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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Then in December 2016, one of the my predictions for 2017 was that “The Migration from Traditional User Interfaces to Chatbots and Virtual Assistants Begins.”.

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

DAT Solutions

May 2017: $2.10 Jacksonville, FL market to Miami, FL market. #17. Lakeland, FL market to Jacksonville, FL market. Auto sales have dipped after hitting their peak in the fall of 2017, but they're still a major source of flatbed demand to transport raw materials and parts, as well as finished goods. May 2018: $2.71