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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

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The state also is home to the Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which is a public-use airport located 14 miles north of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure includes: · Six interstate highways. It is the world's first purely industrial airport. · Six deepwater ports.

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

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Now there is a push to capture a higher percentage of the gas, and changing it to a liquid form (LNG) reduces its volume 600 times, making it easier to transport by road, rail, or ship. In the period of 2015 to 2019, an estimated 560 new plants will enter the market, with many eyeing the export marketplace.

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Flatbed Demand Skyrockets. Why?

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loads per truck in perspective, as you can see from the graph below the highest monthly load-to-truck ratio in 2015 was 22.8, And while some parts are small enough to be transported in dry vans, the big stuff—blades, towers, and the turbines that turn the blades—require flatbeds for transport. To put the 43.7