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This Week in Logistics News (April 18-22, 2016)

Talking Logistics

These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore’s roads by end of the year ( Mashable ). Cass Truckload Linehaul Index for March 2016. Manhattan Associates Reports Record First Quarter 2016 Performance. Droids Not Drones Are the Future of E-Commerce Deliveries ( BloombergTechnology ).

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This Week in Logistics News (February 29 – March 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. Another feature of LeanGlobal is the utilization of WebSettle® for ocean freight audit and settlement.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Rumors are circling that the company is planning a launch in Singapore in early 2017.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7-11, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Check out the highlights and photos from our 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 rides. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to invest in French firm’s technology for self-driving forklifts (Reuters) Warehouses Test a New Breed of AI Robots (WSJ – sub. Robots in the Warehouse.

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Logistics Technology Trends That Will Dominate 2017

Techgistics

Amazon alone hired 120,000 temporary workers over the holidays in 2016. In 2016, however, in a much tougher competition the robots were picking roughly three times faster at 100 items per hour. Self driving Vehicles In 2016 there seemed to be a new story every week about self-driving cars. China, Singapore, and Sweden.