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Navy Awards Two Shipbuilding Contracts for New Submarines

Operations and Supply Chain Management

General Dynamics Gets Award to Build Next 10 Virginia-Class Subs, Continuing Partnership With Huntington Ingalls. WSJ – April 29, 2014 12:48 a.m. received the contract award Monday to build the next 10 Virginia-class attack submarines, continuing the work-sharing partnership with Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

How Can USMTO Reports Help Drive Manufacturing Sales and your Bottom Line? The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Who is Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)? What is the USMTO Data Report?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 28 – May 2, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Reports 2014 First-Quarter Results. XPO Logistics Announces First Quarter 2014 Results. CSX oil train derails in Virginia, leaks into river (Reuters). In 3PL news, Con-way reported Q1 2014 results this week. Supply Chain Council to Merge with APICS. Con-way Inc. Robinson Tagline Addresses Market Demands. million, up 3.6

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How Undersea Cables will Shape Communication

Elementum

And recently, Facebook and Microsoft announced project “MAREA”, 4,000 miles of underwater cable that will run across the Atlantic ocean, transferring more data between US and Europe by connecting hubs in northern Virginia and Bilbao, Spain. Submarine cable networks are expected to grow 29 percent between 2014-2016.

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5 New Regulations that Could Change Trucking

DAT Solutions

Note: Drivers of vehicles manufactured before 2000 are exempt from the mandate.) Some portions of the HOS rules that were introduced in July 2013 were lifted again in 2014. Some shippers may require the carriers they work with to make the change earlier than that. Hours of Service. MC Numbers.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. billion in 2014. This is due to the automobile and industrial manufacturing industries in the state. Montana is a very rural state, without a great deal of industrial manufacturing. West Virginia. Mississippi.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. billion in 2014. This is due to the automobile and industrial manufacturing industries in the state. Montana is a very rural state, without a great deal of industrial manufacturing. West Virginia. Mississippi.