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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. accounted for 40 percent of revenues and EMEA accounted for 46 percent, with the balance coming from Canada, Asia, and the Americas. Of course, this makes sense for logistics service providers like Ryder, but a similar opportunity exists for manufacturers and retailers. Yahoo Autos ).

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

Even if AAP or other auto part companies wanted to move production, there is no manufacturing capacity in the US or anywhere else, so creating redundancy in this case is very difficult. Andrew Partis shared his views from ThermoFisher, a global contrat manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Moller-Maersk A/S , the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable. Maersk is experimenting with driverless trucks at its shipping yard in Carson, California, and has partnered with Kodiak Robotics Inc.