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

Talking Logistics

Trimble Acquires Brazil-Based Veltec to Expand its Global Portfolio of Transportation Solutions. So if you can provide warehousing, transportation and/or material handling equipment to support disaster relief efforts, I encourage you to contact ALAN. Amazon Patents Drone Chute For Quiet Deliveries (CB Insights).

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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