a 6.7 This was the largest year-over-year increase since the September 2014 increase over September 2013, and it was also the third straight month in which the year-over-year value of U.S.-NAFTA

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This Week in Logistics News (June 19-23, 2017)

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Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. By the way, what ever happened to HDS , the startup quietly launched in 2014 by Webvan’s founder Louis Border that promised to “offer competitive prices, fresher foods and unlimited selection, as well as free delivery?” (See See my April 2014 post “ Webvan 2.0:

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

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Manhattan Associates Reports First Quarter 2017 Performance. Finally, one of my predictions for 2017 was that we would see a rise in cyber attacks, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS. in an email.

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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017 - DAT Freight Talk Blog

DAT Solutions

Below is a list of the top 10 blog posts of 2017, from the DAT Freight Talk Blog. 2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over - A collapse of oil prices in late 2014 led to an 18-month downturn, but by January, DAT's Industry Pricing Analyst announced that the freight recession was over.

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Elevating the Heavy Building Materials Supply Chain (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. It acquired FiveCubits , a software-as-a-service provider of fleet management and mobile computing solutions tailored for the HBM industry, back in 2014.