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

Talking Logistics

December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Moving on to 3PL news: Last week in my comments about GrubHub’s two acquisitions , I said that we were going to see a lot more activity in the same-day/local delivery space in the weeks and months ahead. billion of freight under management.”

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Logistics, Perpetually in Motion (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2016)

Talking Logistics

Addressed customs initiatives in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Cuba and Paraguay. Back to the “logistics in motion” theme, the freight forwarding and customs brokerage segment of the industry has experienced significant changes over the past decade. New telematics software and hardware platforms.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 11-15, 2015)

Talking Logistics

March 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index – April 2015. Shipping Line CMA CGM Signs Deal for Cuba Logistics Hub (WSJ – sub. Manhattan Associates Expands Cloud Deployment Options to Enable the Commerce-Ready Enterprise. Senate Deal Gives Trade Bill New Life (WSJ – sub.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

He had just arrived from Cuba, and having grown up on a farm, seeing those tall buildings rise from the ground was simply amazing. DAT Solutions Launches Freight Market Analytics Service. And despite all the advances in technology, supply chains are still plagued by incomplete, inaccurate, and late information.

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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. November 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Moving on to third-party logistics (3PL) news, UPS announced the purchase of Freightex , a U.K.-based Here’s what my daughter wrote: Daydreaming runs in the family.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 28 – December 2, 2016)

Talking Logistics

What does the future hold for Cuba and my family there? I go back to what I said last year when people were asking me what I thought about President Obama normalizing relations with Cuba: I really don’t know what to think. Cargobase goes Ocean Freight. September 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Which do I trust?

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

For the third consecutive year, Supply Chain Movement has put together a 3PL Subway Map Europe showing the specific services of the most important logistics service providers which have offices in several European countries. >>Please SCM 3PL Subway 2015. Shipper-3PL relationships. Christmas Island. Cook Islands.