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How Many Truck Drivers Are There?

Talking Logistics

This coincides with a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month ( Rising Freight Costs Are Weighing on Companies’ Profits ) that provided similar examples, including “cardboard maker Packaging Corp. of America [that] said higher shipping costs cut into its adjusted profit by 4 cents a share in the fourth quarter.”.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

The Japanese freight mover Kintetsu World Express has expanded recently outside its home market with the acquisition of APL Logistics, which has a strong base in America and Europe. Madagascar. Marshall Islands. Martinique. Mauritania. Micronesia, Federated States of. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro. Montserrat. Mozambique.