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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. In its January survey of grocery executives and consumers, Grocery Doppio, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

China Trade Battle Spawns a New Era of Tariff Dodges (WSJ – sub. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Disney 'Imagineers' a Supply.

Supply Chains Rock

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently announced it will be importing almost all of its merchandise through Jaxport , the state-of-the-art logistics hub in Jacksonville, Florida, instead of through the previous port in Savannah, Georgia. China Supply Chain Council. EDITORS NOTE: If Disney cant make supply chains interesting, who can?