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Well Prepared Retailers Seize Opportunity for Advantage during Port Closures

Supply Chain Collaborator

Opportunity Knocks – The Wall Street Journal reports the West Coast ports’ share of container imports fell precipitously year over year between May 2014 and May 2015 according to U.S. What are the contours of the opportunity and how were some retailers prepared to seize it while many others weren’t? Census Bureau data.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Louisiana is one of the only two states in the U.S. Content Summary: Louisiana is one of the only two states in the U.S. Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure includes: · Six interstate highways. The state invested $52 million in its waterway infrastructure from 2010 to 2015. ?The

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). According to the press release: The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending. Yahoo Autos ). UPS Invests in Propane for U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

The expanded waiver runs through May 31 and covers Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, parts of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The waiver allows sales of summer- or winter-grade gasoline with vapor pressure under 13.5

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

billion mt-km in 2015. The only state exception is Louisiana, whose legal system is based on the Napoleonic civil code. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes. Annual freight traffic equaled about 37.22 Cargo transportation in the U.S. In addition, the U.S.