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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

With the rise in global crude oil production and relative political stability in the major oil producing nations, particularly Iraq and Libya, the price of crude oil has fallen from above $100 a barrel to around $50 a barrel in just a year. Drop in the price of crude oil. in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Of course, what happens in the U.S. Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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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. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Republic of.