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This Week in Logistics News (June 22-26, 2015)

Talking Logistics

April 2015 North American Freight Numbers. World trade registers modest growth in first quarter of 2015. April 2015 North American Freight : “U.S.-NAFTA billion in April 2015 as all modes but air carried less U.S.-NAFTA per cent in the first three months of 2015, based on seasonally adjusted data.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Moving on to disruptive technologies and services, Uber announced this week that UberRUSH, its same-day/same-hour delivery service, is now open for business in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. December transits fell 4.7% versus November, a much lower rate of decline than in November, when transits plunged 21.9% versus October. To put the latest numbers in historical perspective, December’s transits were 27.5%

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The Ruan Story with Ben McLean

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben joined Ruan in 2007 and served in a number of corporate and operational roles, including COO and CIO, before assuming his current role in 2015. He was also a systems developer and architect at Deloitte Consulting, where his team developed and implemented enterprise software for multiple clients.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2016

Talking Logistics

“Contrary to what many people believe, investing in employees is not dilutive to a company’s financial results and shareholder value — it’s actually accretive,” said Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, at the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference. Vendor Conferences (alphabetical order).

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 2020

Enterra Insights

Many of the Irish who didn’t perish during the famine, emigrated to America — ending up in cities like New York. ” A want ad published in The New York Times on 10 November 1854 was typical. In 2015, 82 percent of celebrants wore green. And don’t forget clothing. In the U.S., Footnote. [1]

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Readers old enough to remember the 1960s, might recall the television show “Green Acres” starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. FarmedHere said in 2015 that it planned to build 18 farms near major cities. Farm livin’ is the life for me.