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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It’s what my father did when he worked in the sugarcane fields in Cuba and dreamed of escaping poverty. Container Cargo Imports Surged at End of 2016 (WSJ – sub. Moving on to third-party logistics (3PL) news, UPS announced the purchase of Freightex , a U.K.-based USDOT Announces New Federal Committee on Automation.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. Who knows, maybe we’ll see TMC open a Control Tower in Cuba in the not too distant future, in which case I’ll promptly invite myself over for a tour. billion of freight under management.”