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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

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XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. XPO Logistics plans to split its freight brokerage, European, and intermodal businesses apart from its US trucking operation, which will dismantle the large freight and supply-chain operation it has built over the last decade.

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

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Those effects have been more dramatic since August 2016, with the new construction adding to the stronger-than-usual start to the year for flatbed freight. In the period of 2015 to 2019, an estimated 560 new plants will enter the market, with many eyeing the export marketplace. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

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The company launched its first sidewalk delivery robot named Scout in January 2019, but the bot has not moved beyond the testing phase. We have written about the truck driver shortage quite often and its impact on transit times and freight costs. Instead, Amazon is focusing its autonomous delivery efforts on sidewalk delivery robots.